Old Amsterdam Cheese Tasting with Wine Pairing

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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20+ bookings last month.

55 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.7

· Brandy_S ·

Nov 2025

Where to start? The staff? Top tier. The history of cheese? Amazing. The tasting was beyond my wildest dreams and paired with the wines and the guide walking us through everything was highly amazing!

· Heather_S ·

May 2026

We learned a lot about cheese making and pairing it with wine. We thoroughly enjoyed the tastings, and picked up a lot of gifts to bring home.

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Overview

The Netherlands is famous for its cheese, so no visit would be complete without sampling some of the local delicacy. Pair locally-made cheese with wine during a tasting session in Amsterdam that’s ideal for lovers of food. A guide teaches you to recognize subtle cheese flavors and a traditional tasting room replicates the Amsterdam of bygone eras.

A cultural experience ideal for lovers of food and wine
Educate your palate to recognize subtle flavors
Sample the Netherlands' local delicacy during an educational tasting session
A guide is on hand to answer questions and provide culinary recommendations

What's Included

Food tasting
Wine tasting
Cutlery

Private transportation

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Damrak 62HS, 1012 LM Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Old Amsterdam cheese store is less than 5 minutes walk from the Amsterdam Centrale Station in the direction of the Dam square

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Old Amsterdam Cheese Store

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 26 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Tina_W

We had an absolutely fantastic cheese and wine tasting experience at Old Amsterdam! The guide was incredibly knowledgeable and shared so many interesting insights about the cheeses, wines, and their history—it really elevated the whole experience. What impressed us even more was the flexibility and kindness of the team. Due to a delayed flight, we unfortunately couldn’t make our original booking, but they kindly allowed us to reschedule for the next day without any hassle. That level of customer service is truly exceptional.

Reviews

4.7

based on 146 reviews

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Excelllent experience for cheese tasting with wine pairing in Amsterdam

Robert_L, Jul 2026

Our Old Amsterdam Cheese tasting guide, Rick, was wonderful, entertaining, and informative. His pairing of wine with each cheese was superb. We agree “tasting is believing.” And we loved the distinct flavor of Old Amsterdam cheese. We couldn’t purchase this grand cheese at the shop as it requires refrigeration after at least 10 days and we will be traveling past this time. We will be looking for Old Amsterdam cheese when we return home.

We learned a lot about...

Heather_S, May 2026

We learned a lot about cheese making and pairing it with wine. We thoroughly enjoyed the tastings, and picked up a lot of gifts to bring home.

A Perfect Cheese & Wine Experience with Outstanding Service

Tina_W, Apr 2026

Fun experience

SA_M, Mar 2026

This was a fun experience. The guide/presenter was informative and the cheese and wine both very good.

A cheese shop above all the others!

Brandy_S, Nov 2025

Where to start? The staff? Top tier. The history of cheese? Amazing. The tasting was beyond my wildest dreams and paired with the wines and the guide walking us through everything was highly amazing!

Rick was very...

Elise_W, Oct 2025

Rick was very knowledgeable about the wines and cheeses. You can also buy cheeses at the shop. Well worth the time!

Old Amsterdam

Frank_B, Sep 2025

Great wine and Cheese pairing. Really enjoyed Rick and the way he presented the cheese and history of Old Amsterdam.

Great hour presentation in Amsterdam

Brian_W, Mar 2025

A great one hour spent. The presenter was so knowledgeable about Amsterdam's cheeses and wines. Loved the whole event, and would suggest it for everyone.

Fun!

Brad_B, Nov 2024

Personal and pleasant tasting. 5 cheeses serve with a white, a red, and a port. We enjoyed it a lot.

Fun experience for something a little different to do in the dam

Laura_W, Sep 2024

The experience was very informative and good fun for an hour. The cheese and wine were all very tasty and our cheese master was very good

Great way to sample cheese/wine pairing

Doug_R, Aug 2024

Great experience - tasted 5 cheeses with white, red and port wines. The explanation of the cheese and what made wine pairing work was helpful. Also the history of the cheese making was interesting and informative. The facilitator was great - we really enjoyed.

A good introduction

Robert_N, Jun 2024

Taste five cheeses in combination with three wines as an introduction to how they can be complementary. Overall informative as an introduction to Dutch cheese. Need to realize that it is more of an advertisement for the business and a promotion. Not bad but most cheese shops will have the same tastings.

Good

Ricardo_Z, May 2024

If you have a little more time, it's a good experience. Nice explanation about history and cheese...

Wine and cheese tasting

Gary_S, May 2024

Loved this adventure. Wine and cheese were wonderful. We learned a lot Speaker was knowledgeable and friendly.

Cheese & Wine Excellent!

Michelle_M, May 2024

I learned so much about cheese making! Maria was a fantastic guide! Traveling solo and was a great way to meet new people and share stories!

Awesome

William_N, Nov 2023

Excellent cheese and wine. The presentation was very informative. Great time with friends. Great way to end our stay in Amsterdam.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

thank you William for your good review, hopefully we see more of your friends at our tasting room. kind regards Ron Pieters

Great experience

Lisa_P, Nov 2023

What an amazing experience! Cheeses and wines were excellent choices. Goat and cow cheeses from 4-18 months were delicious.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

dear Lisa, we thank you for this good review. and we hope to see you again at our Cheese and wine tastings. kind Regards Ron Pieters

Great value, fun and informative

Dawn_Q, Oct 2023

Old Amsterdam cheese tasting was fantastic. They have a nice room above the store with a presentation screen and live presenter who was knowledgeable and funny. We were served a white , red, and port wine. We also learned how to tell the difference between goat and cows mild cheese and aging process. At the end you get a 10% discount on cheese. Such a great value.

Great wine and great cheese

Trevor_D, Oct 2023

The whole experience was great from start to finish. The gentleman that did our tasting was awesome, he was very experienced ad informative

Gouda and wine pairings

John_K, Oct 2023

We've taken part in basic wine and food pairing tastings before and this really refined the experience for us. We were with 4 other couples who we had met for the first time at the tasting. We learned about the history of Gouda cheese making in the Amsterdam area and about the founders of Old Amsterdam Cheese. We had a selection of 5 Gouda cheeses; 2 goat cheeses and 3 cow cheeses, a French white wine, a red blend, and a Portuguese ruby Port. The cheese expert (like a wine sommelier) walked us through the food pairings to show us when white or red wines go best with each type and age of Gouda. What a relaxing, fun and great experience that we had.

Cheese and wine! Best combo

Maria_I, Oct 2023

Came here with a group of 9 friends and had the best time with Ron as our "guide". He was very knowledgeable but also engaging and pleasant. Would 10/10 recommend.

Best hour of the day!

Joanne_M, Sep 2023

The instructor for the Cheese and wine tasting was fantastic. He was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly and made the experience great for all. The Cheese from Old Amsterdam is soooo good. We’ll be taking some home with us. And the pairings were spot on.

Great experience and cheese tasting

Aleksandar_O, Sep 2023

Thanks to the host this was a wonderful experience! We learned a lot about cheese products, production process and some Dutch history. The wine was very well chosen for the cheese we tried. The location is designed with great attention to detail. Thanks again to the host!

Cheese and wine paring

veblenate, Aug 2023

Really knowledgeable guide in both cheese and wine. One white one red and a port to drink. Five cheeses to taste plus a desert chocolate cheese (good).

Response from Host, Aug 2023

many thanks for this beautiful review, we see that you have enjoyed the tasting hopefully you will tell it to your friends and family. we hope to see you again.

Tasty

Augusta_U, Aug 2023

Totally adorable. A crash course in Amsterdam cheeses paired with European wines. Knowledgeable and funny guide. Cheeses were quite tasty.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

many thanks for your review, we hope that you tell this to your friends and family.

Top Notch Tasting

Lori_M, Jul 2023

This was a very quaint cheese store with an area upstairs set aside to learn about cheese making followed by cheese tasting with varied wines! It was a great experience!

Response from Host, Jul 2023

dear Lori, many thanks for your positive review. we hope to see you next time.

Was great fun, host was...

Leanne_O, Jun 2023

Was great fun, host was enthusiastic and knowledgeable Cheese was tasty and enjoyed the wine pairings

Great experiance

Abbigail_W, May 2023

All the cheese and wine, would have maybe liked some different flavoured cheeses but that's just personal choice!

Response from Host, May 2023

many thanks for you review, we want more from young to Old cheese so we can tell the story of Maturing and making of cheese. flavored cheese are new and is not traditional. but many thanks for your opinion. kind regards Ron Pieters

Great tasting

Stefanie_G, Feb 2020

Delicious cheese and wine. Luca was very knowledgeable. Beautiful setting. Only thing I would do is give a handout with the actual cheese and wine names used for the tasting

Great way to spend a rainy day in Amsterdam!

lbrabha, Jan 2020

Awesome experience! We did this with 4 other strangers, and it was small and intimate. It's a great way to learn exactly how the different cheeses are made and the instructor did a fabulous job explaining everything. The wines were also quite delicious and from different countries in Europe. Highly recommend!