Cheese Selections for August 21, 2008:

Call us anytme for special orders or to make the perfect cheese plate for your party!

* Brie de Nangis - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; buttery, grassy and smooth
* Brillat Savarin - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; triple-crème, buttery, rich, creamy and decadent
* Camembert, Hudson Valley - Soft NY sheep and cow’s milk cheese; buttery smooth with a hint of mushroom flavor
* Chabichou du Poitou - Semi-firm French goat’s milk cheese; dense, melts in your mouth, tangy finish
* Cheddar, Cabot Clothbound - VT cow’s milk cheese; limited edition specially aged cheddar, sharp and caramelly
* Comté Saint Antoine - Semi-firm French cow’s milk cheese; aged for 15 mos., rich, buttery with hints of pineapple & hazelnuts
* Coulommiers - Soft French cow’s milk cheese; mushroomy flavor, brie like
* Coupole - Soft VT goat’s milk cheese; dusted with vegetable ash, creamy and delightful)
* Dry Jack - Hard CA cow’s milk cheese; rubbed with soybean oil, pepper and cocoa, nutty and sweet
* Gouda 4-year - Hard Dutch cow’s milk cheese; salty and sweet, crunchy and flaky, smooth
* Humboldt Fog - Mild California goat’s milk cheese; moist, clean, lemony, coated in vegetable ash
* La Tur - Soft Italian mixed milk (cow, sheep & goat) cheese, fresh milky taste, firm but creamy texture
* Nettle Meadow Kunik - Soft NY mixed milk (goat and cow) cheese; triple crème with bloomy rind, tangy and buttery
* Ossau Iraty - Semi-hard French sheep’s milk cheese; aroma of toasted hazelnuts, sweet, buttery and firm
* Pecorino Tartufo - Hard Italian sheep’s milk cheese; nutty with shavings of black truffle
* Piave - Hard Italian cow’s milk cheese; intense, full-bodied flavor similar to a Parmigiano Reggiano
* Point Reyes Blue - Soft CA cow’s milk cheese; creamy, sweet and salty, Roquefort mold
* Purple Haze - Soft CA goat’s milk cheese; fresh, smooth and creamy, flavored with wild fennel pollen and lavender
* Robiola Rocchetta - Soft Italian mixed milk cheese- cow, goat and sheep’s milk; creamy and balanced, buttery and smooth
* Roncal - Semi-firm Spanish sheep’s milk cheese; nutty and piquant, similar to Manchego
* Tomme Crayeuse - Semi-firm French cow’s milk cheese; creamy and buttery with a tangy finish
* Tomme de Savoie - Semi-firm French cow’s milk cheese; nutty and smooth that melts in your mouth, earthy
* Ubriaco Gran Riserva - Semi-firm Italian cow’s milk cheese; aged in crushed grape skins of Raboso wine, sweet and nutty