Cheese of the World

Spanish Cheese San Simon 1 lb.

San Simon - cow's milk smoked hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

Surrounded in the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean and mountains from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, Galicia has always been a remote region of Spain. This isolation fostered an ancient cheese culture. Here the Galacia cows graze on the lush green pastures and bear milk that its people have been making into cheese for generations in the town of Villalba.

San Simon is aged 2-4 weeks, lightly pressed and then gently smoked for 2 weeks after leaving the mold. Inside its red, polished brown rind, San Simon has a creamy, buttery, smoky flavor that ranges ... more »

• SKU: 121131
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Spanish Goat Cheese Garrotxa 1 lb.

Garrotxa - goat's milk hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

This goat’s milk cheese was once produced solely in the Garrotxa area of Catalonia. This is the area of the Pyrenees region of Spain that is furthest to the East, lying right on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Spanish Garrotxa cheese has a white interior with a very creamy texture that is surrounded by a natural mold rind. It has an unusual but mild flavor with a light acidity and a hint of hazelnuts. It melts very smoothly, but we like to eat it out of hand. It is sure to become a new Spanish favorite.
Apropriate wines: Garrotxa is delicious with young... more »

• SKU: 121136
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Spanish Sheep Cheese Manchego Mini "El Trigal" 2.2-2.4 lb.

Manchego Mini "El Trigal" - aged sheep's milk semi soft cheese - 2.2-2.4 lb/1-1.1 kg, Spain.

El Trigal is produced by the Corcuera Family, which was the first in all of Castilla La Mancha to make and commercialize Manchego cheese. The best cheese is produced when the milk is the richest, which is between August and December.
This Spanish cheese Manchego is extremely buttery and aged to perfection at either 3 months, 6 months (semi-curado) or 1 year (anejo).
Appropriate Wines: Rioja Alta, Penedes, young cabernet. You can also try with a beer.

• SKU: 121154
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Swiss Cheese Tete de Moine 1 lb.

Tete de Moine - cow's milk hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Switzerland.

Tete de Moine was invented by monks at Bellelay Abbey, in the Bernese Jura mountains. 'Tete de Moine' means 'monks head' and derives from the tax levied by the abbey whereby the farmers would provide one cheese for each monk during the season.
The Swiss cheese is formed into the shape of a short cylinder. It has a firm, straw yellow paste and a spicy, fruity flavor and aroma. It is matured from four to six months and receives regular brine washings which produces a red sticky rind.
Tete de Moine is often shaved using a special cutter called a 'girolle'. Sha... more »

• SKU: 121540
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French Cheese Doux de Montagne 1 lb.

Doux de Montagne - cow's milk semi soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Matured for 6 months to give a smooth, slightly dry texture and a distinctive sweet, mellow flavour.

This French cheese is ripened in the tradition of the Monts du Velay mountainous region and is recognized by its cottage loaf form.
It is made from cow's milk from the region. Its lightly acid taste and fresh savour while its young tends to tone down with aging and becomes more creamy and fruity tasting. Its ochre paste is firm yet creamy. It releases a buttery savour in the mouth which gives the Doux de Montagne its true originalit... more »

• SKU: 120157
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French Cheese Gourmandise w/Kirsch 4.4-4.5 lb.

Gourmandise with Kirsch - cow's milk soft cheese - 4.4-4.5 lb/2-2.04 kg, France.

This pasteurized processed cheese spread is a creamy cheese with a mild cherry flavor made with Kirsch, a clear brandy distilled from cherries and their pits.

Compliments: This spreadable cheese is perfect for making fondue, cherries jubilee, and black forest cake.

• SKU: 120146
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French Cheese Gourmandise w/Walnuts 4.4-4.5 lb.

Gourmandise with Walnuts - cow's milk soft cheese - 4.4-4.5 lb/2-2.2 kg, France.

This is a tasty cow's milk spredable cheese that is flavored with layers of walnut. It is less sweet than might be expected.

Compliments: This cheese is great on sweetbreads and perfect with red dessert wines. We also like it for breakfast on home-made raisin walnut bread. It is nice when eaten with pears and other winter fruits, or accompanied by blue cheeses.

• SKU: 120147
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French Cheese Munster Welsche Haxaire 8 oz.

Munster Welsche Haxaire - sharp cow's milk soft cheese - 8 oz/220 gr, France.

Soft cheese with washed rind. Made from pasteurized cow's milk.

The chief characteristics of this cheese are firstly the pungent smell and secondly the soft, smooth paste with the consistency of melting chocolate. The rind is brick-red and the paste is fine textured and golden, slightly sticky, sweet and with the flavor of rich milk as long as the cheese has been properly matured. Locally, the Munster cheese is eaten with cumin or potatoes boiled with their skins on. Cumin-flavored munster may be bought ready-made.

Appropriate wines: Gewurtzstraminer, Tokay, Pinot Gris.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

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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.

Percentage of Fat: 45%

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French Goat Cheese Rounds in Oil w/Herbs 4.2 oz.

Goat Rounds in Oil with Herbs de Provence - goat's milk soft cheese - 4.2 oz/120 gr, France.

The oil and herbs give this goat cheese something extra that makes it even more delicious.

• SKU: 121568
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Italian Cheese Caciotta al Tartufo w/Truffles 1 lb.

Caciotta al Tartufo - semi soft cheese with truffles pieces - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

This semi-soft cheese with black truffles is made from a blend of cow's and sheep's milk, and aged about one month.
The paste is mild and gentle and the flavor of truffles is an original delicacy to match with sharp wines.

Appropriate wines: Strong Merlot from Napa or Tokay from Hungria.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

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Spanish Goat Cheese Ibores - Extramadura 1 lb.

Ibores - Extramadura - semi-hard goat's raw milk cheese - rind rubbed with paprika - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

Spanish Ibores cheese made with unpasteurized goat's milk, small in size, cylindrical and irregular in shape, with a smooth reddish yellow rind.
Inside it is compact, soft and wide and, above all, extremely tasty and aromatic, with a noticeable flavor, somewhat acidic and salty, very pleasant and buttery. It may be mature or mild to medium mature and varies between fatty and very fatty. It is eaten as an appetizer, or dessert.
Compliments: It is hard enough to shave over salads and hot dishes and delicio... more »

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Spanish Sheep Cheese Idiazabal 1 lb.

Idiazabal - smoked sheep's milk semi-soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

This handmade, unpasteurized sheep's milk cheese comes from the Spanish Pyrenees. Idiazabal is naturally smoked with a hard but edible orange-brown rind. At that time, people enjoyed the smoky flavor that the cheese acquired from aging inside the chimneys, and Idiazabal spread throughout Spain.

Today, Idiazabal is produced in more modern facilities, but the process is still all-natural. The cheese is as delicious as ever, and the quality is more consistent. We love its perfumed bouquet and rich, buttery flavor and enthusiastically recomm... more »

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Swiss Cheese Appenzeller 1 lb.

Appenzeller - cow's milk semi soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, Switzerland.

A traditional cow's milk cheese produced in various sized wheels in the Appenzell region of Switzerland. The cheese has a pale, yellowish-orange color and a firm texture. It is bathed in a mixture of wine, spices, and salt which produces an orange rind that is hard and dry. The flavor of Appenzeller is rich and buttery which sharpens with age. It is excellent for snacks, sandwiches, grilling, or as a melting cheese. This Swiss cheese is made mostly in the canton of Appenzell, which is near the Austrian border. It has a pleasing, smooth texture, but thi... more »

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Swiss Cheese Emmental Francais 1 lb.

Emmental Francais - cow's milk hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Switzerland.

Emmental is a hard, pale yellow Swiss cheese. It has a sweet smell, with a fruity taste and delicate aroma. The most prominent feature of Emmental is the walnut-sized holes it contains. Emmental 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 Emmental is combined with Gruyere and Swiss white wine to make fondues. A glass of the same white wine forms a perfect complement.

When served on the table, a crisp dry white wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc or Shiraz, is preferred by most.

• SKU: 120042
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Danish Cheese Havarti Creamy 1 lb.

Havarti Creamy - cow's milk, semi-soft cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Denmark.

Havarti Creamy is Denmark’s most popular cheese.

Traditionally the cheese is aged on rye straw and occasionally brine washed, which contributes t its Characteristic aroma of an old, humid cellar. The rind may show many colorful molds (white, yellow and red), a result of the wild grasses that the Salers cows eat during summer and autumn. The texture is semi-soft often with small eyes in the paste. The flavor is a wonderful combination of a summer pasture and sweet, fruity milk flavors.

Appropriate wines: Bordeaux, Saint Estephe and Californian Cabernet.

• SKU: 120097
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English Cheese White Stilton w/Apricot 1 lb.

White Stilton with Apricot - cow's milk semi soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, England.

Mild White Stilton and real apricot pieces. Ideal for any sweet occasion.

White Stilton cheese, the young, immature cousin to the world famous blue cheese is extra creamy and deliciously tangy, yet somehow unfinished all by itself. Hence, fruit was introduced to tame the White Stilton, turning it into a delicious treat.

White Stilton has a typical fat content of 35.5% and a protein content of 22.7%.

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French Cheese Fol Epi 1 lb.

Fol Epi - cow's milk semi hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Semi hard paste uncooked and unpressed. The flavor is closed to raclette, but more fruity and lighter. The cheese looks nice due to the ears of wheat drawn on the rind. This is a perfect cheese for a banquet.

Appropriate wines: Muscat, Jura's wines, some red light Burgundy wines.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

• SKU: 120163
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French Cheese Fourme D'Ambert Blue 1 lb.

Fourme D'Ambert Blue - cow's milk blue cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses (dating from the Roman period). Today production is with pasteurized milk. The maturing process takes place in aerated, humid cellars. The maturing period lasts 2 to 3 months. In the Tours region of France the local cheese mongers allow the cheeses to mature by adding a little "mellow Vouvray wine".
Texture: The rind is dry and yellow and wrapped in a grey velvet. Inside, the pate is creamy, moist, with faint hints of blue mold.
Taste: This cheese still has the cave odor and has a lasting ta... more »

• SKU: 121561
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French Cheese Livarot Grain d'Orge 8.8 oz.

Livarot Grain d'Orge - sharp cow's milk cheese, soft and washed rind - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Livarot, a spicy red-bacteria-ripened cheese, was named after a town in Normandy. The rind is washed and colored with annatto, and sticks to the fingers. The ripe paste has no elasticity and feels heavy and moist on the tongue. The cheese dissolves in the mouth, with a spicy flavor, close to that of dried meat. During maturing, the cheese is washed in water or light brine and turned regularly.

Compliments: Goes well as an appetizer on toast or with walnuts and grapes.

Appropriate wines: Tokay late harvest, young Pomerol. Port-wine, Muscat, Banyuls, sweet wines.

Percentage of Fat: 40%

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