Cheese of the World

French Goat Cheese Crottin De Chavignol 2.1 oz.

Jacquin Crottin De Chavignol - goat's milk aged cheese - 2.1 oz/ 60 gr, France.

The true Jacquin Crottin de Chavignol is produced from the milk of an alpine breed of goat. This is one of the rare cheeses that can be eaten at different stages of maturity.

Texture: Fresh from the cheese vat, it is often eaten clothed in fine herbs and at this stage in the maturing process it has a creamy texture. After about six weeks the smell is stronger and its pate has become dry and brittle and has a firmer texture. Taste: Fresh, it has a creamy, nutty taste. Later on in the maturing process it acquires a pronounced flavor. As the chee... more »

• SKU: 120210
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French Cheese Coulommiers 14 oz.

Coulommiers - cow's milk brie cheese - 14 oz/400 gr, France.

This cheese is Brie's little brother; some say that it is the grandfather. It is smaller and thicker than Brie but otherwise possesses all the characteristics of a Brie.

Texture: One should choose a Coulommiers which is soft to the touch with a white heart set in a pate of pale yellow. Its white velvet rind has a slight reddish pigmentation. The pate is very supple and soft.

Taste: Its taste is sweet and melting, with an almond flavor.

Appropriate wines: Light Bourgogne.

Fat in Cheese: 45%

• SKU: 120230
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French Cheese Saint Andre 7 oz.

Saint Andre - cow's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

• SKU: 120144
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French Cheese Rocbleu 1.1-1.4 lb.

Rocbleu - Rochebaron style - soft cow's milk blue cheese - 1.1-1.4 lb/500-635 gr, France.

It is a soft creamy blue cheese made with cow's milk (roquefort and bleu cheese combined). It comes from the mountains but it is not an old cheese. It was created a few years ago for the pleasure of people who like blue cheese and sweet cow's milk. The rind is colored with vegetable ash. Try to melt it and use it in different recipes.

Appropriate wines: Light Muscator powerful Chardonnay.

• SKU: 120201
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French Goat Cheese Camembert Saint Loup AOC 6.3 oz.

Camembert Saint Loup - soft goat's milk AOC cheese - 6.3 oz/175 gr, France.

Flown in exclusively every other week, this item is a true delicacy!

From the Domaine de Saint Loup comes this traditional AOC Camembert from Normandy, manufactured by cheese giant Isigny. A solid, traditional French creamy Camembert, guaranteed to satisfy even the most sophisticated palates.
This extra creamy goat's milk soft cheese from Normandy, France, is satiny-smooth with a firm, slightly chewy, edible white crust. Its flavor is all goat - tangy and rustic with hints of lemon and hay.

Serving Suggestions: Light, delicat... more »

• SKU: 120150
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French Goat Cheese Delice de Pommard w/Mustard Seeds 7 oz.

Delice de Pommard with Mustard Seeds - goat's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

This is an uncommon cheese from Burgundy. It’s coated with mustard seeds to give it its special flavor.

• SKU: 121633
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French Goat Cheese Le Petit Massais 7 oz.

Le Petit Massais - Fromage De Chevre - goat's milk fresh cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

This French cheese made in Poitou-Charentes.

Fat in Cheese: 45%

• SKU: 121585
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Portuguese Sheep Cheese Azeitao DOP 10 oz.

Azeitao - sheep's milk cheese DOP - 10 oz/283 gr, Portugal.

• SKU: 121137
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Italian Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano 12-16 oz.

Parmigiano Reggiano - cow's milk hard cheese - 12-16 oz/340 -500 gr, Italy.

Italian Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is a prestigious cheese, unique for its inimitable quality originating eight centuries ago in the area between Parma and Reggio Emilia. It contains a concentration of highly nutritious substances. Seven quarts of milk are needed to make each pound of cheese. Slow, natural aging produces an unparalleled taste, easy digestion and substantial nourishment.
Compliments: This cheese goes well as an addition to soups, salads, pasta dishes and veal/chicken.
Appropriate wines: Strong Merlot from Napa or Tokay from Hungria.

• SKU: 121309
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Italian Sheep Cheese Pecorino Romano 9-12 oz.

Pecorino Romano - Genuine Fulvi - sheep's milk hard cheese - 9-12 oz/256-342 gr, Italy.

Pecora in Italian means sheep and Pecorino Romano is one of Italy's oldest cheeses. Today most Pecorino cheese is made in Sardina, Italy. This slightly spicy, sharp, tangy sheep cheese gets increasingly robust with age.

Compliments: Try Pecorino Romano with homemade bread, fresh fava beans and wine. Try whittling off shavings and enjoying with salami. It is also a treat with ripe pears and honey.

Appropriate Wines: Dry but rich reds, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah/Shiraz, Merlot, Zinfandel.

Great for Italian food gifts.

• SKU: 121344
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French Cheese Saint Marcellin 2.8 oz.

Saint Marcellin - soft cow's milk cheese - rindless - 2.8 oz/80 gr, France.

This small cheese from the Provence Dauphine region is mildly acidic and salty. As it matures from a fresh to a dry, ripe cheese the flavors develop. Saint Marcellin cheese is often made with cow's milk, but originally it was a goat's milk cheese. It is beige crust covered with blue mold, soft, beige, creamy interior, intensely rustic, nutty, fruity flavor.
Compliments: This cheese goes well with toasted bread or on salads.
Appropriate wines: Gigondas, all Rhone reds.

• SKU: 120168
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Italian Cheese Sottocenere al Tartufo w/Truffles 1 lb.

Sottocenere al Tartufo - cow's milk semi soft cheese with truffles, cut cheese- 16 oz/454 gr, Italy.

This semi-soft cow's milk exotic cheese has been aged in ashes to preserve it, according to Venitian farmer's tradition. These ash ingredients include nutmeg, cloves, coriander, cinnamon, licorice, and fennel. The cheese itself has black truffles in it and the rind is aromatized with truffle oil.
Appropriate wines: Powerful merlot from Napa or Tokay from Hungria.

Great for Italian food gifts.

• SKU: 121338
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Italian Cheese Fontina Val d'Aosta 1 lb.

Fontina Val d'Aosta - cow's raw milk fondue cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

Firm, thin, dark yellow or reddish-brown in color.

Genuine Italian Fontina comes only from the Val d'Aosta mountains near the Swiss border.
Made from unpastuerized raw milk, it is a pressed, cooked medium-ripened hard cheese with a delicate, nutty, almost honeyed flavor, somewhat like a Swiss Gruyere but more buttery and sweeter. Great in fondues.
Taste: A delicate nuttiness with a hint of mild honey. When melted, the flavor is earthy, with a suggestion of mushrooms and a fresh acidity.

Appropriate wines: Friu... more »

• SKU: 120505
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Swiss Cheese Emmentaler 1 lb.

Emmentaler - cow's milk hard cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/0.45 kg, Switzerland.

Emmentaler is a hard, pale yellow Swiss cheese. It has a sweet smell, with a fruity taste and delicate aroma. The most prominent feature of Emmentaler is the walnut-sized holes it contains. Emmentaler is probably the origin of the sterotypical holey cheese image.
Cheese is originally from Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.

Uses: Table cheese, grilling, fondue.
In Switzerland Emmentaler is combined with Gruyere and Swiss white wine to make fondues. A glass of the same white wine forms a perfect complement.

When serv... more »

• SKU: 120802
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Dutch Cheese Gouda Smoked 1 lb.

Smoked Processed Gouda - cow's milk semi soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Holland.

The smoked version of the world-famous Dutch Gouda cheese. Delightfully smoky and full of taste. It keeps all the subtle textures, with the pleasant addition of a hearty smoked taste.

Smoked cheese Gouda is produced in Holland in some of the world's most modern, computerized dairy plants. Yet, the Gouda cheese is still smoked in ancient brick ovens over smoldering hickory chip embers. The brown, smoky rind is not only edible, it's the best part of the cheese!

Compliments: Melt it atop your favorite sandwich. Serve as an... more »

• SKU: 120703
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French Cheese Epoisses AOC 8.8 oz.

Epoisses AOC - cow's milk soft cheese - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Soft cow's milk stinky cheese, washed rind (wrapped in wooden box)

Epoisses is the name of a village in Burgundy where a community of priests developed the production of a specific cheese in the middle of the 16th century. It is now a protected name cheese that is only produced in 3 counties in France. During the maturation period, the rind of the cheese is washed with Marc of Burgundy. It adds taste and gives it a wonderful red color.

Appropriate wines: Perfect with dry white wine from Burgundy.

Fat in Cheese: 50%

• SKU: 120293
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French Sheep Cheese Roquefort 'Cosse Noir' 1 lb.

Roquefort 'Cosse Noir'- half wheel, raw sheep's milk blue cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr by Gabriel Coulet, France.

Probably the world’s greatest blue cheese. It is produced entirely from the milk of the ewes that feed on the vast plateaus found in the Aveyron. It is the quality of the milk, the processing of the curd, the adding of "penicillium roqueforti" and finally the ripening in natural caves that give us this unique and remarkable French cheese. The exterior aspect of a Roquefort should be white and faintly shiny.
Texture: Uncooked, unpressed soft cheese with veins of blue mold. The "pate" should be cohesive, at the same... more »

• SKU: 120001
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French Cheese Boursin w/Garlic & Herbs 5.2 oz.

Boursin with Garlic and Herbs - cow's milk soft cheese - 5.2 oz/146 gr, France.

Boursin cheese, mild, smooth and creamy, was originally created in 1957 by Mr. Francois Boursin in the Normandy region of France. Boursin Herb and Garlic is the traditional choice for a luxurious triple cream cheese, seasoned with premium garlic and fine herbs. It's a traditional favorite for hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, salads, entree salads and also brings a touch of France to meat, poultry, seafood and vegetables.

Taste: Creamy, herbaceous.

Appropriate wines: Champagne, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Gris, Semillon, Gewurztraminer.

• SKU: 120187
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Spanish Sheep Cheese Manchego El Trigal 1 lb.

Manchego El Trigal - aged 6 months, sheep's milk hard cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

Manchego is Spain’s most popular sheep's milk cheese. The sheep come from the plains of La Mancha, the home of the famous Don Quixote. The area is extremely hot and the sheep graze on dry pastures and grain stubble fields. When it comes time to mature, like many other Spanish cheeses, Manchego is smeared with olive oil. It has a very potent, nutty flavor that is unforgettable. The amount of time this cheese matures varies.
Appropriate wines: Rioja Alta, Penedes, young cabernet. You can also try with a beer.

Fat in Cheese: 55%.

• SKU: 121120
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Dutch Cheese Gouda Red 1 lb.

Gouda Red - cow's milk semi soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Holland.

This is one of the world’s truly great cheeses, popular for its mellow and rich caramel taste that pairs well with just about anything. Gouda makes a great table cheese, guaranteed to please all palates. Imported from Holland, Gouda is highly recognizable for its red waxy rind (not edible) and smooth, supple pate. Pair with a dry red wine, or go for lovely contrast with a fruity white wine.

Fat in Cheese: >70%.

Great for a Dutch gourmet food gift.

• SKU: 120701
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