Rennet & Rind

What's in the box: Five British artisan cheeses chosen from the company's own maturing rooms, with tasting notes and a video guide.

Rennet & Rind is a British cheesemonger and affineur with a shop in Stamford and maturing rooms in Cambridge. Its subscription centres on the Mystery Cheese Box. Each month Perry James Wakeman, named Affineur of the Year three times, selects five British artisan cheeses from those rooms, and the box comes with tasting notes and a video guide to the selection. The range is exclusively British, so this suits anyone curious about the depth of UK farmhouse cheesemaking, from Highland Gouda to blues, goat and sheep cheeses and washed rinds. The wider shop lists over 80 cheeses plus chutneys, crackers, British charcuterie, cultured butter and drinks, which makes it easy to add companions to an order. Delivery is free on orders over £55. The site does not state the subscription price, cancellation terms or whether you can skip a month, so check those before signing up. Because the selection is a surprise, you cannot steer it away from styles you dislike. The shop labels cheeses made with vegetarian rennet, but there is no sign of a vegetarian-only box. The monthly box is described as five cheeses, so charcuterie is an add-on rather than part of it. For a guided monthly tour of British cheese from a genuine specialist, this is a strong and credible choice.