FOOD NEWS
The Unique Place Wegmans Cheese Is Made
By Nico Danilovich
Wegmans has half a dozen "caves" dedicated to ripening soft and washed-rind cheeses, as well as a room specifically set aside for brie. Each one is climate-controlled, designed to match the needs of their cheese.
Each cavern can hold several thousand pieces of cheese at a time, per The Washington Post. Having different chambers also avoids cross contamination and allows the flavors to remain pure, and the cheeses are misted to maintain that dank cavern aura.
Cheesemaking has long been intertwined with European culture, dating back to ancient Greece, and people of old couldn’t be picky about where they kept their food. It’s not surprising that they ended up storing cheese in cold damp caverns, and this kind of storing method has been replicated via technology on other continents, including North America.