Specialty Cheeses

Technically a double – crème soft cheese, Petit Suisse is made with prized Normandy cow’s milk. The texture is firmer than most yogurts, but very rich with a silky texture. Available in a mixed three – flavor pack (peach-pear, strawberry, and apricot-mango), Petit Suisse doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup or artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. These...

Jasper Hill recently gained access to sheep’s milk from Bonneview Farm. Hinman Settler is the first “experiment” in mixed cheeses that is ready for commercial release. Essentially just a mixed-milk blue made to an adapted Bayley Hazen blue recipe, Hinman is about half sheep, half cow in the final curd.   We recently tasted it here and it drew unanimous positive reviews....

Located in the Centre-Val de Loire, Fromagerie Pascal Jacquin et Fils has specialized in making and aging the region’s traditional and exemplary goat’s milk cheeses since 1947. This fairy tale region is a land known for its majestic castles, wildlife, fishing, Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc-rich vineyards and, of course, goat’s milk delicacies. Fromagerie Jacquin is currently...

Amanteigado (which translates to “buttery”) is a creamy cow’s milk cheese made on the island of Faial in the Azores, Portugal’s autonomous region located in the mid-Atlantic. The producers from Queijaria Omorro, Rui and Nuno Caldeira, suggest serving it similarly to other torta-style cheeses; slice and remove the top rind, allowing guests to spoon its buttery and gooey...

This unpasteurized goat’s milk cheese is produced using Murciana goat’s milk in the Spanish Castilla-La Mancha region. Known for producing butterfat-rich milk, these Murciana goats belong to a cooperative of farmers in central Spain. The farmers are also members of the dairy, Señorio de la Mancha, contributing to the production of the cheese. La Dama Sagrada (“The Sacred...

This isn’t your ordinary butter, this decadent French Beurre d’Isigny is name protected; meaning there are specifications on how it’s made in order for it to be called Beurre d’Isigny.  Milk must come from the designated AOP (Appellation d’Origine Protégèe) zone – which is in Isigny sur Mer, Normandy. Milk collection must take place every 48...

This sweet cheddar has notes of wheat and hops from the addition of an IPA. A thin ash line cuts the cheese in half, making a dramatic presence on a cheese plate.

Led by the Alvarez Valera family, Finca La Prudenciana is located in the core of the Castilla-La Mancha region in central Spain, approximately sixty miles south of Madrid. Although the family is famously known for their unpasteurized Artequeso Manchego, D.O. cheeses, Finca La Prudenciana extends their cheesemaking philosophies to Cabra La Prudenciana, their newest goats’ milk...

As an attempt to broaden people’s idea of goat milk, DeWaag has created an original cheese called Emmengoat. An emmental style cheese made with goat milk, it’s not your typical goat cheese. It’s approachable, nutty, and sweet with a nice tang at the end.

Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura is a family run dairy whose mission is to protect cheesemaking traditions in the Canary Islands. Smokin’ Goat is made with local Majorero goat milk, which is naturally high in fat and protein, making for a smooth paste. The cheese is lightly smoked over beechwood, adding toasted notes to an otherwise sweet and tangy goat cheese. The rind pattern...