Renard's Cheese

Since 1961, three generations of Renard family members have handcrafted, aged, and cured small batches of gourmet cheeses and curated a lineup of locally made products, such as jams and meats. The cheese makers captivate local taste buds with samplings such as brick, colby, and two-year aged white cheddar, as well as with house-specialty cheese curds—hunks of cheddar so fresh they squeak. In a shop structured to resemble a wooden cheese box, friendly staffers point the way to Door County–area products that complement the rich dairy, from wine stomped from apples, cherries, and blackberries to syrup milked from a maple cow.