Switzerland

Matured for over a year in the Langruti cellars under constant supervision by highly experienced cheesemakers, Antique Gruyere ends up with outstanding properties. With a rustic structure and remarkable taste, this is a cheese to savor and enjoy.

Gruyère Alpage is made essentially as Gruyère was 100 years ago. From April through October, the tradition of transhumance takes place. During the springtime, cheesemaking families move their herds from the lowlands up to Alpine mountain chalets. The grasses, flowers and herbs flourish during the warm months, producing lush feed for the cows. Wheels of cheese are produced in the...

Mild but full flavored, creamy open air taste, with a subtle nutty flavor.

Made from the same recipe for over 500 years, Sap Sago is made from skim milk and blue fenugreek, a clover-like plant known for its medicinal qualities. Sap Sago is used almost exclusively as a low-fat grating cheese with a light taste. It is known as Schabziger in Switzerland.

Vacherin Fribourgeois is a hearty and potent Swiss cow’s milk cheese with a semi-soft to firm texture, depending on age. Vacherin Frigourgeois is an “old fashioned” Vacherin with an uneven, craggly rind and harsh edges. Its taste is grassy, nutty, and with the perfume of fresh-cut hay.

This Girolle is the exlusive machine used with Tete de Moine, an old monastery-style mountain cheese whose name translates to “monk’s head”. Traditionally it is sliced horizontally using a girolle to create ruffled, finely thin rosettes. Once the top part of the rind is taken off, the cheese resembles the bald top of a monk’s head. The firm, dense texture, though not dry,...

The ingredients for a traditional Swiss fondue are found inside this packet. Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses are combined with white wine and Kirsch for making a quick and easy fondue at home.

This cheese is a true classic among Swiss cheeses. The rind is reddish-brown, typical for a smear cheese. The paste is ivory to light yellow with some small holes (“eyes”) throughout. The flavor is slightly pungent with a nutty aroma.

Tete de Moine (literally Monk’s Head) is a cylindrical cheese with a smear rind and is semi-hard. This cheese is not cut but shaved with a girolle into rosette shaped slices. These are best produced when the cheeses come straight from refrigeration. Tete de Moine can be enjoyed with an apertif, as dessert cheese, or just a snack.

The cheese bearing the name Valais Raclette is the most famous of the Swiss Raclettes. The Valais Raclette (namely cheese made in the canton of Valais) is made from ancestral methods. The unique climate and Alpine meadows have an effect on the quality of the milk and the finished product leading to a washed/brushed orange to brown rind, ivory paste and a fragrant creamy texture....