Reasons to Be Cheerful - Visiting a Cheese Factory in Barry's Bay, Banks Peninsula

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Barry’s Bay cheese is made with local milk and you can go to the factory and taste it. It’s a lot nicer than most of the mainstream cheese in New Zealand. That’s damning it with faint praise, I know, but for some reason (DESPITE ALL THE BLOODY COWS AND SHEEP), New Zealand doesn’t make cheese nearly as well as Britain or France. Or even Spain.

There is a big window from the tasting room/shop where you can watch the workers in the Barry’s Bay cheese factory. They are very friendly and wave back.