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Picnic Time!

Opening
18 September 2009

Visitors to the farm can enjoy a delicious picnic lunch on the banks of the tranquil Klein River or in the garden.

For children, there is an extensive playground to enjoy, many farm animals to see and individually packed Childrens Picnic Baskets are available.

Have a Kiddies Party in our new Birthday Bungalow!
 
Did you know?
Sleep Cheese can help you have a good night's sleep. One of the essential amino acids in cheese - tryptophan - has been shown to reduce stress and induce sleep.

French The French consume themost cheese - an average of 24.1 kg per head.  They are closely followed by the Greeks with 24 kg per head.  IDF Bulletin 2000.

Prehistoric Cheese can not really be said to have been 'invented' - there is evidence that cheese came into being in prehistoric times.

Penicillin The blue in blue cheese is NOT melted copper wire, but a harmless penicillin mould.

Mice Mice actually prefer sweet smellling foods to cheese. A piece of chocolate or peanut butter make more successful bait in a mousetrap.

Animals There are hundreds of different types of cheese that can be differentiated both by the type of milk - raw, skimmed or pasteurized, or by the animal - cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, horse or camel.

Turophile Turophile is the official term for a cheese lover.

Goat Off dry white wines or crisp dry whites are best with goat's cheese.

Dessert wines Dessert wines and fortified wines stand up well to the rich, distinctively piquant flavour of blue cheese.

Keeping Cheese It is best to keep cheese in the bottom part of your fridge.

Beer Beer and cider are good with most cheeses, particularly mature ones.

Big Cheese The term 'Big Cheese' derives from a medieval term of envy for those who could afford to buy expensive whole wheels of cheese.

Tooth decay That eating a piece of cheese after meals can help prevent tooth decay.

Nutrients Cheese is an excellent source of nutrients, containing useful amounts of protein, vitamins and other important minerals.

Room Temp To bring out its full flavour, cheese should be served at room temperature.

Holes The small holes in cheeses like Emmental is because of a special starter culture that is added.

Queen For her 1858 wedding, Queen Victoria - a renowned cheese enthusiast - was presented with a giant wheel of Cheddar cheese weighing over 1 000 lbs.

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Blue Cheese Wrap blue cheeses all over as mould spores spread readily not only to other cheese but also to anything near.

Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The Awards Print E-mail

Over the last seven years Klein River Cheeses have won several awards. Local and international recognition has been received for our outstanding cheeses.

2001

  • Qualite Award of Quality for Gruyere-type cheese
  • National Dairy Championships 1st prize for Gruyere-type cheese

2002

  • National Dairy Championships 2nd prize for Gruyere-type cheese

2003

  • National Dairy Championships 1st price for Gruyere-type cheese
  • National Dairy Championships 1st prize for best cheese Basket/Selection (Colby, Danbo & Gruyere-type cheese)
  • World Cheese Awards 3rd prize for Gruyere-type cheese.

2004

  • National Dairy Championships 1st prize for Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese
  • Qualite Award for outstanding product quality.
  • Dairy Product of the year awarded to Klein River Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese.
  • Slow Food Cape Town Citation 2004 awarded Klein River Cheese for creativity and pioneering efforts to extend the range of world class South African cheeses.
  • Gold medal at the World Cheese Awards in London for Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese.
Award winning cheese

2005

  • 1st Prize for Gruyere and Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese at National Dairy Championships.
  • 3rd prize for Danbo at National Dairy Championships.

Award winning cheese

2006

  • At the SA Dairy Championships a 1st Prize for Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese in the extra hard cheese category.
  • 2nd Prize for Gruyere-type cheese, 3rd prize for Van Beulen and 4th prize for Stanford in the hard cheese category.
  • A Slow Food Cape Town Citation 2006 award for innovation and consistency in cheese making in South Africa.
  • World Cheese Awards, Silver Medal for Extra Mature Gruyere-type cheese.
Award for 2007 

2007

  • At the World Cheese Awards a gold for Gruyere-type cheese (6 month).
  • At the South Africa Dairy Championships a
    1st for Gruyere-type cheese (6 month), 2nd for Van Beulen & 3rd for Stanford all in the brushed rind category.
  • Gruyere-type cheese (6month) also received a Qualite Award for outstanding quality.
  • 1st for Havarti in the semi-soft category and
  • 2nd for Extra Matured Gruyere-type cheese in the Extra hard category.

 

2008

  

In 2008 at the South Africa Dairy Championships we won the following:
  • 1st for Havarti, in the semi-soft category as well as a Qualitè Award for outstanding product quality. 
  • In the brushed rind category, South African Gruyere, matured received a second place; 4th for South African Gruyere; 5th for Van Beulen; and 6th for Stanford. 
  • Grana received a 3rd place in the hard cheese category and in the semi hard category, Raclette was placed 6th and Colby 9th.. 

2009

 

In 2009 at the South Africa Dairy Championships we won the following:

  • 1st place for  Havarti cheese for the second consecutive year.
  • 3rd place was received for our Italian-style Grana in the highly competitive Hard Cheese category.
  • 3rd for Danbo, the creamy gouda-style cheese.
  • 3rd for Gruyere.
 
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