Sweet Grass Dairy Cheese Shop

The Cheese

Sweet Grass Dairy makes cheese from the milk of cows that graze year round on Georgia grass, without barns. Its best known is Green Hill, a double cream soft-ripened cheese. The range also includes Asher Blue, a mild raw milk blue; Thomasville Tomme, a Pyrenees-style farmhouse tomme released at 60 to 90 days; Lil' Moo, a fresh spreadable cheese; and a pimento cheese.

Eating at the Shop

The menu changes but always centres on cheese and charcuterie boards, with sandwiches, salads, small plates and desserts. The bar has eight taps for small-batch beer and a list of field-to-flask spirits. The shop runs tastings and tap takeovers through the year and has a private event space. It closes on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

History

Al and Desiree Wehner started making cheese on their grazing dairy, and Sweet Grass Dairy was born in 2000. Their daughter Jessica and son-in-law Jeremy Little bought the cheesemaking business in 2005 and opened the Thomasville shop in 2010. The cheeses have won more than 30 national and international awards.

Getting There

Thomasville is in south Georgia, close to the Florida line and north of Tallahassee. The shop is on Broad Street in the historic downtown, a short walk from the Broad Street clock. The dairy itself lists no public visiting hours, so the shop is the place to taste.