Skylands Food TrailA stop on the Skylands Food Cheese Trail: farms that make cheese from their own animals’ milk.
Valley Shepherd has been making cheese in Long Valley since 2005 from its own grass-fed sheep, plus goat and Jersey cow milk. There are no cheesemaking machines here: the milk is warmed, cultured and cut by hand in open vats.
The wheels age in a cave dug 26 feet into the hillside. The weekend cave-wagon tour takes you there by wagon ride, after a look at the cheesemaking room, barn and milking parlor.
What’s here
- Made here
- Oldwick Shepherd (sheep) · Pepato (sheep) · Tartufo Shepherd (sheep) · Califon Tomme (cow) · Valley Thunder (cow) · Nettlesome
- Grown or raised here
- Sheep (the farm’s own flock)
This season
Cave-wagon tours every Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 PM through November 7, 2026. Adults $9.95, children under 12 $9, or $21.95 with a cheese tasting tray for two. Book online by Thursday morning for Saturday, Friday morning for Sunday. Rain or shine; bring your own wine or beer.
Details checked against Valley Shepherd Creamery’s own site on ; not yet confirmed by the business. Hours change, so check before you go. Spot a mistake? Tell us.