Specialty Cheeses

Blakesville’s chèvre is bright, clean, and super spreadable. Soft and velvety with just a hint of lemon and salt, Blakesville’s chevre has a richer flavor than other high end chevre.

Greece’s best-loved grating cheese, Myzithra is fast becoming one of America’s favorite cheeses. Myzithra is made from the whey left from the production of hard cheeses. The hard texture and salty taste makes a delicious topper for pastas, pizzas, stews, soups and salads. It is also a perfect substitute for any recipes that call for parmesan.

This award-winning American version of the classic Mediterranean cheese is made from cows’ milk and has a milder, less salty taste than its Greek counterpart.

Although many mountain cheeses have a similar basic nuttiness, they all have amazing subtleties of flavor and texture. Jura Montagne has a profoundly beefy, and savory smell with hints of peanut butter, buttered toast and a sweet and nutty finish. The paste is rich and savory, with hints of toasted bread and grass. Jura Montagne is a small wheel in comparison to many mountain...

Fior delle Alpi or Flower of the Alps, is a deliciously flavorful raw cow’s milk cheese from the mountains of Switzerland.  Made with milk from cows that graze on lush mountain grass and meadow herbs results in a fruity and gently spiced cheese with a subtle crunch. Fior delle Alpi is matured for up to 12 months and has a rich oniony flavor, very savory, like a brothy stew.

Sunny Ridge is styled after the French cheese St. Nectaire. The cheese is washed with Is/Was Brewing’s Finer Points of Bad Behavior, a sour beer made from Michigan peaches. A great introductory cheese for those afraid to try goat’s milk. Flavors are tangy with a minerally fruit funk.

St. Germain is a cooked & pressed curd goat cheese with a natural rind. This Pyrenees-style tomme cheese has a sweet tang upfront, followed by subtle herbaceous notes. The paste is semi-firm which makes it great for snacking. This cheese smells woodsy and piney with a lingering herbal finish.

Inspired by the French classic Chabichou, this two-pound wheel has a wrinkled Geotrichum rind and a delightfully light, creamy texture. The flavor is clean, mild and mellow, with a hint of lemon and sweet honeysuckle/floral notes.

Lindeline is a large format ash-ripened goat cheese. The flavor is of crème fraiche and mushrooms. Cheeses are slightly firm when young, with the paste breaking down into a nice creamline after a few weeks of aging with some softening just under the rind and an earthy aroma.

Lake Effect is a soft-ripened goat cheese with a bloomy rind. The flavor is buttery, with an earthy mushroom flavor. Cheeses are slightly firm when young, with the interior breaking down into a nice cream-line after a few weeks of aging.