Pine Cheese Mart

The Pine Cheese Mart was established in the mid 1940's as a specialty cheese store and mail order cheese gift business. Wally's father purchased the business in 1955. Wally took over operation of the store in 1964, built the present store in 1969, purchased the business in 1972 and has been expanding it ever since. Cheese and mail order gifts are s... till a large part of the business. In 1975 Wally added wine and beer making supplies to the store and quickly had to give it it's own name, the Von Klopp Brew Shop. As his expertise developed, he began entering competition with his wine and has the distinction of being awarded a blue ribbon in the Home Wine and Beer Trade Association's International Amateur Competition, and has twice won the coveted Minnesota State Fair Sweepstakes Trophy. He also teaches wine and beer making through the nearby Rochester (MN) Community Education program, and tends 400 wine grape vines in his vineyard next to the store. Due to the popularity of their home wine and beer making business, Wally opened a second wine and beer making shop in Rochester, MN in 2004 to better serve his Iowa and Wisconsin customers. Wally and his wife Susan are involved in every aspect of their business and take pride in owning a very unique store. They offer imported and domestic cheese, cheese and sausage gifts, a wide variety of gifts, including an extensive selection of wine related items. You will find the largest selection of Budweiser and German beer steins in Minnesota. And of course, the huge wine and beer making department. Wine kits have become a large part of the Von Klopp Brew Shop's business. So much so, that Wally has been the number one retailer of Winexpert's Limited Edition Kits in the United States, six years in a row. The Pine Cheese Mart and Von Klopp Brew Shop are located on highway 52 at Pine Island, MN, just 16 miles North of Rochester, Minnesota. The Von Klopp Brew Shop in Rochester is at 1137 6th St.NW.Read More