Long Paddock Cheese
Inside The Mill, the revived industrial precinct in Castlemaine, Long Paddock Cheese is an artisan cheesery run by French cheesemakers working with certified-organic cow's milk. The range reaches beyond cheese to cultured butter, yoghurt and crème fraîche — the full expression of good milk in skilled hands — and the retail fromagerie invites you to taste your way through it with staff who know each wheel. It's an operation with a teaching streak, too: The Cheese School runs classes for the curious, home-delivery subscriptions keep regulars stocked, and the Long Paddock stall is a familiar sight at farmers' markets and food events around the country. Central Victoria has quietly become one of Australia's serious food regions, and this is one of the addresses that explains why.