Whitestone
Whitestone cheese is one of the
New Zealand South Island's main cheese companies. Whitestone make about a dozen different specialist cheeses, the most well-known of which is Whitestone
Brie. other varieties made include Waitaki
Camembert, Whitestone Farmhouse, Windsor Blue, Moeraki Bay Blue, Manuka
Feta, and four sheep's milk cheeses (notably Monte Cristo).
The company is based in
Oamaru, and takes its name from the
limestone known as
Oamaru stone which is quarried locally. The company takes pride in the fact that the cheeses are entirely organic, with no artificial additives and milk from livestock raised on organically farmed pasture.
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Whitestone Cheese website
