Where to Buy Manchego in NZ
In store
If you would rather buy in person, start here: Where to Buy Gouda in Auckland &. That page is the list we keep current, and it is the straight answer to where our packs turn up on a shelf.
A counter is a good way to shop. You can see the cut face and the rind, and you can see the colour of the paste before you commit to anything. Ask when it was cut. The person on the other side of the counter is usually glad to talk about what they have been eating with it.
Buying it this way also fits how most of us actually shop. You are already out, you already have bread in the bag, and it goes in the basket with the rest of the week. It does not need to be a plan. A wedge of Manchego on a Tuesday, with whatever else is in the fridge, is a completely reasonable thing to do.
Online
You can also order it from us directly: Spanish Manchego Cheese. The retail pack is 140g Net, which is enough for a few nights of picking at it rather than something you have to work through in one sitting.
We deliver nationwide, so it does not matter much whether you are around the corner from a good deli or a long way from one.
Ordering online also takes the guesswork out of the trip. You know it is coming, you know what size it is, and you can put it in the fridge and forget about it until you want it.
What freshly cut actually means
We import as whole wheels and cut fresh here in New Zealand. That is worth explaining, because it is the part that changes what ends up in your hand.
A wheel keeps its rind on until it is opened. The cutting happens here, in Auckland, rather than on the other side of the world months earlier. So there is less distance and less time between the knife and your kitchen bench.
It also means the piece you get was cut from a wheel we opened, not portioned by someone we have never met and shipped around in that state. That is the whole story, and it is not a complicated one. Whole wheels in, cut here, sent out.
If you are a cafe or a deli
If you are buying for a cabinet or a kitchen, talk to us: Wholesale Gouda for NZ Foodservice. We bring it in as whole wheels, so whether you want the wheel itself or a steady run of cut portions, it is a conversation we can have. Tell us roughly what you go through in a week and we will work from there.