Happy Holidays!

After 40 years of tasting, learning about, introducing, and representing the best specialty foods available, we feel confident that we can help you with the perfect gift for the "foodie" on your holiday list.

We would love to help you with a specific request or guide you with our many years of foodie expertise. We're the ones to call, whether you're looking for a traditional product (like a real Irish whiskey fruit cake, a classic Italian Pannenttone, 5-year-aged cheddar, or a bottle of grower Champagne) or a unique suggestion (such as an estate-bottled novello olive oil, a copy of Kevin Zraly's Windows on the World Wine Course, or a mozzarella cheese-making kit)!

Please give us a call; we're happy to do your shopping for you! We will pack your gift in a beautiful Cheese Shop gift box or colorful holiday basket. We can have it ready for pickup at your convenience, or ship it for you via UPS. The Cheese Shop is ready to help you give the gift of joyous flavors. We hope your holidays are full of peace and joy!

A Moveable Feast

The most profound memories and lessons of life are often shared over a meal. In our family it begins in the kitchen, where you'll find family and friends cooking, reconnecting and often with a glass of wine in hand. These have been our moveable feasts, our most memorable ocassions, when the fruits of our labor are enjoyed all the more as a result of the joy and cooperation that went into them. We invite you to our table at The Cheese Shop to create your own memories.

Cathy, Mary Ellen, and Tom Power are the second generation of the Cheese Shop family, continuing the legacy and telling the story of how it all began.

While some of our friends pursued law, medicine, and finance, we followed our passion for great food, wine and hospitality!

Back in 1971, Mary Ellen and Thomas Power, our parents, opened a little cheese shop in Warwick Center, Newport News. Our grandparents were worried that the business didn't have a chance. "There isn't enough interest or demand for cheese and wine here, " our grandfather said. "Maybe in Europe, but not in the United States and certainly not in Tidewater, Virginia." But Dad had a vision and Mom agreed to sign on. She knew that at least we'd have good food to eat no matter the outcome.

In the early years at the end of our school day, we would walk from our elementary school to help stock the shelves, sweep the floors, and distribute flyers to help promote the new establishment. It was at that time that we began to learn the values necessary to operate and build a successful business: exceptional products and customer service, attention to detail, and a passion for what you do.

We were lucky that Tidewater had an educated population with an interest in culture and an appreciation for cheese, wine, and the good life. We thank the College of William and Mary students, faculty and staff, Colonial Williamsburg's visitors and employees, and our many loyal local and regional customers for helping our family's vision become a reality.