Scotland on a Cheeseboard — The Scottish Cheeses We Cut In-Store Every Day

Scotland on a Cheeseboard — The Scottish Cheeses We Cut In-Store Every Day

We stock over 75 varieties of cheese at Farm Shop At The Mart — cut fresh in-store, every day. Spanish Manchego, French Comté, Irish Cashel Blue, Swiss Gruyère — if you're building a serious cheeseboard, we've got Europe covered. Our very own cheese counter manager Sheena will be able to guide you through all the cheeses we have in stock and how they can compliment one another.

But Scotland, where we have so many incredible offerings? Our local Scottish producers deserve its own conversation, with a number of artisan and larger scale producers making incredible offerings.

Scottish cheesemaking has quietly become one of the great food stories of this country. From island dairies to Highland creameries, there are producers up and down Scotland making cheeses that stand comfortably alongside anything from France or Italy. We know, because we stock them, cut them, and eat them ourselves. Quite often tourists will specifically ask to try the local cheeses and that alongside our genuine pride in Scottish produce is why about 10% of all our fresh cut cheese varieties are Scottish.

Here are some of the Scottish cheeses you'll find on our counter.

We specialise in a number of cheeses especially raw cheeses and Scottish cheeses, though we do stock products from around the world

Blue Murder

Made in the Highlands by Connage Highland Dairy, Blue Murder is a full-fat, creamy blue that punches well above its weight. Rich, buttery, and genuinely complex — it's the kind of cheese that converts people who think they don't like blue cheese. Pair it with a dark honey or a glass of something peaty and you're in business.

Clava Brie

Also from Connage, Clava Brie is Scotland's answer to a classic French Brie — soft, mild, and made with organic milk from the dairy's own herd near Inverness. It's approachable, versatile, and regularly one of our best sellers. If you haven't tried it, start here.

Black Crowdie

Crowdie is one of Scotland's oldest cheeses — a fresh, crumbly curd cheese with a long history in the Highlands. Black Crowdie takes that tradition and rolls it in oatmeal and black pepper, giving it texture and a gentle heat. It's unlike anything else on a cheeseboard and always starts a conversation.

Connage Gouda

A Scottish-made Gouda that proves this country's cheesemakers aren't afraid to take on continental styles on their own terms. Firm, nutty, and well-aged — it works beautifully melted or eaten straight from the counter.

Inverloch Goat's Cheese

Made on the Kintyre peninsula, Inverloch is a soft, fresh goat's cheese — clean, tangy, and light. It's the kind of cheese that earns its place on any board and holds its own in a salad or on warm sourdough just as well.

Lanark Blue

Scotland's most celebrated blue cheese, made by Errington Cheese in Lanarkshire from unpasteurised sheep's milk. Lanark Blue is bold, complex, and deeply savoury — a cheese with real character. It has its devotees, and rightly so.

St Andrews Cheddar

Made by St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese near Cupar in Fife, this is a proper Scottish cheddar — firm, full-flavoured, and made with traditional methods that most commercial producers abandoned long ago. It's the cheddar you buy when you've had enough of supermarket cheddar.

Isle of Mull Cheddar

One of the most distinctive cheddars in Britain. Made on the Isle of Mull by Reade's Dairy, it's aged in the island's unique conditions and has a sharpness and depth that sets it apart. If you think you know cheddar, Isle of Mull will make you reconsider.

Applewood Smoked — Isle of Kintyre

A smoked cheese from the Kintyre peninsula with a genuine depth of flavour that the imitation smoked cheeses simply can't replicate. Subtle, complex, and the kind of thing that disappears quickly once it's on a board.

Come and See the Counter

This is just the Scottish selection. Alongside these, you'll find over 75 cheeses cut fresh in-store at Farm Shop At The Mart every day — French, Spanish, Irish, English, Swiss, and more.

We're in East Linton, open seven days a week, 9am to 5pm. Come in, ask us what's good, and let us cut you a piece.

Farm Shop At The Mart in East Linton cuts over 75 varieties of cheese in-store daily — including some of Scotland's finest. Discover our full Scottish cheese selection, from Blue Murder to Isle of Mull Cheddar.