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Sage Derby Your price: € 9,95 Add to Cart Sage Derby is a cheddar type gourmet cheese made using leaf sage for flavor, and colored using chlorophyll (plant coloring) to give a green marbled finish. The finely chopped sage leaf gives a subtle extra flavor. Sage Derby is matured for around 12 weeks as per mild cheddar. In the seventeenth century, the custom of adding sage to Derby cheese began. Sage was valued for its health-giving properties; it was good for the digestion and thus Sage Derby was born. Sage Derby was originally consumed at harvest time and Christmas. A colorful gourmet cheese for the cheese board. Sage Derby, one of the oldest British gourmet cheeses and one of the original additive cheeses; is unique with the ...	Saint Agur Your price: € 12,82 Add to Cart The French gourmet cheese Saint Agur originates in the village of Monts du Velay in the mountainous Auvergne region of central France, an area renowned for a centuries old tradition of blue cheese making. This lovely gourmet cheese is made from pasteurized cow's milk enriched with cream; it’s a double-cream cheese. A rich blue cheese with a smooth, creamy texture that provides just the right reason to take and break and enjoy a fine cheese tasting session. Saint Agur is easy to recognize by its unusual octagonal shape. It is rindless and packaged in foil, a common practice that prevents further blueing. We are pleased to have this fine gourmet cheese in our assortment and feel confi...
Saint Albray, cut Your price: € 12,69 Add to Cart Saint Albray is available in three sizes, the cut from a large wheel, as you see on this page, a mini wheel and a small wheel; all shaped as a flower. Saint Albray is a soft, cow's milk gourmet cheese that comes from the Aquitaine region, and can be immediately recognized by its flower shape and white-red colored crust. The cheese is similar to Camembert, but not as strong. This bloomy gourmet cheese has a rich flavor that can be enhanced by eating it with the rind....	Saint Albray, mini wheel Sold out, more expected soon Saint Albray is a soft, cow's milk gourmet cheese that comes from the Aquitaine region, and can be immediately recognized by its flower shape and white-red colored crust. The cheese is similar to Camembert, but not as strong. Saint Albray is made with pasteurized milk and is ripened for 2 weeks. This mini wheel (7 oz. / 200g ) can be beautifully displayed on your cheeseboard. For the larger parties we also have a larger wheel (1 lbs. 2 oz. / 500g). This gourmet cheese has a rich in flavor in a soft crust. For more flavor, eat it with its thin crust, with slightly stronger notes....
Saint Felicien Your price: € 9,48 Add to Cart Saint Félicien is a French gourmet cheese that was made around 1950. It was originally made by a cheese maker in Lyon, and is now primarily made in the Dauphiné region of France. It is made of cow's milk, is very rich, but as it is small, it is easy to eat. It is a semi-soft cheese that has a maturing time between 2 and 6 weeks. Many people say that the St. Félicien cheese tastes similar to St. Marcellin, but slightly less strong, and tastes slightly nutty. Saint Félicien cheese is a perfect end-of-the-meal cheese, and is generally served as part of a cheeseboard selection....	Saint Marcellin Sold out, more expected soon Nowadays, Saint Marcellin is made from cow's milk. But in the 13th century the cheese was made exclusively from goat's milk. Saint Marcellin is coming from the Dauphiné region, east of Lyon. Saint Marcellin is gourmet cheese that is generously salted on both faces. The cheese needs a long time to mature. Although quite similar to Banon - without the chestnut leaves - Saint Marcellin is even creamier. The nutty and fruity flavor is complex. This gourmet cheese can be served as a quick lunch, as a starter or on the cheeseboard. Saint Marcellin should be chewed a long time to release its full flavor. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the maturation of thi...
Saint Nectaire Your price: € 8,24 Add to Cart Saint Nectaire is an ancient French gourmet cheese from the mountains of the Auvergne. The cheese is made in large round flat discs. It has a grayish rind with light yellow or reddish patches. The supple paste is pale gold in color and becomes almost runny as it matures. It has a really earthy aroma. The paste alone has a sweet and grassy aroma and this is repeated in the flavor which is only slightly farmyard like. The cheese is firm, though supple, with a moldy smell and a mild flavor. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the maturation of this cheese has been extended to over 60 days....	Saint Paulin Your price: € 7,73 Add to Cart Saint Paulin or Port Salut, traditionally a French monastery gourmet cheese, is a creamery, soft cheese made from cow's milk. The cheese made from pasteurized milk is produced in wheels of various sizes. We offer you a 1 lbs. 2 oz / 500g piece cut from a large wheel that nicely shows the pale yellow interior of the cheese. The thin, washed rind is smooth and leathery and ranges in color from pale yellow to bright mandarin orange. We also have a small wheel of Saint Paulin of 11 oz/320g that does very well on a larger cheeseboard....
Sainte-Maure de Touraine Your price: € 8,74 Add to Cart Sainte-Maure de Touraine is an attractive little log-shaped goat cheese that is made in both Poitou and Touraine. The cheeses from Touraine are characterized by the presence of a length of straw or stick running through the length of the cheese. The cheese has a white downy rind which hardens and becomes blue/grey as it matures. The paste is firm but spreadable with a full slightly "goaty" flavor which strengthens as it ages. It is entirely a matter of personal preference at which stage you decide to eat the cheese. Surprisingly, the “goatiness” of the flavor tend to fade when the cheese in heated. Similar cheeses are Pouligny St Pierre, Selles-sur-Cher and Valençay. In order to co...	Salers Your Price: € 13,53 Add to Cart The French gourmet cheese Salers is often compared to and confused with another gourmet cheese Cantal. Salers is made only from the milk of cows that graze on mountain pastures in the summer while Cantal can be made from the milk of other seasons. Salers real French appellation is "Salers from the high mountains." In the Salers region, mountains are covered with snow half the year, which gives the summer grasses a special richness. Gentian and blueberry grow here amongst the lush pastures. Salers is a strong French gourmet cheese that can be matured up to 18 months. Salers cheese crust is thick and has a grey color. Its paste is firm, yellow, relatively hard and has a fruity aroma. Wit...
Samsoe For Reference Only Samsoe started as a Danish version of Swiss Emmental but today it has developed a totally different character of its own. Once a farmhouse cheese, Samsoe and its many descendants are now factory produced, but can still be considered a gourmet cheese. Made in round flat cartwheels and in large slabs, Samsoe has a golden-yellow dry rind which is usually coated in yellow cheese wax. Softer than Emmental, it has a texture which can be flabby but which at its best is more akin to Cheddar. The paste is pale yellow in color with a few shiny holes about the size of cherries. The flavor is quite mild and nutty in the young cheese, but this strengthens and takes on a slightly more pungent quali...	San Jorge Your Price: € 12,69 Add to Cart San Jorge is produced from the milk of cows in the Island of Are Jorge, in the Açores, Portugal The maturation process is 1-3 months long and the result is a firm cheese with small 'eyes' and a yellowish color. The rind is hard, with a smooth surface and a dark yellow color, sometimes with chestnut-colored spots and coated with paraffin. The aroma and flavor is strong, clean and slightly spiced. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the maturation of this cheese has been extended to over 60 days....
San Simon Sold out, expected delivery date unknown San Simon is a popular smoked Spanish cheese. It is made from cow’s milk in the region of Galicia in the northwest of the country. The curd is transferred into pear-shaped moulds, after a day, the forms are immersed in hot whey. After two weeks, the cheeses are smoked. The gourmet San Simon cheese has a delicious, creamy buttery texture. The cheese has a thin chestnut-orange rind, a soft inside and is mild but full of flavor. This versatile cheese is great on its own, and sublime when paired with fresh fruit or served as a dessert cheese....	Sapsago For Reference Only Sapsago is a pale green gourmet cheese from the Canton of Glarus and is something of an acquired taste. It is made from skim milk and buttermilk and flavored with fenugreek and melilot, a wild clover which grows in the locality and gives the cheese its unique flavor. The gourmet cheese is extremely hard and is made for shredding. Sapsago has many names and may even simply be referred to as "green cheese." It is pressed into small truncated cones called "stockli."...
Sbrinz For Reference Only Sbrinz is not very known outside Switzerland; this extra-hard mountain gourmet cheese takes almost twice as long to mature as Emmental or Gruyere. It is more like an Italian Grana cheese and will keep for a long time without requiring a cool environment. Produced in large flattish wheels, Sbrinz has a hard, thick, golden-brown rind and an extremely hard, grainy paste. The aroma is very tangy and piquant. This gourmet cheese has a very distinctive aroma with rich coffee and chocolate tones and a lemony tang. The flavor is really mellow and mature with a slightly burnt quality to it. Sbrinz is very good shaved into paper-thin curly slices....	Selles-sur-Cher Your price: € 7,42 Add to Cart Selles-sur-Cher A.O.C. is a French gourmet cheese. The Loire valley is home to this little goat's-milk cheese from the village of Selles-sur-Cher near Orleans. It is one of the any local village goat cheeses in the area but is distinguished by the fact that it is always coated in black ash. Produced in tiny discs, the cheese has a very white paste in contrast to its black surround. The paste is firm yet soft and moist when it is young. The flavor is mild and nutty. As the cheese matures it develops a soft blue mold under the ash and the paste hardens and sharpens in flavor. Similar cheeses are Pouligny-St Pierre and Valençay. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to ...
Senteurs d'automne Sold out, expected delivery date unknown Senteurs d’Automne is an attractive small cheese that will certainly be noticed by your guests. This artisanal soft gourmet cheese is flavored with mushrooms and pepper; thus the overall taste experience is clearly a mixture of the soft creamy paste and the stronger pepper and mushroom flavors. The soft white paste allows you to serve the cheese on strong fruits, such as dates and figs. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the maturation of this cheese has been extended to over 60 days....	Shropshire Blue Your Price: € 12,24 Add to Cart Shropshire Blue cheese was originally invented and produced in Scotland but is now made by some of the Stilton cheese producers. Indeed, it is made in exactly the same way as Stilton except that annatto is added to the milk with the starter culture and the mold. This British gourmet cheese has nothing to do with Shropshire. Shropshire Blue cheese comes in medium-size drums with a rough brown rind. The paste is bright orange in color with vivid blue veining. The texture is firm and creamy, but also slightly crumbly. The flavor is sharper than Stilton and quite distinctive. There is a definite sour or wine-like tang with oranges and lemons but the Shropshire Blue aftertaste is sweet. Th...
Smoked cheddar, Applewood For Reference Only This smoked cheddar is a smooth, close textured cheese with a unique and delicate smokey flavor. The gourmet cheese is hand-rolled in paprika to give it an attractive golden amber color....	Sola Sora Sold out, more expected soon "Sola" or "Sora" is a term in dialect meaning "sole of a shoe". This gourmet cheese has this name because of its low, flat shape. It is made from an ancient recipe rediscovered in Valcasotto. Each form of Sola Sora has a characteristic mark left by the knot tied in the binding used when the curd is wrung out. It has a soft, yielding consistency and a buttery smell. It is ideal accompanied by summer salads and also in fondues. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the maturation of this cheese has been extended to over 60 days....
Strachitunt Sold out, more expected soon Strachitunt is an Italian gourmet cheese that you will not find on every cheese board. It is a rounded gourmet version of the Italian gourmet cheese Stracchino and is made in the Lombardy district of Italy. The production of Strachitunt gourmet cheese follows an ancient 2-curd technique. The mixture of the warm morning curd with the cold evening curd promotes the formation of mould. The rind is wrinkled and thin with a light-brown color. The Strachitunt cheese paste is pale or straw-yellow. The gourmet cheese Strachitunt has an aromatic, mouth-filling flavor and a attractive nose of 'autumn leaves' and hazelnuts. In order to comply with US FDA regulation for export to the USA the ma...	SwissAlp Panorama Cheese Your price: € 12,30 Add to Cart SwissAlp Panorama is a strong-tasting, semi-hard cheese with a subtle herb flavor and is produced using a traditional Swiss method. The cheese is carefully matured over a period of months in a coating of top-quality herbs. It is this process that turns SwissAlp into a unique and naturally aromatic cheese experience. While the herbs, among which sage, basil and thyme, are only visible in the edible outer coating, the whole cheese is infused with their aroma. Each herb variety lends its own personal character to the harmonious and typical bouquet of aromas and flavors. The cheese is suitable for vegetarians, as microbial rennet is used At the Global Dairy Congress in Amsterdam this yea...