Cheese and Champagne

Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day

April 16, 2015

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Comté, Roquefort — what do those famed cheeses have in common? Aside from being kings of the cheese world, they are all made with raw milk. New American icons Bayley Hazen, Pleasant Ridge Reserve, and Rogue River Blue? All raw milk cheeses as well. This Saturday, April 18, the Cheese of Choice Coalition and […]

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Super Blues and A Blueberry Chive Blue Cheese Ball #BigGameCheese

January 30, 2015

It’s here at last — the official weekend of cheese binging. (Others may refer to it as Super Bowl weekend.) And as is our tradition, we’re here to help you elevate your #BigGameCheese with real cheese. As fate would have it, both teams’ colors are blue this year, so we’ve got two Super Blues facing […]

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Cold Nights, Hot Cheese {News & Events}

January 21, 2015

Happy New Year, curd friends! We hope you’ve wrapped up those January juice cleanses and are refreshed and ready for a new year of cheese exploration. This week saw the official National Cheese Lovers’ Day (January 20), but for us it really is just the kick-off of a month of cheese lovin’ — I mean, […]

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12 Best Little Cheese Shops

December 18, 2014

The 12 Days of Cheesemas are here! And, there are just 12 shopping days before New Year’s Eve, the cheesiest night of the year. We’re highlighting today some of the best places to shop for your holiday cheeses — the independent cheese shops in your own backyard (we hope!). Sure, NYC may think of itself […]

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A Really Big Year for Vermont Creamery

December 9, 2014

As much as we’re obsessed with seeking out the freshest new cheeses to share here, there are certain favorites that tend to rotate across our cheeseboards with some frequency, particularly around the holidays. And no holiday cheeseboard would be complete without one of the little aged jewels from Vermont Creamery. Our friends at VC have […]

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Bijou, Vermont Creamery Crown Jewel {& #WrinklesAreSexy Giveaway!}

December 9, 2014

Part II of our celebration of Vermont Creamery’s 30th Anniversary year — read more about our visit to the Creamery here, and continue below to learn about Bijou & our special holiday giveaway! You’ll recall we’ve highlighted Vermont Creamery’s wrinkly cheeses before: Coupole was featured here, and Bonne Bouche here. Bijou is the tiny crown jewel of the collection […]

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American Cheese Goodie Bag {Giveaway!}

November 20, 2014

Happy birthday to us! This month marks our 6th year of sharing our cheese discoveries with you, dear readers. To celebrate, Jill and I gathered our curd kids for a weekend retreat in Minneapolis (thankfully, pre-snow) and, well, ate cheese. Would you expect anything else? We thought we’d knock off a few missing letters from […]

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10 American Winners at the 2014 World Cheese Awards

November 16, 2014

Congratulations to the winners of the World Cheese Awards, which took place this weekend in London. Out of nearly 2,600 cheeses from 33 countries, American cheesemakers garnered 10 of 62 Super Golds: Bloomsdale, Baetje Farms, Missouri Truffle Tremor, Cypress Grove Chèvre, California Bismark, Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont Shepsog, Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont Bandage Wrapped Cheddar*, […]

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7 New American Cheeses for Your Holiday Cheeseboard

November 14, 2014

As we compiled our 26 cheeses for American Cheese Month, we wanted first to avoid duplication from last year’s 31 Essential American cheeses — it also turned into an opportunity to go through a year (or more’s) worth of photos to find the cheeses we hadn’t yet shared tasting notes for. And to realize just […]

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