Tasting evenings

The evenings started as a way of getting people to try the cheeses they walk past, and they became the thing people book their friends onto. Twenty seats around the pushed-together tables, six cheeses in order of strength, three wines, a lot of talk, and on the best nights the person who made the cheese.

Each evening has a theme: Welsh cheese, from the Caerphilly to the Pembrokeshire blue; the goat's and sheep's cheeses; the blues and the washed rinds, for the brave; cheese and cider; the Christmas board in December. Six cheeses tasted in order of strength, three wines or ciders chosen with them, bread and oatcakes, and the notes to take home. Ten per cent off anything from the evening bought on the night.

Twenty seats, £28, booked on the order page with the evening chosen; the maker evenings are £35 because the maker is paid to come. The seats left are listed and an evening with no seats left takes a waiting list. A private evening for a birthday, a team or a club, up to twenty, any night but Thursday, from £480.

What you get

• Six cheeses and three wines, in order of strength
• A theme each week; a maker on some nights
• Twenty seats, £28; maker evenings £35
• The seats left listed; a waiting list when full
• Ten per cent off anything from the evening on the night
• Private evenings for up to twenty from £480

What it costs

£28 a seat with six cheeses and three wines; the maker evenings £35. Twenty seats; 7pm to about 9. A private evening for up to twenty from £480. The cheese page filters the counter by milk and strength; the hampers page builds a hamper with a running total.