If you’re reading this, we think it’s safe to say you love cheese. We’d even go so far as to presume you swoon over oozing brie and go weak in the knees for tangy pecorino. You love long walks on the cheese trail and you’re definitely a Comté-person. Cream is your favorite color and you’d do just about anything for a nice bloomy rind. And your perfect Saturday is a date with the monger at your neighborhood cheese shop. Are we close?
We also know that as an avid cheese lover, you need a way to satisfy your cravings no matter where you are. So to help you get more fromage at your fingertips, we’ve scoured the internet for the best cheese shops to follow on Instagram. Keep scrolling and maybe a sharp cheddar will catch your eye.
Instagram Photo Credit: @PaxtonsCheese
1. Paxton & Whitfield
For all you Anglophiles out there, this London shop’s #cheeseoftheday features will have you dancing in your knickers.
Instagram Photo Credit: @LadyAndLarder
2. Cowgirl Creamery
These Golden State gals share all the best ooey-gooey close-ups, melty sandwich marvels, and jaw-dropping platters that will certainly make you drool.
Instagram Photo Credit: @MurraysCheese
3. Murray’s Cheese
This legen-dairy shop has all the mold and crumbles to keep you up all night and scrolling for days. Plus, if you can’t make it to their Manhattan locations, they have a robust online store just for you.
Instagram Photo Credit: @MissionCheese
4. Mission Cheese
This Bay Area cheese shop stocks up on American-made artisan cheese. Their pics of creative pairings will have you counting down the minutes until the clock strikes Happy Hour.
Instagram Photo Credit: @littlesistersdelicatessen
5. Little Sister Delicatessen
These Aussies have all the meat, cheese, and scrumptious accompaniments that all of us fromage fanatics dream about.
Instagram Photo Credit: @baccoswineandcheese
6. Baccos Wine and Cheese
Whether you like it hoppy, malty, sour, or light, this Boston-based shop features stacks on stacks of beer to inspire your next pairing.
Instagram Photo Credit: @venissimo.northpark
7. Venissimo North Park
These experts celebrate each cheese by putting it in its rightful place – the spotlight. Oh, and did we mention their insane cheese plates? We’ll take two, please.
Instagram Photo Credit: @queseriacultivo
No habla Español? No problema. Every picture posted by this Madrid-based queso shop is worth a thousand words in any language.
Photo Credit: C. Bay Milin
9. Saxelby Cheese
From stunning cheese portraits to rows upon rows of the very best, New York City’s Saxelby delivers. They might even throw in a good old fashion goat birthing or an udder close-up for your viewing pleasure.
Instagram Photo Credit: @fromageforyou
10. Antonelli’s Cheese
Goats, pigs, burgers, platters—Austin-based Antonelli’s has everything a cheese shop follower would ever want. They even feature photos from their hardworking employees. Now that’s a monger we can get behind.
Instagram Photo Credit: @wedgeandwheel
11. Wedge & Wheel
Simply put, these Minnesotans straight up slay the cheese platter game.
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Sam Jones
Sam Jones is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Agriculture, Food, and Environment at Tufts University. She has worked on organic vegetable farms in France, Scotland, and Washington as well as on a chicken and pig farm in Colorado. She is passionate about telling farmers' stories and exploring the varied agricultural methods that go into making delicious cheese around the world.
