Abbaye de Belloc
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The gourmet cheese Abbaye de Belloc is made from sheep milk and comes from the southwestern part of France, close to the Spanish border. Abbaye de Belloc has a lot of similiaries with the Ossau-Iraty-Brébris Pyrénées; a traditional farmhouse hard sheep milk cheese.
This gourmet cheese has the shape of a flat wheel with natural, crusty, brownish rind with patches of red, orange and yellow. The rind is marked with tiny craters. The flavors of the Abbaye de Belloc cheese are smooth, buttery, nutty and sweet; a very interesting and caputuring cheese....
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Abondance
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Abondance is an excellent example of a great French artisanal cheese that dates back almost 700 years. This superb gourmet cheese has a smooth surface smeared rind, showing the marks of the cloth with an amber color. Abondance crust should be removed before eating.
Abondance or Tomme Abondance is a French mountain gourmet cheese from Haute Savoie in the Rhone-Alpes and is made exclusively from the whole raw milk from cows of Abondance, Montbeliard and Tarine. The maturation period is a minimum of 90 days. The cheese has been a member of the A.O.C. family since 1990.
Abondance cheese is firm, has a strong smell and a distinct and complex flavor; fruity and with hints of hazelnut. The paste ...
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Affine au Chablis
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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...
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Afuega’l Pitu
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Afuega'l Pitu means fire in the throat, because its concentrated paste sometimes gives you the sensation as if it sticks to the back of your throat. The young version of this gourmet cheese has a milky flavor and is medium soft and smooth with some granular structures.
When the Afuega'l Pitu grows older its presence becomes stronger and it is recommended for the cheese connoisseurs who like cheeses with a strong character.
This interesting Spanish cheese can be shaped in molds or in a cloth bundle. Then there is a version that is treated with chili peppers and/or paprika, resulting in a reddish color. The picture shows the asymmetric shape of the cloth shaped cheese and a cut of the piece ...
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Aged Airdale
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Aged Airdale has a full bodied flavor profile with a strong to sharp finish that intensifies with maturity.
This semi-soft pasteurized cow's milk cheese has small eyes, reminds one a little bit of certain Scandinavian cheese, like Tilsit or Esrom and is wrapped in a vibrant red wax. This cheese is uniquely made by the New Zealand Whitestone Cheese Company and is named after the Airedale farming district in North Otagos rolling lowlands.
We cut and wrap this New Zealand cheese in 8-oz. and 1 pound wedges....
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Aged Irish Cheddar
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$6.73
Aged Irish Cheddar is a pasteurized cow's milk cheese that is aged for one year and undergoes a stringent grading process as it matures.
Only the best and tastiest cheese makes it through, resulting in a gourmet Cheddar that is rich and full-bodied with a rich and smooth finish. The cheese is available in 7 oz. pieces....
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Aisy Cendre
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The gourmet cheese Aisy Cendré has a soft paste, a washed rind that is covered in ash or 'cendré' and is made from whole cow's milk with a 50% fat content. We consider Aisy Cendré an interesting member of the washed rind gourmet cheeses with the distinction of the ash covering.
This fine French gourmet cheese is similar to the gourmet cheese Epoisses, the gourmet cheese Affidélice and the gourmet cheese Soumaintrain and is shaped into a narrow cylinder.
The ash covering of Aisy Cendré takes some of the stickiness of the rind way. The Aisy Cendré paste is soft and creamy. The heart is almost white, with the texture of plaster. Both the flavor as well as fragrance of Aisy Cendré is relativel...
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Alpe di Frabosa
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The Alpe di Frabosa is a complex Italian gourmet cheese made from fresh full-cream cow's milk. The delicate almond aftertaste recalls the pine-thistle. A slice of the gourmet Alpe di Frabosa, a piece of crusty bread and a glass of wine have always been the ideal repast for the herdsman or the mushroom picker. And a taste that will certainly bring memories flooding back of your last visit to the Italian alps.
The skilled Italian production techniques conserve the aromas and scents of the territory. After 2 months maturation Alpe di Frabosa is already tasty, but further refinement brings out the flavors of porcine mushrooms in the crust and mountain milk and hay in the cheese. The maturation ...
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Amablu
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$8.47
Amablu is an artisanal, all natural blue-veined beauty from Faribault Dairy in Minnesota. The cheese is cured and ripened in a labyrinth of caves that lies approximately 100 feet underground. The cheese is made from all natural ingredients and is aged for 75 days.
The flavor is rich and creamy and the aging in the caves gives the cheese a pronounced sharp note and the white cheese has clear blue veining.
We sell this blue cheese in pairs, two small 4.5-oz wedges, a total of 9 ounces of gourmet cheese....
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American Asiago
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$6.59
This American Asiago is semi-hard table cheese that is aged for at least 5 months. The sweet, nutty gourmet cheese has a wonderfully pronounced flavor that is perfect for snacking and can easily be shredded into your favorite recipes or served cubed with beer or a full-bodied red wine.
BelGioioso Cheese has been specializing in all-natural, award-winning Italian cheeses for over 20 years. All BelGioioso cheeses are crafted using only the freshest Wisconsin cow's milk. The company has received numerous rewards for it's cheeses. For their Asagio they received awards in 1995 and 1993 in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, both first place (Best of Class)....
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American Fontina
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$6.48
This American Fontina is aged over 60 days. It is an light colored, semi-soft mild cheese that has a silky texture and a sweet, buttery, slightly earthy flavor.
Fontina is versatile, it melts beautifully to make excellent fondue and great-tasting quiche, but it is also a great choice for a cheese tray....
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American Parmesan
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$4.73
This Parmesan is made from part skim milk and is aged over 10 months. This naturally low-fat, hard gourmet cheese is typically grated or shredded over pasta, rice, soups and salads.
Its rich, sweet nutty flavor also makes it perfect for sauces, snacks and desserts. We have small 5-oz. pieces for you; allowing you to nibble on this award winning gourmet cheese....
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American Romano
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$4.73
American made Romano is made from part skim milk and possesses a strong, sharp flavor that makes it one of the most popular Italian cheeses.
This hard cheese, clearly an American gourmet version of the Italian Pecorino Romano, is aged for a minimum of 5 months. Romano cheese is usually used for grating and shaving, but this small 5 ounces piece can be easily cubed and eaten as a snack; Romano is just a delicious cheese....
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Ami du Chambertin
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Ami du Chambertin is a soft French gourmet cheese made from raw cow's milk in the small village of Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy.
It is an Epoisses-type gourmet cheese and has a moist, red rind washed with Marc de Bourgogne (a type of brandy). The paste is ivory colored and it ripens from the outside in. The French cheese is smooth and creamy with an excellent balance of both salty and milky flavors and it has a strong aroma and will make an interesting addition to your washed rind palette....
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Appenzeller
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$15.73
Appenzeller is a semi-hard mountain gourmet cheese that looks a little like Gruyère but is sharper and has a more pungent farmyard aroma and a distinctively fruity taste, which lingers for a while on the palate.
Originally from the mountain canton of Appenzeller, Switzerland, close to Austria, it is also manufactured in the Swiss cantons of Saint Gallen and Thurgau. Small brown Swiss cows graze on the rich pasture of the alpine forelands and the milk they produce is made into a delicious and full flavored Swiss gourmet cheese, of which the recipe is still kept a secret.
Appenzeller's maturation time is 7 to 12 months and usually peaks at around 9 months. Appenzeller has a characteristic li...
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Apple Smoked Cheddar
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Apple Smoked Cheddar Cheese made by Carr Valley Cheese Company is a white cheddar that is apple smoked and then hand rubbed with paprika.
This artisanal, all natural gourmet cheese has a light smoky flavor that balances very well with the paprika.
Carr Valley's Apple Smoked Cheddar Cheese won a first place at the 2005 American Cheese Society in its category and a third place at the 2006 World Cheese Competition and 3rd Place at the 2006 American Cheese Society Competition.
We cut and wrap this American gourmet cheese in wedges of 8 ounces and 1 pound....
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Appleby's Double Gloucester
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Double Gloucester is a semi-hard cheese and made from whole milk and is made using a mixture of morning and evening milk, hence the name, Double Gloucester.
Traditionally Double Gloucester is a raw, semi-hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire since the 16th century. It was traditionally made as a large wheel with a thickrind to withstand annual cheese rolling ceremonies; when cheeses were rolled down the hills in Gloucestershire to protect the grazing rights.
Appleby's of Hawkstone's gourmet Double Gloucester is made in large flattish cylinders which are cloth wrapped. They have a lovely orange color which is not as vivid as some other cheeses which are dyed with annatto. The c...
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Ardrahan
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The Irish Ardrahan is a semi-soft gourmet cheese with a pungent aroma; it is made from pasteurized cow's milk and has a buttery textured honey-colored centre with a complex delicate flavor.
Ardrahan has a washed rind which matures into a golden color, and its size and weight tend to vary slightly due to the fact that it is a hand-made gourmet cheese. The cheese also delivers the same pungent aromas you expect from a Munster or Livarot the cheese's interior is soft with a milky and slightly porous paste. The unique flavor of the Ardrahan gourmet cheese lingers in your mouth, leaving a very pleasant after-taste and a lovely addition to your next Irish gourmet cheese tasting.
Over the years A...
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Arzua Ulloa
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Arzúa Ulloa is a pale, soft and creamy cow's milk Spanish cheese that will becomes stronger in flavor the longer it ripens and matures. The rind is soft and 'polished' and very light yellow in color. In older cheeses the rind may show some cracks, especially when kept too dry.
Arzúa Ulloa is also called Queso de Ulloa and is made in the Northwestern part of Spain; Galicia.
The taste is similar to another cheese from the same part of Spain, the Tetilla and can be described as clear, lightly sweet, and creamy with a hint of bitterness....
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Asadero
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Asadero is a semi-firm Mexican cheese with an off-white color. Asadero can be translated as 'roasting cheese'. It has a light, fresh taste with just a bit of tang to it. Asaderon is very creamy, and layered almost like fresh Mozzarella.
It is an excellent cooking cheese, it is pre-sliced, that makes it easy to use in recipes. When it melts, it becomes quite creamy without giving off any oil, even at higher temperatures....
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Asiago Vecchio
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Asiago Vecchio has an unmistakeably marked flavor, with a distinctive, slightly sharp taste. It is a semi-hard Italian gourmet cheese with a granular texture, is scattered with small to medium-sized holes and has a strawlike color.
It is usually made in the late autumn-winter period with semi-skimmed milk, specifically chosen from the splendid high mountain pastures of the Trentino region and the Asiago plateau, which, together with its long natural ageing, guarantee its quality and bring out its rich flavor.
It is an excellent table cheese, that aged for minimally 9 months and can be eaten alone or with typical regional dishes.
We cut and wrap this cheese in wedges of 8 ounces and 1 poun...
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Assorted Fresh Chevre Cheese
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$22.02
Cypress Grove's fresh goat chevre cheese in made in 3-inch round disks of 4 ounces.
The goats on the farm in rural Humboldt County enjoy the lush pastures provided by the mild Northern California Pacific coastal climate and that results in cheeses with creamy texture and a sublime taste.
This group of 6 deletable small fresh goat cheeses consists of the following flavors; chive, dill, herbs de Provence, cracked peppers and 2 plain cheeses. It will give you the unique opportunity to sample each one and determine which one you like best....
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Aviateur
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$17.55
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....
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Azeitao
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Azeitão is a gourmet cheese made from raw sheep's milk that is produced at the foot of the Arrabida Mountains in Portugal.
Azeitão has a strong, earthy aroma. The paste is thick, soft, smooth and shiny. When the cheese is ripe it has a rich, creamy flavor with a sour-milk finish and a hint of flowers. Thistle flower is used instead of rennet. A ripe cheese will start to run at room temperature.
The older the cheese the harder and drier the paste will get and the intenser the flavor. The gourmet cheese is at its best when it is full, but still very rewarding when just over the top and flatter in form....
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