Affine au Chablis
 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... |
Brie de Meaux
 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.... |
Chimay Grand Cru
 From: $12.46 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.... |
Chimay with Trappister Beer
 From: $14.06 Chimay with Trappister beer receives a very personal preparation and maturing, resulting ina 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 Trappist monks of Scourmont have known the secrets of making cheese since 1876. Cheese was made from good milk from their farm and matured in the vaulted cellars of the abbey. Today, Chimay with Trappister beer is made exclusively with regional milk and the Trappist monks have modernized their production equipment.
Consume the Chimay with Trappister beer with a strong authentic Belgian beer and you will have a great combination. We cut and wrap this c... |
Edel de Cleron
 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.... |
Grayson
 From: $11.62 Grayson is a soft, finely textured cheese with a orange-brown 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 herbicides are used in the fields where the cows are pastured.
This washed-rind gourmet cheese is made in the mountains of southwestern Virginia at the Meadow Creek Dairy; a small family farm dedicated to sustainable agriculture. Grayson is only produced when the cows are on natural pasture from April through Oct... |
Limburger
 Your Price: $7.58 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 the work. If you want to have Limburger with a stronger taste to match the smell, just choose one in a more ripened stage. A creamy cheese that is mostly an acquired taste, Limburger continues to be a popular favorite and a staple for every cheeseboard.
The cheese is produced in small loaves with... |
Morbier
 Your Price: $11.50 Morbier A.O.C. is a 'lait cru', raw milk cheese. It has a soft paste that has a distinct aroma and with a flavor that only lingers on your taste buds for a short while. The maturation of Morbier is usually 3 months.
At first glance this French gourmet cheese from the Jura looks as though it has a band of mold running through the middle of it. In fact, it is ash or charcoal. In the past the cheese was made from leftover curd from other cheeses. In those days Morbier was made on farms on the lower slopes of the Jura during the winter months.
The first day's curd was preserved by a layer of ash until the next day's curd was added.
Morbier is made in flattish cylinders with a grayish-brown ri... |
Pleasant Ridge Reserve
 From: $12.93 Pleasant Ridge Reserve is an artisanal cheese made from raw cow's milk. Uplands Cheese Company adapted the old world techniques to produce a unique hand-crafted American cheese with an outstandingly delicious flavor.
Only a portion of the milk is used to make cheese and only the milk from the late spring period, when the pastures are at their best. This is a first decision toward an outstanding cheese with more varied and subtle flavors. In the final stage of the cheese making process the cheese is daily turned and washed with a brine solution and stays about 4 months in the aging room.
The result is Pleasant Ridge Reserve, a cheese that is compared with Beaufort, Gruyère or Comté; a chees... |
Pont l'Eveque
 Your Price: $13.91 Pont l'Évêque is made in a distinctive square shape which is achieved by cutting the curds into blocks rather than into small pieces or grains. One block makes one cheese. They are drained and placed in fat square molds. After dry-salting, the cheeses are ripened in humid cellars.
This pungent French gourmet cheese is still made on the farms of the Pays d'Auge in Normandy just as it has been for centuries.
The maturing cheeses are washed with brine to give a light tan-colored rind which develops the characteristic pungency of the cheese. Indeed the aroma is strong enough to qualify the cheese for the top ten most pungent French cheeses, but it should not be so strong that it is unpleasant.... |
Saint Vernier
 Your Price: $19.49 Saint Vernier a soft washed-rind cheese that is made in the Haute Jura region of France. The rind is washed with a local wine 'Affiné au vin de Savagnin (Jura)' that gives the cheese its stickiness and a distinctive, delicate sherry-like flavor and it helps balancing the rich, creamy pate of the interior.
This cheese has an aroma as one of the Normandy washed rind cheeses, e.g. Pont L'Évêque, but it is not as strong. Because the cheese is very small, we sell it in pairs, offering you a total of 6.7 ounces of gourmet cheese.... |
Schloss
 Your Price: $10.55 Schloss 'Castle' has its heritage originating from Austria. Schloss is a flavorful tawny, golden brick. This cheese is loved by many since 1901, when it was created in California.
Schloss is smear ripened and aged for up to 5 months. This artisan handcrafted cheese is a washed rind cheese, the rind is sticky and often almost 'slimy' when you unwrap it. The plastic wrap is perforated allowing the cheese to breathe and the wet, slimy rind is adding to the flavor of the cheese and can be called aromatic or robust. It would not surpise you to say that this cheese does compliment bold wines and dark beers.
Schloss is a small square 6-oz. cheese that is packed in its individual box.... |
Taleggio
 From: $9.07 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 ripening of the Taleggio cheese is Lombardy, Piedmont and Venetia regions.
The rind of the cheese is thin, and of soft consistency; its color is natural rose-orange, with the presence of a characteristic grey and green light sage color mould. The paste is uniformly compact, softer under the rind and t... |
Winnimere
 Your Price: $27.44 Winnimere is a unique seasonal cheese, made from raw Ayrshire cow's milk. Jasper Hill Farm's cheese shows similarities with the Vacherin Mont d'Or.
The cheese is washed with a lambic-style beer that is brewed from the farm's own wild yeasts, and wrapped with a strip of spruce bark cut from the farm's own trees - farmstead it is. The cheese is spends 60 days in Jasper Hill's aging room and the result is aromatic cheese that may turn you off at first, but this artisanal cheese has a smooth sweet milky flavor accented by a woodsy aromatic depth.
This is one of those cheese you have to try at least once in your life. This cheese does not pair well with wine; you need a strong counterpart, a be... |