Wyke Farms open UK's first fully solar powered cheese storage space in Wincanton

摘要

The new cheese storage is a state-of-the art building where the temperature is controlled at 12 degrees and is highly energy efficient. Rich Clothier, Managing Director and third generation family member at Wyke Farms, says: "My grandmother's stone maturing barn on the farm stayed at a steady 12c with some small seasonal variations, in our new stores we have replicated that closely in order to keep the recipe as close to hers as possible". There is space for 1762 pallets of cheese, amounting to approximately 2000 tonnes of additional storage capacity that is required to meet the demands of growing export sales in vintage flavour profiles. The new store is 2500 times the size of Ivy Clothier's original cheese store on the farm in Wyke Champflower.