Best Online Cheese Subscriptions and Delivery Services for 2024 [CNET]

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Pamela Vachon Contributor

Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and potable (and accessories dedicated to those topics,) her real areas of expertise are cheese, chocolate, cooking and wine. She’s a culinary school grad, certified sommelier, former bartender and fine dining captain with 10 years in the industry. When not sitting at the keys, she leads in-home cheese classes, wine tastings and cocktail demonstrations.

Many cheese-adjacent options or byproducts are also available, such as cheesecakes, cheese balls, pimento cheese and even queso fundido. You can’t mix and match between producers here, but you have several choices per producer in terms of how much and what types of cheese you want and whether cheese pairing accompaniments are included. A bonus for gifting and receiving both: Goldbelly lets you choose your delivery date. Plus, if you sign up for emails, you get $20 off your first order.

(I’m happy to report that Goldbelly, as well as every other purveyor on this list, is employing eco-conscious packaging, where every element is either recyclable or biodegradable. There’s not a styrofoam cooler in sight. Go cheese!)

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AppyHour included my single favorite accoutrement from any package I received: Effie’s Homemade Oatcakes. These are amazing for cheese and also nicely fit the Irish theme of my box. The service also sends you the menu for each box ahead of time, so you can opt in or out month by month.

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A relative newcomer in the online cheese scene, AppyHour is a subscription service that ships monthly boxes based on a geographical or conceptual theme. Boxes include two cheeses plus charcuterie and accompaniments. (A currently available promotion also offers “free brie for a year,” meaning that your box will also include a creamy brie portion.)

Distinctive from Curdbox above, artisanal cheeses were a little more on the approachable side, but shipments will always include charcuterie as well as cheese. I also appreciated that all the components, including accompaniments, were portioned for a single cheese board and are thoughtfully wrapped with Formaticum products.

AppyHour included my single favorite accoutrement from any package I received: Effie’s Homemade Oatcakes. These are amazing for cheese and also nicely fit the Irish theme of my box. The service also sends you the menu for each box ahead of time, so you can opt in or out month by month.