Your Price: $16.25 The French gourmet cheese Affiné is washed with the French Chablis, hence the name Affiné au Chablis. Chablais is a prestigious white wine of Burgundy to establish a very rich, aromatic profile.
Slightly smaller than its popular sibling Epoisses, and Affiné is washed in Chablis instead of marc. This distinction gives a slightly sweet, gentler punch to the finish of Affiné than the Epoisse.
During the maturation of Affiné, the yellow-orange color will become stronger growing from the heart of the cheese. Near to maturity, the pigmentation will be more constant, and the flavors of Burgundy will surface. The cheese is soft and can be spooned, and Affidelice has a concentrated richness and a c... | Sold out, more expected soon L'Aviateur is a small 3.5-oz. cow's milk cheese enriched with creme fraiche. It has a soft interior and a flowerly rind.
L'Aviateur is in homage to 'The man who gave wings to the world', spiritual son of Leonardi da Vinci. In 1890, for the first time ever, Clement Ader managed to lift off the ground in a heavier-than-air machine that the called 'aeroplane'. This happened at Gretz Armainvillers just beside the cheese dairy.
We offer you 2 of l'Aviateur cheeses, a total of 7 ounces of this deliciously creamy cheese.... |
From: $8.15 The French gourmet cheese Bleu d'Auvergne has a wonderful aroma, a rich taste; the saltiness increases with the incidence of veining. The overall flavor is piquant but not overly sharp.
Bleu d'Auvergne started life as an imitation of Roquefort, using cow's milk in place of sheep's milk. Legend has it that a peasant, around 1845, decided to inject his cheese with a blue mold that he found growing on his left-over bread (the motto being, waste not, want not). And thus, the gourmet cheese Bleu d'Auvergne was born.
This French gourmet blue cheese comes from the region of Auvergne and the cheese is made from milk of Salers and Aubrac cows. The rind is very thin and so the cheese is usually wrap... | From: $8.23 Boursin was created in 1957 by Francois Boursin, a cheesemaker in Normandy in France. His first variety, Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs, was inspired by a long-standing traditional dish: fromage frais, which is fresh cheese served with a bowl of fine herbs, which allowed each person to create his or her own personally seasoned cheese.
The triple-cream cheese is made in small or miniature drums of 5.2 ounces and we sell 3 varieties: Garlic and Fine Herbs, and Shallot and Chive, Peppers. Boursin is Certified Kosher by Orthodox Union.... |
Your Price: $6.68 A light version of the Boursin Garlic and Fine Herbs that has almost 80% less fat than the cheese's original Boursin and its 3 flavor varieties. Boursin varieties are Certified Kosher by Orthodox Union.
The Light Boursin is also packed in a 4.4-oz. tub, for those who just want to enjoy the flavor.... | Your Price: $14.24 Brebicet is made from pure sheep's milk from the Rhone-Alps region of France. This small 4.5-ounce cubic gourmet cheese has a mellow and milk flavor and has many similarities to a Brie.
We sell them in pairs, a total of 9 ounces of French Gourmet Cheese.
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Your Price: $8.44 Brie and Camembert may be the most known soft-ripened bloomy cheeses in the world. This 8-ounce wedge of French Brie is made with pasteurized milk and is very creamy when you allow it to get to room temperature.... | From: $7.80 Brie de Meaux is a big, round, soft gourmet French cheese, has a velvet white mould rind, which changes to a pinkish-beige during the ripening process.
Brie de Meaux is one of the French 'Le Roi des Fromages' (The King of Cheeses) and comes from a particular area in the Ile-de-France near Paris. It is an ancient cheese; the oldest evidence of Brie de Meaux is found in the chronicles of Charlemagne.
The maturation process of this classic gourmet cheese takes 8 weeks. Brie de Meaux has a slightly bitter taste when left to unfold, develops into a completely soft, hazelnut and fruit flavor.
We cut and wrap this cheese in wedges of approximately 1 pound and 8 ounces.... |
Your Price: $22.15 Brillat-Savarin is a decadent triple cream gourmet cheese; one of the richest cheeses. A taste to be savored when you are feeling truly ready to be pampered. Brillat-Savarin was created by Henri Androuet. He gave it the name of the famous 18th century French gastronome, Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the author of the 'Physiologie du gout' (Physiology of Taste), published in 1826; 'Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.'
Brillat-Savarin is made from pasteurized cow's milk, enriched with cream. It is a soft-white cheese of round shape with a thick, velvety, white crust. It has a light downy white rind and the cheese cuts like butter. Brillat-Savarin has a really milky aroma w... | From: $6.97 Bucherondin is a mild, French goat cheese made by Sevre et Belle, a large, century-old dairy cooperative in the Poitou-Charentes region. This is an area of western France that also produces Sainte-Maure de Touraine and Chabichou de Poitou.
Bucherondin is made with pasteurized milk and has the shape of a log - 'buche' is French for log and 'bucheron' means a woodcutter or lumberjack. Bucherondin has a wrinkled bloomy rind that resembles the bark of a tree. This gourmet cheese is semi-soft, and has a dense, flaky paste and the flavor of Bucherondin is mild when young tht sharpens with age.
This cheese is excellent served with aperitifs or can be used for salads, marinating or simply chevre f... |
Sold out, more expected soon Cabécou du Perigord is a goat's milk cheese from the Loire region in France; cabécou means little goat. Cabécou du Perigord matures quicky, in 10 days to a maximum of 4 weeks, this is due to its small size, each small disc or button is about 1 ounce in weight.
The rind is thin and evenly yellow in color, the paste has an ivory color, is soft and creamy and melts on your tongue. The flavor is buttery, creamy, slightly lactic flavor with a nutty aroma. After about 2 weeks the delicate rind of this gourmet cheese will be covered with dots of blue mold and its taste is permeated with the flavor of hazelnut.
Each cheese is about 1 ounce in weight and they are packed per two in a small tray. We ... | Sold out, more expected soon Camembert Le Châtelain is made from the finest milk using a recipe specifically developed to ensure the cheese matures gradually to give a perfect, rounded flavor. It is a pasteurized Camembert that offers all the delicious taste of a raw milk cheese.
Le Châtelain Camembert has a soft, white, bloomy rind and a luxurious ivory paste. It is a full-flavored cheese: garlicky, mushroomy, and slightly salty, with an underlying flavor of nuts and wood.... |
Your Price: $12.52 Chaource A.O.C. is a soft gourmet cheese from the Champagne region is named for its home town. It is richly delicious at all stages of its development, and goes very well with the famous wine from the same region.
Chaource comes in flat drum shapes with an edible white rind which may be mottled with red patches.
In the young gourmet cheese the paste is light yellow in color with a chalky texture. As it ripens it becomes very runny around the edges and through to the center. The maturation time is 2 months. The flavor of the young cheese is rich and mild, maturing to rich and nutty.... | From: $11.61 Chaumes has a distinctive golden soft rind that has a bright tangerine-orange color. The interior is smooth, supple; a rich mellow cheese. The nutty, almost meaty taste and aroma are mild. This gourmet cheese is made of pasteurized milk.
This gourmet cheese, from the high mountain pastures of the Vosges, is less pronounced than a Munster or an Epoisses, but stronger than a Port Salut. Chaumes may be a good starting point for those who would like to try the very pungent cheeses one day.
We cut and wrap this cheese in wedges of 8 ounces and 1 pound.... |
Hurry only 4 left at this price. Was $10.65 Sale Price: $7.99 This boxed Chevre du Poitou from Sevre et Belle is a kind of small goat Camembert of 6.3 ounces. The cheese is an excellent dessert cheese as well as a cheese that you can use on your sandwiches or on rustic bread.
Like all other Sevre et Belle products, keep this product breathing in a refrigerator and you can keep it for a couple of weeks, of course all depending on the freshness.... | From: $9.70 Comté A.O.C. is an ancient French gourmet cheese, also known as Gruyere de Comte; it is made in the Massif of the Jura, a region composed of medium range mountains situated in Franche-Comté, which lies between the Vosges and the Haute-Savoie. The Montbeliard cow is the only breed of cattle whose milk is authorized for making Comté.
The cheese is hard, straw-colored, contains some medium-size holes and has a tendency to crack on cutting. Comté has a floral aroma with nutty fudge flavors developing in the more mature cheese. The taste is full of nuts and toffee with a lovely long and salty finish. Older cheeses take on a strong, farmyard-like character. The cheese has a thin beige rind which ... |
Your Price: $15.06 Coulommiers is, like Brie de Meaux a very old cheese; the big difference is that at the cheese does not have an A.O.C. status. There is no standard recipe for this gourmet cheese, and Coulommiers comes in various sizes.
The cheese has a white, bloomy, often uneven rind with a little brown mottling as it ages. The maturation time is 8 weeks. It has a faint aroma of mushrooms and the flavor is quite mild and delicate in the young cheese, becoming more pronounced as it matures.... | Your Price: $13.24 Crottin de Champignou is very similar to Crottin de Chavignol, also made by Fromagerie P. Jacquin. Crottin de Champignou is creamy and has a nice taste of goat’s milk.
Our offer consists of three small 2-ounce cheeses; a total of 6 ounces of cheese.... |
Sold out, more expected soon Délice de Bourgogne or Brillat-Savarin Affiné is a decadent triple-cream gourmet cheese and was the fruit of the imagination of the famous gastronome of the 18th century, Brillat Savarin. The remarkably somewhat pungent, moldy aroma of Délice de Bourgogne belies the velvet-smooth texture and subtle taste of this cheese.
The cheese is similar in appearance and texture to the classic Brie. The outside is yellowish-white in color, with a soft, chalk-like dusty rind. The first layer is soft and smooth and stark white in color.
The center of the Délice cheese is thicker and more consistent than the outside layer and is comparable to that of cream cheese. The blending of the stronger flavored ex... | Your Price: $11.91 For Vacherin lovers, l'Edel de Cleron is the next best thing. Produced in the same part of Eastern France, the French-Comte. Edel de Cleron is a luscious cow's milk cheese, wrapped with a strip of spruce bark around their perimeter to support the cheese, which is runny when ripe.
L'Edel de Cleron, sometimes called faux Vacherin, is a made with pasteurized cow's milk, and has a Camembert-like bloomy rind when young. As it ripens, some tan molds may colonize the surface. The surface should give with gentle pressure, and it has an earthy, mushroomy aroma even before you unwrap this gourmet cheese.... |