Specialty Cheeses

What do you get when a financial services executive and a chef buy a farm in rural Maryland? A creamery of course! Mike Koch and his chef husband Pablo Solanet didn’t have any cheesemaking experience, but they quickly learned by attending classes at University of Wisconsin at Madison. Following cheese legends like Mary Keehn at Cypress Grove and Judy Schad at Capriole, they...

What do you get when a financial services executive and a chef buy a farm in rural Maryland? A creamery of course! Mike Koch and his chef husband Pablo Solanet didn’t have any cheesemaking experience, but they quickly learned by attending classes at University of Wisconsin at Madison. Following cheese legends like Mary Keehn at Cypress Grove and Judy Schad at Capriole, they...

Le Chablochon is made by Fruitères Chabert, a third generation family owned creamery founded in 1936. They use milk from neighboring dairies in the Savoie region, ensuring freshness and quality. Chablochon was inspired by the classic Reblochon de Savoie. The thin orange rind encapsulates a rich, soft, sticky paste. Flavors are buttery with subtle notes of grass and hay.

As its name suggests, Baby Swiss is simply a smaller version of Swiss. Beacuse of its size, it is not aged quite as long. The resulting flavors are lighter, slightly sweeter but still finishes with the nutty characteristic typical of Swiss cheese.

If you want fondue that will stretch and ooze, this is the cheese blend for you. The mix of premium alpine cheeses are designed to be the perfect balance for melting or sprinkling on your favorite dish. The Raclette gives the blend that elastic ooey consistency when melted, while the Gruyère adds depth and flavor. The Emmentaler and Mountain Cheese balances out the funky qualities...

Love Manchego but want to try something different? Gran Capitan Curado may be your answer. Made with 50% cow’s milk and 50% sheep’s milk, this cheese has notes of olive oil, hay, and a pleasant lemony tang. The addition of cow’s milk balances out the funky barnyard flavors of sheep’s milk, while creating a creamier texture than your typical Manchego. It’s made in...

Our second offering from producer Paška Sirana of Pag Island, Croatia, is a blend of 90% cow and 10% sheep’s milk. Dalmatinac is an approachable, crowd-pleasing cheese. The initial notes are that of the salty sea air, settling into flavors of butter, toast and herbs. Its finish is sweet and nutty.

Delitia’s Burrata di Bufala is produced using pasteurized water buffalo milk from Cooperativa La Contadina in the Campania region of Italy. The cooperative collects milk from 20 local farms within 10 miles of the production facility and is delivered daily. Once the milk is received, the cheese is made within the same day. In turn, our exporter is timing these shipments to arrive...

Fruitière Les Fins is a large co-op of producers and dairies that produce about 65 wheels of Comté per day! They’ve worked with their affineur Rivoire Jacquemin for about 60 years, creating a symbiotic partnership. The Comté wheels are aged on spruce slabs and rubbed with hand harvested Guérande and Noirmoutier salts. At around 15-21 months they develop flavors of dried...

Fruitières Gillois is nestled in the Natural Park of Haut-Jura, just next to the Switzerland border. The cows graze on a pasture full of various flora, most notably wild cumin. Instead of the traditional milking parlor, the dairymen at Gillois go out to the pasture to milk the cows. Once the cheese is formed, and approved by master cheesemaker Benoît Sigonney, it gets sent off to...