Since 1998, artisan cheese makers Miles and also Janet King have silently created a broad range of supreme ewe and cow's milk cheeses on their idyllic 30-acre farm on the outskirts of Masterton, New Zealand.
Kingsmeade started out making ewe's milk cheeses with milk from their own flock of East Friesian sheep. Clover, chicory, plantain and also lucerne cover broad, green meadows. The sheep are big, contented and also full of character-- no demand to round them up at milking time, they hear Miles' voice and also come on their very own.
After years of hands on care, meticulous records and also genetic studies, Miles' flock has turned into New Zealand's initial registered sheep milking breed - Dairymeade.
Today, Kingsmeade makes 9 various varieties of cheese, many from ewe's milk as well as some from cow's. All are uniquely hand crafted, ranging from aged tough varieties to deliciously creamy.
Calm and also quietly spoken, Miles is hands-on from the very first steamy breath of the newborn lambs to the day-to-day milking, cheesemaking, cutting as well as packaging. Each set of cheese is hand made in the manufacturing facility on the farm, appropriate beside the family home. Janet runs the distribution, cheerfully dispatching orders throughout New Zealand.