As a companion piece to our Fall 2010 article profiling Kurt Timmermeister and his dream to make the lush Dinah's Cheese, we're sharing these video segments taped while Kurt was building his underground cheese cave at Kurtwood Farms on Vashon Island, WA.

Videos were shot and edited by Matthew J. Lawrence. Also seen are Luke Sheard and Eloise Lawrence.

Learn more about Dina's Cheese and enter the Centerfold Club to order a taste for yourself.

Kurt talks about some of the structural considerations involved with digging
the cave and constructing the walls.

A series of buried pipes uses the cool temperature of earth to naturally
turn even hot summer air into a cheese-aging 50-55˚F.

A structure that is built to last more than a century.

Get a glimpse of the finished product already aging a few wheels of
delicious Dinah's Cheese.