Tintern is a blended cow's milk Cheddar cheese, utilising Vegetarian rennet it is suitable for lacto-vegetarians.[1] As a blended cheese, it is flavoured with fresh chives and shallots, the recipe was originally developed by Abergavenny Fine Foods in the mid to late 1980s.[2]

Tintern
Country of originWales
RegionMonmouthshire
TownAbergavenny
Source of milkCows
PasteurisedYes
TextureSoft
Weight1.5kg

The Abergavenny Fine Foods company sold the recipe and rights of Tintern to Croome Cuisine, effective from 31 December 2020.[3] It is now Available in 150g waxed truckles and 1.5 kg whole wheels and is still sold in its distinctive lime green wax covering.[4]

It takes its name from the village of Tintern on the River Wye, in Monmouthshire, Wales. The monks of Tintern Abbey managed a dozen or so monastic granges in the area, its agricultural hinterland. A grange (from the Latin granum meaning 'grain') was a medieval farm or small estate directly run by a Cistercian abbey with a workforce of lay brothers, or conversi.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Mousetrap Cheese Shop sales information". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  2. ^ "Abergavenny Fine Foods Press Release". The Abergavenny Fine Food Company. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  3. ^ "Abergavenny Fine Foods Press Release". The Abergavenny Fine Food Company. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  4. ^ "Croome Cuisine".
  5. ^ "Landscapism". 9 November 2016.