More about Lanark Blue Cheese ...

Product Origin; Lanark, Scotland

Size Guide; Whole Cheese; tbc Cut Cheese; Dependent on weight

Packaging; Foil/Wax Paper overwrap

Care Details; Keep chilled. Cut Cheese enjoy with 3 days of receipt. Whole Cheese; enjoy within 5 days of opening; 

Best Before; Cut Cheese; within 3 days of receipt

Whole Cheese; minimum 2 weeks from Receipt.

Humphrey Errington, from Scotland read history at Cambridge and then worked for a shipping company in the Far East. In 1982 he returned and moved to a farm called Walston Brahead at Ogcastle near Carnwath, where he began to seriously think about cheese making. Humphrey obtained the help of Janet Galloway, a teacher of cheese-making at the West of Scotland Agricultural College in Ayr. She had spent time studying the making of Roquefort in France and was able to pass on her knowledge. Humphrey also employed Mary Lang, who was trained by Janet Galloway, and cheese maker Ian McLheary. Eventually, Humphrey was able to turn the idea into a reality and the first Lanark Blues were produced in early 1985 and sold in Edinburgh. By July 1986, the cheese was on sale in England.

Lanark Blue is hand-made in a farm-house creamery from unpasteurised ewes milk. The Peninillium roquefortii mould which blues the cheese is introduced into the milk at the start of the cheese making process. Rennet suitable for vegetarians is used. Once the curd has been ladled into forms and has settled into shape , the cheeses are dipped twice in brine, each time being put into clean forms. The cheeses are never pressed. After about a month they are wrapped in foil to inhibit further growth of surface mould, and matured in a cool and damp atmosphere for two months more. They are turned three times a week. The final stage is to scrape them, and then re- wrap them for sale. Everything is done by hand. The foil used to wrap Lanark Blue is overprinted with a distinctive picture of a Lanark milkmaid with a cheese on her lap and a ewe by her side. This picture was created by the artist Tom Errington, Humphrey's brother, who adapted an oil painting by Robert Herdman: it depicts a girl stringing rowan berries watched by her sister.

The sheep graze on hillsides rich in herbs and clover a thousand feet above sea level, overlooking the valley of the upper Clyde. Humphrey has around 400 sheep and the problem of year-round production, a problem with sheep's milk as with goat's, was solved by having two flocks, one lambing in March, which is usual, the other in October. The cheese varies enormously throughout the year which is said to be due to the seasonal changes in the animals diet; the cheese is creamy and medium flavoured in the spring and becomes very full flavoured and wild in the winter. The paste is a mottled ivory white with blue-green mould. The cheeses are shaped like deep half moons, 14cm in radius, 10cm high, weigh one and a half kilograms, and have a fat content of 45%.If you find Lanark blue too salty then take a tip from Roquefort and mash it on your plate with unsalted butter. Lanark Blue can be used in cooking, especially sauces. Lanark Blue is best accompanied by a full bodied red wine.

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2. under Orders, select the Previous Orders tab.
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5. Please provide as much information as possible as to why the product/s are unstaisfactory
6. await our reply (if we havent replied within 48 hours, please call to ensure we have received your request)

Refunds ... The Cheese and Wine Shop of Wellington offers a full refund on all goods that you may be dissatisfied with (this includes Sale items). Customers who send back unwanted goods that are not damaged will receive the value of the item purchased less the delivery costs.
 
Unsuitable or defective items may be returned for refund or exchange providing they are received within 7 working days of the original delivery date in brand new, unused condition, in the original undamaged packaging (with labels intact, including hygiene strips)

Please ensure that your return is accompanied by a note stating your name, address, email address, contact telephone number, order number, RMA and the reason for the return and what refund/exchange you require. (As agreed in the RMA)
 
We will consider the overall condition of the product being returned when making a refund. As soon as we receive your goods we will process your request for a replacement item or refund. We will notify you via email as soon as your request has been processed.
 
You will need to pay the cost of returning goods to us, unless the goods are defective in which case you will receive a full refund including your postage and packaging costs. Proof of return and postage will be required should an item be lost in transit. Neither refunds nor replacements can be made until such proof is provided. We strongly suggest you get a Certificate of Posting from the Post Office when you send an item back.

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If you have requested a refund, or replacements of a lower value than the returned goods, a refund will be credited back to the card used to pay for the original order. We will let you know as soon as the refund has been processed.

If you have requested replacements of a higher value, you will need to contact us to make the additional payment.
 
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