Woolwich Dairy, Canada's leading and largest goat cheese producer, has been manufacturing award-winning goat cheese since 1983.

This is a story of a family owned and operated business which started back in Europe when Tony Dutra's mother, Adozinda, supplied goat cheese to her village in Portugal.

The family later moved into Ontario, Canada, where his mother purchased a goat farm in Grand Valley. Raising goats brought back many great memories of her early years in Europe so she decided, once again, to start making the same Portuguese style goat cheeses for her family and friends.

One day Tony's wife, Olga, came up with the idea of starting up a cheese factory with the family recipe. Tony and Olga both left their full time jobs in 1987 to take on this new venture calling their business Nova Cheese Inc.

With Adozinda's cheese expertise, Olga's marketing skills and Tony's manufacturing background the family began supplying Southern Ontario with goat cheese.

In 1989 the previous owners of Woolwich Dairy approached the Dutra's with the intent of selling the business and retiring. The Dutra's jumped at the opportunity to expand and produce a product line which had an established reputation in the finest restaurants in Toronto with the Chevrai brand of goat cheese - their number one seller.

After years of aggressive marketing and creating many successful new brands including Gourmet Goat, Madame Chevre and Goat Brie, Woolwich Dairy and the Dutra's are poised to lead the specialty cheese industry by providing the finest selection of goat's milk cheeses available in North America.

Located in Orangeville, Ontario, our federally inspected production facility is a 30,000 square foot state-of-the-art cheese factory on 3 acres of land. Our building boasts a customer viewing gallery where customers can watch our goat cheese being made and packaged. We currently offer schools and organizations an opportunity to visit through scheduled tours. Watch for our expansion in 2001!

We hope you have the chance to try our cheeses because only then will you be able to enjoy the rich family tradition we have poured into every piece of our goat cheese. When you taste the authentic flavour and experience the creamy texture of our goat cheeses you will appreciate the care and attention we give to producing a goat cheese worthy of gracing the finest tables in the land, including yours.