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{{Short description|Cheddar-based cheese, incorporating herbs}}
{{other uses|Tintern (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Cheese
| name          = Tintern
| image         = [[File:Tintern II.jpg|220px]]
| othernames    = 
| country       = [[Wales]]
| region        = [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]]
| town          = [[Abergavenny]] 
| source        = [[Cow]]s
| pasteurised   = Yes
| texture       = Soft
| fat           = 
| protein       = 
| dimensions    = 
| weight        = 1.5kg
| aging         = 
| certification = 
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'''Tintern''' is a blended cow's milk [[Cheddar cheese]], utilising Vegetarian [[rennet]] it is suitable for lacto-vegetarians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mousetrapcheese.co.uk/tintern-cheese-welsh-cheddar-with-shallots-and-chives-1590-p.asp|title=Mousetrap Cheese Shop sales information|access-date=2022-02-22}}</ref> As a blended cheese, it is flavoured with fresh [[chives]] and [[shallot]]s, the recipe was originally developed by [[Abergavenny]] Fine Foods in the mid to late 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abergavenny.uk.com/blended-cheeses/|title=Abergavenny Fine Foods Press Release|access-date=2022-02-22|website=The Abergavenny Fine Food Company}}</ref>

The Abergavenny Fine Foods company sold the recipe and rights of Tintern to Croome Cuisine, effective from 31 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abergavenny.uk.com/blended-cheeses/|title=Abergavenny Fine Foods Press Release|access-date=2022-02-22|website=The Abergavenny Fine Food Company}}</ref> It is now Available in 150g waxed truckles and 1.5&nbsp;kg whole wheels and is still sold in its distinctive lime green wax covering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://croomecuisine.com/product/tintern/|title=Croome Cuisine}}</ref>

It takes its name from the village of [[Tintern]] on the [[River Wye]], in [[Monmouthshire]], [[Wales]]. The monks of [[Tintern Abbey]] managed a dozen or so monastic granges in the area, its agricultural hinterland. A grange (from the Latin granum meaning 'grain') was a medieval farm or small estate directly run by a Cistercian abbey with a workforce of lay brothers, or conversi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://landscapism.blogspot.com/2016/11/in-search-of-monastic-granges.html|title=Landscapism|date=9 November 2016 }}
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