Barrys Bay Traditional Cheese
Last surviving peninsula cheese factory, with a window onto hand-made cloth-pressed cheddar.
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This guide to Barrys Bay Traditional Cheese, on the road from Christchurch to Akaroa, starts with the factory Keith Holyoake opened in nineteen fifty-three and the export cheddar it was built to make. It follows the Banks Peninsula dairy cooperatives and the day Britain's trade turned elsewhere. Best heard at the shop's big viewing window, looking into the vat room.
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