25 Best Gifts for Cheese Lovers

It’s rare to see the words quality and bargain listed together, but that’s exactly what you get with the Crave Cheese Sampler. The sampler from this award-winning cheese family comes with one 12oz package of Cheddar Cheese Curds, one 8oz container of Marinated Fresh Mozzarella, two 8oz containers of Mascarpone, and two 12oz coils of their Farmers Rope string cheese.

If you really want to up the splurge factor, Zingerman’s wicker gift basket should do the trick. It comes with all the cheese and sweet and salty accoutrements to serve up to 12 for appetizers or keep a small family nibbling for days on end. The basket includes a half pound each of Zingerman’s Nor’Easter Cheddar, Pril Gouda, and Piave Vecchio cheeses, a loaf of Sourdough Bread, a bag of Taralli olive oil crackers, an Italian-style Salami from Red Bear Provisions, Marcona Almonds, Moroccan Olives, giant Kishmish Raisins and a jar of Italian Fig Preserves. Don’t worry, though, it also includes tips on assembling a show-stopping cheeseboard.

The Compact Swivel Cheese Board with Knives unique design starts as a wedge and transforms to a tiered server for your favorite cheeses and appetizers. Choose your size: Classic, which includes a stainless-steel all-purpose cheese knife and cheese fork, or Large, which also comes with a flat cheese knife. The board can also be personalized.

Give the trendsetter in your life a Butter Board Seasoning Kit. All a communal butter board needs is some butter that’s been seasoned and spread on a wooden cutting board or slate and then topped with items like figs, honey, radishes or even edible flowers. This set includes Lemon Garlic, Umami, Apple Cinnamon, and Sun-Dried Tomato Butter Seasonings, eight Brown Wax Sheets and Twine, and a Recipe Card.

Murray's — founded in New York's Greenwich Village in the 1960s — is where many New Yorkers head to get their cheese fix. For an introduction, try their Cheeses of the World Sampler, which features classics from some of their favorite producers like Spring Brook Farm, and Murray’s masterpieces like their Cave-Aged Gruyere and High Plains Cheddar. The sampler, which contains three pounds of cheese, serves five to seven people, and comes in a Murray's Gift Box.

One of Vermont’s top cheesemakers, Jasper Hill, has a package called The Diversion, a delightful selection of their most popular cheeses, which doubles as a pairing activity; each cheese is matched with a Blake Hill Preserve designed to pair perfectly with that particular style. Add a set of stainless-steel Boska cheese knives for an extra $25 for a gift that will still be around long after the last crumb of cheese has been eaten. Jasper Hill will also be running a 'Big Diversion' which features larger wedges of cheese and full 10oz jars of jam as an upgrade option for the holidays.

Beecher’s World’s Best Mac and Cheese Kit supplies the recipe for their award-winning mac and cheese and Beecher's Flagship cheese (14oz.), Beecher's Just Jack (7oz.) and all-natural penne pasta (12 oz.).

These Irish-style cheddars from Jersey cows grazing in Utah have won dozens of awards, and six of them come in their World Cheese Awards Box. The delectable mix includes Queen Bee Porcini, their newest cheddar, which is rubbed with crushed porcini mushrooms, Red Butte Hatch Chile, rubbed and tumbled with New Mexico Hatch chiles, Promontory, their base cheddar, which has been aged 6-months, Seahive, rubbed with Redmond real salt and local wildflower honey, Teahive, rubbed with Earl Grey tea, Pour Me A Slice, infused with Basil Hayden whiskey, and Barely Buzzed, rubbed with espresso and lavender.

Belle Chevre is a small Alabama creamery known for their adorable goats and award-winning goat cheese spreads in five year-round flavors like honey, roasted red pepper, and fig as well as seasonal flavors like Pumpkin Spice. Grab a few and pair them with your favorite crackers for a great holiday party gift.

Take a taste vacation to Blackberry Farms, an exclusive resort in the Smokey Mountains. Their Best with Brebis Collection includes 1 lb. of their award-winning Brebis cheese along with other resort staples like honey, strawberry rhubarb jam, peach preserves, smoked onion jam, blueberry elderflower honey jam and a branded spreader and honey dipper.

Cato Corner Farm in Connecticut makes all their cheese by hand with raw milk from cows who happily graze freely on pasture grasses and local hay. Their Ploughman's Platter will make anyone who gets it happy as well since it consists of four pieces of their most popular styles. Varieties will depend on what's tasting delicious, but will include mild, medium, and strong flavors for the full experience.

Bardwell Farm in Pawlet Vermont has partnered with Cheese Grotto to offer their top-selling cheeses (Pawlet, Rupert and Dorset Hidden Star) together with the Cheese Grotto Mezzo for the perfect storage solution.

Made from organic cotton infused with beeswax, organic jojoba oil, and tree resin, Bees Wrap sheets are washable, reusable, and, when they’re finally worn out, fully compostable. Wrap up your cheese like you would a present and use the warmth of your hands to seal.

One way to bring out the best in cheese is with an elegant French Kitchen Marble Cheese Dome. Not only great for displaying and serving cheese, the dome also allows the cheese to breath, creating its own microclimate with just the right humidity for storing and ripening favorite varieties to perfection.

Each quarter, Cheese Grotto will highlight a different American cheesemaker, complete with digital literature on tasting, serving, pairing, and storing your cheeses. You will also receive a Zoom link along with each shipment inviting you to Meet the Makers.

Cowgirl Creamery is the still considered one of the best artisan cheesemakers in the country, and their most popular package has something for everyone. The Cowgirl Creamery Deluxe includes Mt Tam, Red Hawk, Devil's Gulch, and Wagon Wheel paired with Sea Salt & Olive Oil Crackers.

If old-world-style cheesemaking appeals to you, Fiscalini Farmstead’s century old family-owned dairy will not disappoint. Their Artisan Sample Set showcases four 6-oz. pieces their versatile Farmhouse Cheddar as well as their scrumptious Truffle Cheddar, Craft Beer Cheddar and Purple Moon Cheddar.

Four Fat Foul became one of New York’s most talked-about creameries, not only because it was started in an abandoned school building in the Hudson Valley, but because of their incredible triple cream mini wheel St. Stephen.

Goat Ladies Dairy partners with local family farms in Randolph County, North Carolina to use their goat and cow milk to craft fresh, soft-ripened and aged cheeses. Their Award Winners Gift Box contains Providence cave-aged goat milk cheese with natural rind, Smokey Mountain Round hand-formed chèvre, which is lightly smoked over apple wood, and their Creamy Classic, Fig & Honey, and Basil & Garlic chèvres.

Green Dirt Farm prides themselves on grazing their sheep on a rich smorgasbord of grasses throughout the seasons, which in turn flavors the cheeses to reflect the time of year. Aged Cheese Collection with Pairings contains a 1/2 pound wedge of both Aux Arcs and Prairie Tomme, KC Canning Co. Vanilla Peach Bourbon Preserves, Salume Beddu Finocchiona salami, Effie's Oatcakes, and Ruby, a blend of cow and sheep milk cheese with a bloomy rind, inspired by Robiola.

Marieke Gouda Beginners Cheese Box allows you to create your own selections of cheese by selecting three 7oz hand-cut pieces from a huge variety of ages and flavors (last we counted it was 36!) The box also includes the best Wisconsin sausage (Nolechek’s Meats), a box of delicious crackers, and a mini cheese slicer to it.

Nettle Meadow Farm in Thurman, New York, is not only a cheese company, but a sanctuary to over 130 farm animals. Their award-winning triple creme Kunik, is featured in their Adirondack Collection alongside their double creme Briar Summit. The collection also features their Fig and Honey Fromage Frais, crunchy Z Crackers and Barkeater chocolates.

So many people visit Rogue Creamery’s shop in Central Point, Oregon for their solar-powered Grilled Cheese Sandwiches they’ve made Rogue’s Classic Grilled Cheese available to the rest of us. The pack includes the ingredients (4.2oz Oregon Blue, 8oz Jefferson Cheddar, Jacobsen Co Honey Sticks) needed to replicate this delicious, melty sandwich. Just add your favorite bread for a taste of the Rogue Valley!

Vosges Haut-Chocolat, has created a CHEESE AND CHOCOLATE 6-BAR LIBRARY with three new limited edition chocolate bars — Cheddar & Apple, Parmesan Walnut and Fig and our bestselling Manchego & Cherry Bar.

The Kuhn Rikon COLORI Cheese Knife Set proves you don’t need to spend a lot of money for good knives. This set includes a mini cleaver, cheese fork, and soft cheese knife.