Gourmet Washed Rind Cheese

Browse our great selection of Gourmet Washed Rind Cheeses. Washed rind cheeses are typically bathed or washed with salted water, wine, brandy or local spirits. The washing or bathing helps to break down the curd from the outside. The washing process also helps cheeses to retain moisture, and develop a powerful flavor. The cheese becomes soft and thick and the rind becomes part of the cheese. The color changes to reddish or yellowish. These pungent, stinky cheeses often have a smooth and creamy interior. Try them and let us know what you think by giving us your opinion in a product review.
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Red Hawk is a triple-cream, washed-rind, fully-flavored cheese made from organic cow's milk. This small cheese is aged for 6 weeks and washed with a brine solution that promotes the growth of a bacteria that tints the rind a sunset red-orange. Red Hawk is named after a raptor that circles the skies in northern Marin County where this gourmet cheese is made and it has like all washed rind cheeses an presence. If you like Epoisses and Munster, you will most likely like this Californian cheese. Red Hawk won a 2nd Place Ribbon in 2007 in the Washed Rind Cheeses Category and a second place of all categories in 2009 at the American Cheese Society Competition. read more...
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  • Limburger
    Strictly speaking this is a Belgian, not German, cheese. It was originally made in the monasteries near Limburg in Belgium but it was adopted, and indeed largely taken over, by the German cheesemakers more than a hundred years ago. Limburg has the typically pungent aroma of a washed-rind cheese, but you will be surprised by its mild texture and taste. It seems that it is the rind that is doing all... read more
  • Tilsit
    Tilsit, also called Tilsiter, was the invention of Dutch immigrants to the town of Tilsit in East Prussia, now Lithuania. Since then it has been widely copied and is made all over Germany. In the east of the country it is also known as Tollenser. The traditional shape for Tilsit is a large wheel but, increasingly, the cheese is being produced in large loaf shapes, so is the one we offer you. This... read more
  • Chimay with Trappister Beer
    Chimay with Trappister beer receives a very personal preparation and maturing, resulting in an exclusive, authentic gourmet cheese. Its natural rind is bathed in Chimay Trappister beer so that its flavor flatters the palate and the nose; the rind is sticky. The Trappist monks of Scourmont have known the secrets of making cheese since 1876. Cheese was made from good milk from their farm and mature... read more
  • Castello Blue
    The Danish Castello Blue is a triple-cream, blue-veined gourmet cheese with a washed-rind. It is also called Blue Castello. The cheese's surface has a unique combination of blue-green and reddish molds. These molds give the cheese its distinct aroma and flavor. Castello Blue has a Brie-like texture, with the blue in fairly thick, horizontal lines. The taste of Castello Blue is delectably rich an... read more
  • Taleggio
    Taleggio D.O.P. is a soft Italian gourmet cheese that is considered a delicacy when served in dishes or when served on its own as a delightful Italian taste treat. It is a gourmet cheese of very old origins, perhaps even before the 10th century. Its regional origin was the Val Taleggio, in the province in Bergamo, from which derives the name of the cheese. Currently the area of production and ripe... read more
  • Munster Gerome
    Munster Gerome is produced in an area that not only makes very pungent cheeses, but also excellent spicy wines. Its production center is the pretty village of Munster, set amid pastures and vineyards. A young Munster cheese has a thin but firm pinkish-red rind with white paste. As it matures the rind turns to a darker russet color with a deep straw-colored interior. The paste is soft and supple wi... read more
  • Grayson
    Grayson is a soft, finely textured cheese with a orange-brown sticky rind, a golden semi-soft paste, a pungent aroma and a rich, beefy taste with nutty overtones. Virginia's Feete family says it is reminiscent of an Italian Taleggio or a French Livarot. Grayson is made with raw milk of Jersey cows and aged longer than their Italian and French counterparts, around 60 days; no pesticides or herbicid... read more
  • Bayley Hazen Blue
    Bayley Hazen Blue is an American artisanal blue cheese with a stable natural rind. It is made with whole raw Ayrshire milk and aged for approximately 75 days. This farmstead cheese from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont is made with the Roquefort mold, but reminds you of Stilton. It is a Old World Style Cheese with a New World Style Twist.The cheese is drier and crumblier than most blue cheeses and it... read more
  • Saint Nectaire
    Saint Nectaire is an ancient French gourmet cheese from the mountains of the Auvergne. This is a raw milk cheese in France and is brought into the USA made with pasteurized milk of mostly Salers cows. The cheese is made in round flat discs. It has a grayish rind with light yellow or reddish patches. The supple paste is pale gold in color and becomes almost runny as it matures and has a sweet and ... read more
  • Chimay Grand Cru
    Chimay Grand Cru is made according to an ancient recipe, and produced from pasteurized cow's milk. The rind of this Belgian gourmet cheese is natural and the cheese matures for six weeks which gives it its pure and mellow flavor. We cut and wrap this cheese in wedges of 8 ounces and 1 pound.... read more
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