It is dearly loved by the TV duo Wallace and Gromit and famous the world over, and now Wensleydale cheese has been awarded official protection by the European Union.
The newly conferred status means no other cheese-maker outside the designated area can produce a cheese and call it Yorkshire Wensleydale.
The maker of the crumbly delicacy, the Yorkshire-Dales-based Wensleydale Creamery, has finally won its long campaign for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for its product.
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