Celebrate Cheese - Vive le Fromage
People have been making cheese for at least 5,000 years. If you know your Greek mythology, you’ll remember the cheese-loving Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey. Legend has it blue cheese was created by accident 2,000 years ago. Both Roquefort and Gorgonzola share a similar origin story. Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory” (see ◙) was reportedly inspired by melting Camembert (you’ll never look at this surrealist painting the same way again). It’s a pleasure to assemble a cheese board for tasting with guests. We also enjoy cooking with cheese—if for no other reason that the fact that it is a popular ingredient in many recipes. After searching repeatedly for substitutes for a particular cheese that we can’t find in local stores, we decided to put together our own cheese guide for the home cook. In our humble opinion, this little guide goes a long way to help you make sense of all the cheese books out there.
Do the Ripe Thing
If you prefer to do your own research, a good place to start is World Cheese Book. This lavishly illustrated book, edited by Juliet Harbutt, provides brief descriptions of over 750 cheeses around the world. New Zealand’s Harbutt is a member of several cheese organizations in France. American maitre fromager Max McCalman’s books are always a fun read; he likes to rate cheese on a 100-point system—just as some wine guides do for their subject. Thanks to his pronunciation notes, we are reminded of the correct way to pronounce Gouda. French affineur Roland Barthelemy’s “genealogical” approach in his Guide to Cheeses of the World makes it easy to see how different cheeses are related. David Joachim’s The Food Substitutions Bible, as the name implies, is all about ingredient substitutions.
Click on the Legend/Resources tab below for a list of resources. Click on the Festivals tab for a list of some of the cheese-related events around the world. Click on the Calendar tab and follow our monthly cheese club. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area—or if you plan to visit—click on the Buy and Eat tabs and see where you can sample cheese in this part of California.
Moldy Goodies
Our research shows there is general consensus on two types of cheese: fresh and blue. Experts generally agree on what constitutes a fresh cheese; there is usually no mistaking what is a blue cheese. The classification of all other cheeses is not as clear-cut. One can certainly talk about the main ingredient: the type of milk (cow’s milk being the most common) and whether it’s pasteurized. Some authors use the type of rind as a guide; others prefer to focus on the processing method. For the average person, we feel the least confusing choice is the texture of the interior (or paste). So we have divided different cheeses into five categories: fresh, blue, and for everything else, soft, medium, or hard. In other words, we have decided to go with a combination of age, water content, and mold. Keep in mind a cheese could fit into more than one category depending on its age. There’s a sixth category that you won’t find in any cheese book—we like to think outside the box.
Just as we have a standard nutrition label for food products, there ought to be a standard label for cheese in this country. If every cheese’s water content is specified, it would certainly make classification more objective. In Italy, a cheese is considered soft if it contains 45 to 60 percent water, semi-hard if its moisture level is between 40 and 45 percent, or hard if it’s less than 40 percent.
Sheepshape
Some people swear by sheep’s milk cheese (ewe is the word for female sheep). Sheep’s milk is what makes Roquefort stand out among all blue cheeses. If you’re not familiar with this type of cheese, take our guide with you when you go shopping. For those who enjoy lamb, try cooking with sheep’s milk cheese (you can’t go wrong with an Italian-style pecorino).
Raw Deal
Some cheese lovers feel strongly about raw-milk cheese. These individuals believe it’s impossible to make great cheese from dead or pasteurized milk. Since the U.S. government requires that all raw-milk cheese sold in this country must be aged at least 60 days, a number of the finest young raw-milk cheese from Europe would be considered contraband. The French Brie available in America is the pasteurized version exported to countries like the U.S. So for your next European vacation, you might want to schedule a little bit of cheese tasting. According to Barthelemy, spring is the best time to sample a variety of cheeses in France.
Speaking of the cheese mecca…the production of raw-milk cheese in France continues to fall (its market share has dropped from 100 down to 10 percent in just 70 years). Check out this 2014 Newsweek article. Will raw-milk cheese suffer the same fate as analog (vinyl) audio or the pay phone? Note that after hitting rock bottom in 2005, vinyl records have made a steady comeback. Vinyl record sales in 2014 are the highest since 1990; turntable sales are up too. So there may be hope for raw-milk cheese.
Fat Matter
Cheese is to milk what apple butter is to applesauce—think of cheese as concentrated milk. Since milk is the dominant ingredient, a cheese’s fat content is more or less determined by the type of milk used. Skim milk, for instance, produces low-fat cheese. To create a richer cheese, some producers add cream to the milk, resulting in what’s called a double-cream or triple-cream cheese. In France, cheeses can be classified based on fat content, which is defined as the percentage of fat in dry matter (minus the water content).
| Category | Fat Content (Percent) | Cheese |
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| Maigre (lean) | Less than 20 | Mostly fresh cheese, plus skim-milk cheese such as Bergues |
| Allege (light) | 20-30 | Mostly softer cheese |
| Normal | 40-50 | Mostly harder cheese and blue cheese |
| Double creme | 60-75 | Mostly soft cheese, plus other double-cream cheese such as Boursin |
| Triple creme | More than 75 | Mostly soft cheese |
Note that even triple-cream cheese is not exactly ice cream. The so-called foie gras cheese is not as high in fat as it appears. When you factor in its moisture level, the amount of fat consumed per serving of a cream-enriched soft cheese may actually be lower than a harder cheese. Keep in mind other countries calculate fat content differently. As a fermented product, aged cheese poses less of a problem for lactose-intolerant people. This is especially true of hard cheese, which goes through the longest aging period.
And the Award Goes To…
France and Italy are ahead of other countries in terms of quality, variety, and history. For a small country, Switzerland has acquired quite a reputation (it helps to have a Swissophile like McCalman). Did you know there’s one cow for every five people in Switzerland? That’s a lot of cheese—and cow pies. The U.S. and Germany are the biggest cheese producers. As of 2011, the top five cheese consumers per capita are France, Iceland, Greece, Germany, and Finland. The world of cheese is a dizzying array of looks, shapes, and sizes. Real cheese is nothing like the sliced and individually wrapped processed cheese your mother put in your sandwich when you were young. Some of them look like marble slabs (◙); others sport a wrinkled rind (◙) that resembles the skin of a Shar Pei. Some look like caramel candy (◙) or chocolate truffles (◙) gone wild.
Walk into a cheese shop in France and you’ll spot a Morbier (◙) immediately because a wedge of this cheese could be mistaken for a slice of layer cake. You’ll find a line of ash or chili in the center of other cheeses, but Morbier is probably the oldest one made this way. A sliced Mimolette (◙) looks like a spray-tanned cantaloupe. The straw gives Sainte-Maure (◙) that cheese-on-a-stick appearance. After you cut open Humboldt Fog (◙), step back and admire the view. It really looks like a Wayne Thiebaud painting (his series of cakes and pastries) come to life—that’s only fitting since it’s made by California’s Cypress Grove Chevre.
What is the most old-fashioned packaging? Washington State University Creamery’s Cougar Gold (◙) comes in a can—unusual for an aged cheese nowadays. Sardinia’s Callu de Cabreddu (◙) comes in the oddest package—if you can call it that—this cheese is encased in a baby goat’s stomach where it’s ripened (a cheese for the haggis aficionado?). Another island, Corsica, whose local dialect is closer to Italian than French, also makes use of the kid’s stomach in the production of cheese. Jonchee Niortaise, a fresh cheese sold locally in France, is wrapped in a mat made of water reeds.
The sexiest-looking cheese? Spain’s Tetilla (◙). Tete de Moine (◙) from Switzerland has the most interesting shape, thanks to the girolle grater. Our vote for favorite name is Blue Monday—if you are a fan of New Order—a blue cheese originally created by Harbutt and a member of Blur. Along similar musical notes, Woodcock Farm makes a sheep’s milk cheese called Ewe II. Another great name is Cato Corner Farm’s Dairyere, a double pun on Gruyere and donkey. The most expensive cheese is made with any kind of uncommon milk from such animal as moose or donkey.
It takes a lot of milk to produce a good-sized hunk of cheese. So it’s no surprise that most large cheeses are made from cow’s milk (even though cows have the lowest yield of cheese) while goat’s milk is often used to make small cheeses. Bouton-de-Culotte weighs less than half an ounce (14 grams) when ripened. Goat’s milk is also a popular choice for fresh cheese because flavor develops faster than sheep’s milk. By contrast, cheddar can weigh over 50 pounds (23 kilograms). But one of the heavyweights of the cheese world is Emmentaler, which weighs in at 220 pounds (100 kilograms).
Vive la Difference
The French are so serious about their favorite cheese, Comte, that they grade it on a scale of zero to 20.
| Category | No. of Points |
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| Taste | 3-9 |
| Paste (color, feel, mouthfeel) | 0-5 |
| Appearance of the cut and eyes | 0-3.5 |
| Rind (texture, color) | 0-1.5 |
| Overall appearance | 0-1 |
| Total | 20 |
Any Comte that scores below 12—or if it receives a zero in one of the four non-taste areas—is sold as Gruyere de Comte (not to be confused with Swiss Gruyere). The highest-rated Comte carries a green label; the rest has a red label. In the U.S., the only graded food that comes to mind is beef (prime/choice/select). America is the land of hamburger, fries, and milk. France is all about cheese, wine, and bread. Perhaps this explains why a French astronaut took Picodon (a small goat cheese) aboard the space shuttle in 1996.
That’s Why They Call It Cheesecloth
Making your own fresh cheese is actually very simple—you will need cheesecloth for this. Check out America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for saag paneer or Indian-style spinach with fresh cheese (episode #1322, 2013). By the way, this PBS cooking show recommends Formaticum Cheese Bags to keep your cheese fresh in the fridge.
Cream of the Crop
The list below includes a select group of over 600 classic cheeses and some of the most popular cheeses around the world (dating back centuries in some cases). When we talk about a cheese that’s made by only one vendor or in the case of a specific brand, we provide the name of that company. Since this Web page is handmade in the U.S., we dig a little deeper into American cheese makers. Because we have the home cook in mind, we decided to highlight all the cheeses that melt beautifully when cooked—not dissolve into nothing or turn oily and separated. Blue cheese is known for its strong aroma and taste. There are other cheeses that are even more pungent than the typical blue. We highlight these for the adventurous connoisseur. If the smell of fermented herring (surstromming) and durian doesn’t bother you, then these wedges are made for you.
Family Affair
We believe Barthelemy is onto something when he files cheeses under different families. For example, it makes sense that some of the washed-rind cheese recipes developed at monasteries centuries ago should be lumped together. Curiously, he places only two of the six prominent Loire Valley chevre (Pouligny-Saint-Pierre and Valencay) in the same family. Since he is French, he must be aware of the subtle differences among these young goat cheeses.
Barthelemy’s classification is understandably Francocentric. Indeed, of the 48 families outlined in his guide, only 12 are of non-French origin: four from Italy, three from Switzerland, two each from Spain and the U.K., and one from the Netherlands. We’ve no doubt he’s an expert on European cheeses, but how well does he know North and South American products? A lot of people consider Monterey Jack an American original; he puts it in the cheddar family. To be fair, he treats France’s beloved Comte as part of the Swiss Gruyere family. Let’s see if we can all work together and improve on this family tree for cheese (they are in boldface in our directory).
A Taste of History
Food recipes and dining habits change over time. You’d have to go to places like France and China to find classic recipes that remain popular today. Other countries have very short food memory. An American menu or cookbook from 100 years ago would seem like foreign language to Americans. Who makes aspic anymore? The situation with cheese is a different story because many classic recipes have survived. As long as the same milk sources are available, what’s produced today could very well taste like the original recipe made centuries ago. That’s why when you put a piece of classic cheese in your mouth, you are tasting history. So we try to identify those cheeses that can be thought of as heritage cheeses.
One thing we wanted to clarify is whether the name of a cheese should be capitalized. If it is based on a place or a person, it usually is capitalized.
Armchair Cheese Tasting
Until someone fills the void by making a cheese documentary, videos of cheese are largely found in cooking and travel shows. (Rick Sebak, are you reading this?) In Season 8 of Rick Steves’ Europe (first aired in 2014), he once again shares with viewers another memorable meal in France. After he and his friend have sampled escargots, shrimp, duck, and lamb, the owner comes out with a wooden tray full of a dozen cheeses in all their glory. This being the Loire Valley, goat cheeses are well represented. Don’t miss “France’s Loire: Chateau Country” (episode #803) on PBS. For the record, the restaurant in question is L’Epicerie in Amboise. You’ll catch a glimpse (◙ and ►) of Sainte-Maure, Selles-sur-Cher, Valencay, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Feuille de Dreux, Langres, Reblochon, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Saint-Nectaire, Murol, and Fourme d’Ambert. C’est formidable indeed.
In 2014, Globe Trekker produced “The Story of Cheese” (synopsis and trailer) as part of its “Planet Food” specials. It’s a compilation of past cheese segments stitched together with new footage shot in England to create a coherent narrative. The presenter is U.K. chef Rosie Lovell. You’ll meet Harbutt and travel to France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Lebanon, and Turkey. Philippe Olivier’s passion for raw-milk cheese will bowl you over. Check your local PBS station schedule for the next rerun.
In the second of three episodes of Food: Delicious Science (►), a 2017 documentary from BBC, we learn the flavor of each cheese is mostly determined by how it smells. So how can Epoisses smell so bad but taste so good? The answer is something called backward smelling.
Have It Your Whey
We cannot guarantee our directory is up-to-date at all times. In the meantime, we want all you cheese heads to send us the names of three cheeses/brands that you feel should be included below. You’ll get extra points if you can come up with unexpected substitutes (bottarga/botargo, anyone?). And tell us what we should work on next. Obvious subjects include wine/beer, coffee/tea, pastry/dessert, and fresh produce.
Memo to Cheese Producers
The Bay Area has its share of foodies as well as a sizable wine-and-cheese crowd. The world-renown Wine Country (Napa and Sonoma) is, after all, right here in our own backyard. The Judgment of Paris wine tasting in 1976 helped put California wine on the map. Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse and Peet’s Coffee started an epicurean revolution in the 1970s. Thanks to its agricultural heritage, the Bay Area is also home to artisan cheese makers. So instead of waiting for retailers to come to you, click on the Where to Buy tab below and you’ll see a list of potential companies you can do business with. Click on Bay Area Stats and check out the size of this market.
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Fresh
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Fresh Cheese
Fresh cheese has no rind and high moisture. It also has the lowest fat content and a relatively short shelf life. As the name implies, fresh cheese is not aged or only aged briefly (a few days in general). The texture of fresh cheese is usually soft and spoonable and sometimes crumbly. Examples include ricotta and cream cheese.
Fresh Cheese (65+) Name/Certification [Country, Milk, Flavor] [Heritage]
Company (Location, Web)Similar Cheese/Substitution
Europebeyaz peynir [TR, sheep or goat or cow] feta, paneer Boulette de Cambrai [FR, raw or pasteurized, herbed] related Boulette cheeses: Boule des Moines, Boulette d’Avesnes Boursin AOC [FR, plain or herbed or spiced] (boursin.com) Tartare, Boulamour, Rondele, Alouette, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], cream cheese/butter, chevre, double cream Brocciu/Broccio AOC/PDO [FR, goat or sheep, raw] related cheeses: ricotta, requeson, manouri, Myzithra, Gaperon Brousse du Rove [FR, goat or sheep or cow] Roves des Garrigues, Caprino Fresco, Innes Button, Pant-Ys-Gawn Bryndza/Brinza PGI [SK, sheep or goat or cow] feta, aged chevre, ricotta salata, Cotija, Myzithra, halloumi burrata [IT, water buffalo or cow] fresh mozzarella, scamorza, halloumi, chevre Caciotta [IT, cow or sheep or goat] Robiola Piemonte, Le Gardian, feta Cancoillotte [FR, skim, raw or pasteurized, plain or herbed or alcohol] related cheeses: Rambol, La Vache qui Rit, Cook
other substitutes: Metton (base)Caprino Fresco/Caprini [IT, goat, raw] Roves des Garrigues, Brousse du Rove, Innes Button, Pant-Ys-Gawn, Robiola Piemonte, Petit-Suisse, chevre chevre/goat cheese [FR, goat] cream cheese, mascarpone, fromage blanc, ricotta, requeson, Bucheron crescenza/stracchino [IT] mascarpone, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version] feta PDO [GR, sheep/goat] [PBC] (feta.gr) Le Gardian, Robiola Piemonte, Caciotta, halloumi, beyaz peynir, aged chevre, Bryndza, ricotta salata, Cotija, Myzithra, blue fromage blanc/fromage frais [FR, raw or pasteurized] quark, paneer, cottage, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], mascarpone, crescenza, strained yogurt (Greek yogurt or skyr), cream cheese/cream, cottage/yogurt, Bucheron, chevre, ricotta, requeson fromage fort/cheese paste [FR, cow or sheep or goat, raw or pasteurized, oil/alcohol/spiced/herbed] examples: Cachaille, Fromage Fort du Lyonnaise, Patefine Fort, Pot Corse
substitutes: processed cheeseLe Gardian [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized, spiced] related cheeses: Robiola Piemonte, Caciotta, feta gjetost [NO, goat or cow] mysost halloumi/haloumi [CY, goat/sheep/cow] fresh mozzarella, scamorza, burrata, feta, feta/mozzarella Harzer Kase [DE, sour/skim] Handkase, Liederkranz, Limburger Jonchee Niortaise [FR, raw, almond extract] fromage blanc, quark, paneer, cottage manouri PDO [GR, sheep or goat] Myzithra, Brocciu, ricotta, requeson, feta, halloumi, ricotta salata, cream cheese Maquis Brunelli [FR, sheep, raw] related Maquis Corse cheeses: Sussex Slipcote mascarpone [IT] crescenza, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], crema, crème fraiche, Smetana, cream cheese/sour cream, cream cheese/heavy cream, ricotta/heavy cream, triple cream, butter, mascarpone/Neufchatel [US version] mesost [SE, cow or goat or sheep] gjetost, mysost, ricotta (?) mozzarella di bufala DOC/PDO [IT, water buffalo] (mozzarelladibufala.org) related cheeses: scamorza, burrata, halloumi
other substitutes: provolone, Caciocavallo, Kaseri, string, queso fresco, Bel Paese, muenster, Gouda, Fontina, Oaxaca, Kashkaval, chevre, smoked tofumysost [NO] gjetost Myzithra/Mizithra (young) [GR, sheep/goat, raw] manouri, Brocciu, ricotta, requeson, feta, Cotija, cottage Petit-Suisse [FR] fromage blanc, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], Robiola Piemonte, Caprino Fresco Pot Corse/Pate de Fromage [FR, sheep, raw] fromage fort quark [DE] Schichtkase, paneer, fromage blanc, cottage, sour cream, strained yogurt (Greek yogurt or skyr), ricotta/sour cream, cream cheese/cream, mascarpone/cream, drained cottage/yogurt ricotta di pecora [IT, sheep] requeson, Brocciu, manouri, Myzithra, cottage, farmer, fromage blanc, paneer, chevre, feta, mozzarella, mayonnaise, tofu Robiola Piemonte [IT, cow/goat/sheep] [PBC] Caciotta, Le Gardian, feta, Caprino Fresco, chevre, ricotta/mascarpone, Petit-Suisse Roves des Garrigues [FR, goat, raw] related cheeses: Brousse du Rove, Caprino Fresco, Innes Button, Pant-Ys-Gawn
other substitutes: MettoweeSchichtkase [DE] quark, paneer, fromage blanc, cottage, sour cream, yogurt Tartare [FR, plain or herbed or spiced or nuts] Boursin, Boulamour, Rondele, Alouette, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], cream cheese/butter, chevre, double cream
Specific Producer
Abbaye de la Pierre-qui-Vire (Bourgogne, apqv.fr): Boule des Moines [FR, raw, herbed/spiced] Boulette de Cambrai, Boulette d’Avesnes
Abergavenny Fine Foods (Monmouthshire, abergavenny.uk.com): Pant-Ys-Gawn [UK, goat, plain or herbed] Innes Button, Roves des Garrigues, Brousse du Rove, Caprino Fresco, cream cheese
High Weald Dairy (West Sussex, highwealddairy.co.uk): Sussex Slipcote [UK, sheep, herbed or spiced] Maquis Brunelli
Highland Fine Cheeses (Ross and Cromarty, hf-cheeses.com): Caboc [UK, raw] [PMA] Crowdie, paneer, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], cottage, heavy cream : Crowdie [UK, raw, plain or spiced] [PMA] Caboc, paneer, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], cottage, heavy cream
Innes Cheese (Staffordshire, innescheese.co.uk): Innes Button/Innes Clifton/Innes Bosworth [UK, goat, raw, plain or herbed or spiced or salted ash] Pant-Ys-Gawn, Roves des Garrigues, Brousse du Rove, Caprino Fresco, chevre
M. Dombres (Midi-Pyrenees): Delice des Cabasses [FR, sheep]
Rosary Goats Cheese (Wiltshire, rosarygoatscheese.co.uk): Rosary [UK, goat, plain or spiced or herbed] Golden Cross, Sainte-Maure
Middle East/Asialabane/labneh [IL, cow/sheep/goat] yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream paneer/panir [South Asia] quark, fromage blanc, queso fresco, farmer, tofu, feta, drained cottage Zfatit [IL] feta, paneer, queso fresco
North Americacheddar curds [CA version] paneer, halloumi farmer cheese [US version] drained cottage, drained ricotta, drained requeson, cream cheese, sour cream, quark, queso fresco, Monterey Jack, Havarti, muenster Neufchatel [US version] cream cheese, Alouette, Rondele, Boursin, mascarpone
Specific Producer
Alouette Cheese (Pa., alouettecheese.com): Alouette Soft Spreadable Cheese [US, herbed or spiced or smoked] Rondele, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], Boursin, cream cheese/butter
Arcangelo Cheese (Del., arcangelocheese.com): Arcangelo Ricotta [US] see ricotta
Bellwether Farms (Calif., bellwetherfarms.com): Bellwether Farms Crescenza [US] see crescenza : Bellwether Farms Hand-Dipped Whole Milk Ricotta [US] see ricotta
Bubalus Bubalis (Calif.) [closed?]: Bubalus Bubalis Buffalo Mozzarella [US, water buffalo] see mozzarella di bufala
Calabro Cheese (Conn., calabrocheese.com): Calabro Old Fashioned Hand Dipped Ricotta [US] see ricotta
Capriole Farmstead Goat Cheese (Ind., capriolegoatcheese.com): O’Banon [US, goat] Hoja Santa Goat Cheese, Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais
Consider Bardwell Farm (Vt., considerbardwellfarm.com): Mettowee [US, goat] Bijou
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery (Wis., ellsworthcheesecurds.com): Ellsworth Cheddar Cheese Curds [US, plain or spiced or herbed] see cheddar curds
Fromagerie Belle Chevre (Ala., bellechevre.com): Belle Chevre Montrachet Style Goat Cheese [US, goat] chevre
Gioia Cheese (Calif.): Gioia Cheese Burrata [US] see burrata
Golden Glen Creamery (Wash., goldenglencreamery.com): Golden Glen Creamery Fresh Mozzarella [US] see mozzarella
Kraft Foods (Ill., kraftbrands.com): Philadelphia Original Cream Cheese [US] see cream cheese
Lactalis American Group (N.Y., galbanicheese.com): Galbani/Precious/Sorrento Whole Milk Ricotta [US] see ricotta
Laura Chenel’s Chevre (Calif., laurachenel.com): Laura Chenel’s Log [US, goat] chevre
Milton Creamery (Iowa, miltoncreamery.com): Milton Creamery Quark [US] see quark
Mozzarella Co. (Texas, mozzco.com): Hoja Santa Goat Cheese [US, goat, herbed] Banon
Mozzarella House (Mass., mozzarellahouse.com): Mozzarella House Burrata [US] see burrata
President Cheese (N.Y., presidentcheese.com): Rondele Gourmet Spreadable Cheese [US, herbed or spiced] Alouette, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], Boursin, cream cheese/butter
Rivers Edge Chevre/Three Ring Farm (Ore., threeringfarm.com): Up in Smoke [US, goat, smoked] Cabecou Feuille
Shamrock Artisan Goat Cheese (Calif., shamrockartisangoatcheese.com): Shamrock Artisan Ashed Tomette [US, goat] tommette, aged Pelardon
Sierra Nevada Cheese (Calif., sierranevadacheese.com): Gina Marie Cream Cheese [US] see cream cheese
Surfing Goat Dairy (Hawaii, surfinggoatdairy.com): Surfing Goat Dairy Quark [US, goat, plain or fruit] see quark
Willow Hill Farm (Vt., sheepcheese.com): Summer Tomme [US, sheep] [discontined?] Fleur du Maquis
Latin Americapanela [MX] drained cottage, queso fresco, fresh mozzarella, feta, ricotta, requeson, basket, paneer queso fresco/queso blanco [MX, cow or goat] farmer, chevre, feta, Monterey Jack, drained cottage/salt, quark, mozzarella, muenster requeson [MX] ricotta, Brocciu, manouri, Myzithra, cottage, farmer, fromage blanc, paneer, chevre, feta, mozzarella, mayonnaise, tofu
Specific Producer
Laticinios Catupiry (Minas Gerais, catupiry.com.br): Catupiry Requeijao Cremoso [BR] cream cheese
Australia/New Zealand
Specific Producer
Canaan Cheese (Auckland): Canaan Labane [NZ] yogurt
Richard Thomas (Victoria): Richard Thomas Fromage Blanc [AU] see fromage blanc
Various Countriesbasket cheese panela, ricotta, requeson cottage cheese fromage blanc, paneer, quark, Schichtkase, mascarpone, crescenza, cream cheese, Neufchatel [US version], ricotta, requeson cream cheese Neufchatel [US version], Alouette, Rondele, Boursin, fromage blanc, mascarpone, ricotta, requeson, drained cottage, tofu, vegan products (see Vegan Cheese section) non-melting cheese (for frying/grilling) halloumi, paneer, panela, pecorino, parmesan whey cheese ricotta, requeson, Brocciu, manouri, Myzithra, mesost, gjetost, mysost Blue
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Blue Cheese
Blue cheese is characterized by the unmistakable blue mold inside (or outside in some cases). The most famous example is England’s king of cheeses, Stilton. The texture of blue cheese ranges from soft to semi-hard. Since blue cheese is arguably an acquired taste, give some of the rare external blues a try (Westfield Farm’s Classic Blue Log and Hubbardston Blue and Spain’s Monte Enebro). A mild blue such as Bavaria Blu or the Brie-based Montbriac would also be a good starting point.
Blue Cheese (60+) Name/Certification [Country, Milk, Flavor] [Heritage]
Company (Location, Web)Similar Cheese/Substitution
EuropeBleu d’Auvergne AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized] Bleu des Causses, Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu de Laqueuille, Stilton, Maytag Blue, Roquefort Bleu des Causses AOC/PDO [FR, raw (?)] Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Stilton, Maytag Blue, cow Roquefort Bleu de Chevre [FR, goat] Roquefort, Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Gorgonzola Bleu de Gex Haut-Jura AOC [FR, raw] Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Stilton Bleu de Laqueuille [FR] Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Stilton Bleu de Termignon [FR, raw] related cheeses: Castelmagno Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage AOC [FR, raw/pasteurized] Saint Agur, Montbriac, Bleu de Bresse, Gorgonzola Blue Cheshire [UK] Stilton, Shropshire Blue, Cashel Blue, Fourme d’Ambert Cabrales DO/PDO [ES, cow or sheep or goat, raw] related cheeses: Picon, Gamonedo, Valdeon, Harbourne Blue, Beenleigh Blue
other substitutes: RoquefortCremeux du Puy [FR] blue Erborinati [IT, cow or sheep] blue Fourme d’Ambert/Fourme de Montbrison AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized] [PRE] Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Stilton, Cashel Blue, Cambozola Gamonedo/Gamoneu DO [ES, cow/sheep/goat, raw, smoked] Cabrales, Picon, Valdeon, Harbourne Blue, Beenleigh Blue, Roquefort, Gorgonzola Gorgonzola DOC/PDO [IT, raw or pasteurized] [PMA] (gorgonzola.com) related cheeses: Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Saint Agur, Montbriac, Bleu de Bresse, Cambozola, Bavaria Blu
other substitutes: Roquefort, Bleu d’Auvergne, Fourme d’Ambert, Stilton, Cashel Blue, Saga BluePersille de la Tarentaise [FR, goat, raw] related cheeses: Persille de Tignes, Tarentais Persille de Tignes [FR, goat, raw] Persille de la Tarentaise, Tarentais Picon Bejes-Tresviso DO/PDO [ES, cow or goat or sheep, raw] Cabrales, Valdeon, Gamonedo, Harbourne Blue, Beenleigh Blue, Roquefort Roquefort AOC/PDO [FR, sheep, raw] [PRE] related cheeses: Bleu de Severac, Lanark Blue, Bleu des Basques, Basajo, Ewe’s Blue
other substitutes: Maytag Blue, Stilton, Cashel Blue, Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Danablu, Gorgonzola, Beenleigh BlueSaga Blue [DK] Cambozola, Bla Castello, Danablu, Gorgonzola Shropshire Blue [UK, spiced] [PRN] Stilton, Blue Cheshire, Cashel Blue, Fourme d’Ambert, Roquefort, Magtag Blue, Gorgonzola Stilton PDO [UK] (stiltoncheese.co.uk) related cheeses: Shropshire Blue, Blue Cheshire, Cashel Blue, Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Bleu de Gex Haut-Jura, Bleu de Laqueuille, Bleu du Col Bayard, Danablu, Bla Castello, Maytag Blue
other substitutes: Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Berkshire Blue, Jersey Blue
Specific Producer
Alex James Presents (Oxfordshire, alexjamespresents.co.uk): Blue Monday [UK] Gorgonzola
Bergader Privatkaserei (Bavaria, bergader.de): Bavaria Blu [DE] Cambozola, Bleu de Bresse, Saint Agur, Montbriac, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Gorgonzola, Bla Costello, Roquefort, Camembert, Danablu
Bongrain (bongrain.com): Bleu de Bresse/Bresse Blue [FR] Saint Agur, Montbriac, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Gorgonzola, Cambozola, Bla Costello, Brie
Carles (Midi-Pyrenees, roquefort-carles.com): Carles Roquefort [FR, sheep, raw] see Roquefort
La Casearia (Veneto, lacasearia.com): Basajo [IT, sheep, raw, wine] Roquefort, Bleu de Severac, Lanark Blue, Bleu des Basques
Castello (castellocheeseusa.com): Danablu/Danish Blue PGI [DK] Bla Castello, Stilton, Fourme d’Ambert, Roquefort, aged Gorgonzola, Saga Blue
Col Bayard (Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur): Bleu du Col Bayard [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized] Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Stilton, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage
Colston Bassett Dairy (Nottinghamshire, colstonbassettdairy.com): Colston Bassett Blue Stilton [UK] Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Jersey Blue
Cornish Cheese (Cornwall, cornishcheese.co.uk): Cornish Blue [UK] Gorgonzola
Cropwell Bishop Creamery (Nottinghamshire, cropwellbishopstilton.com): Cropwell Bishop Classic Blue Stilton [UK] Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Jersey Blue
Errington Cheese (Lanarkshire, erringtoncheese.co.uk): Lanark Blue [UK, sheep] Roquefort, Bleu de Severac, Bleu des Basques
Fromagerie de l’Ance (Auvergne): Montbriac/Rochebaron [FR] Saint Agur, Bleu de Bresse, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Gorgonzola, Cambozola, Bavaria Blu, Bla Castello, Brie : Saint Agur [FR] Montbriac, Bleu de Bresse, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Gorgonzola, Cambozola, Bleu d’Auvergne, Fourme d’Ambert, Stilton
Gabriel Coulet (Midi-Pyrenees, gabriel-coulet.fr): Gabriel Coulet Roquefort [FR, sheep, raw] see Roquefort
J&L Grubb (Tipperary, cashelblue.com, kerrygoldusa.com): Cashel Blue/Kerrygold Cashel Blue Farmhouse Cheese [IE] Stilton, Stropshire Blue, Blue Cheshire, Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Gorgonzola, Roquefort
Kaserei Champignon (Bavaria, cambozola.de, champignon-usa.com): Cambozola [DE] Bavaria Blu, Bleu de Bresse, Saint Agur, Montbriac, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Gorgonzola, Bla Castello, Saga Blue, young Gorgonzola/Camembert
Long Clawson Dairy (Leicestershire, clawson.co.uk): Long Clawson Blue Stilton [UK] Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Jersey Blue
Onetik (Pays Basque, onetik.com): Bleu des Basques [FR, sheep, raw] Roquefort, Bleu de Severac, Lanark Blue, Ossau-Iraty, Stilton
Queserias Picos de Europa (Castilla-Leon, quesospicosdeeuropa.com): Valdeon PDO [ES, cow/goat] Cabrales, Picon, Gamonedo, Harbourne Blue, Beenleigh Blue
Queserias del Tietar (Castilla-Leon, queseriasdeltietar.com): Monte Enebro [ES, goat] Classic Blue Log, Harbourne Blue
Willy Schmid (Thurgau): Blaue Geiss [CH, goat, raw] Harbourne Blue, Monte Enebro
Simone Seguin (Midi-Pyrenees): Bleu de Severac [FR, sheep, raw] Roquefort, Lanark Blue, Bleu des Basques
Stichelton Dairy (Nottinghamshire): Stichelton [UK, raw] Stilton
Tholstrup (): Bla Castello/Blue Castello [DK] Danablu, Stilton, Fourme d’Ambert, Cambozola, Saga Blue, Gorgonzola
Ticklemore Cheese (Devon, ticklemorecheese.co.uk): Beenleigh Blue [UK, sheep] Harbourne Blue, Gamonedo, Cabrales, Picon, Valdeon, Roquefort : Harbourne Blue [UK, goat] Beenleigh Blue, Gamonedo, Cabrales, Picon, Valdeon, Blaue Geiss, Monte Enebro
Le Vieux Berger (Midi-Pyrenees, le-vieux-berger.com): Le Vieux Roquefort [FR, sheep, raw] see Roquefort
North America
Specific Producer
Alpine Lakes Sheep Cheese (Wash., alpinelakescheese.com): Creamy Bleu [US, sheep, raw] Hubbardston Blue
Ancient Heritage Dairy (Ore., ancientheritagedairy.com): Odessa Blue [US, sheep, raw] [discontinued?] Beenleigh Blue
Berkshire Cheese Makers (Mass., berkshirecheese.com): Berkshire Blue [US, raw] Cashel Blue, Fourme d’Ambert
Blythedale Farm (Vt., vtcheese.com): Jersey Blue [US, raw] Stilton
Fromagerie de l’Abbaye Saint-Benoit-du-Lac (Quebec, st-benoit-du-lac.com): Bleu Benedictin [CA] Roquefort
Great Hill Dairy (Mass., greathillblue.com): Great Hill Blue [US, raw] Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Fourme d’Ambert
Jasper Hill Farm (Vt., jasperhillfarm.com): Bayley Hazen Blue [US, raw] Stichelton
Maytag Dairy Farms (Iowa, maytagdairyfarms.com): Maytag Blue [US] Fourme d’Ambert, Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses, Stilton, Roquefort
Old Chatham Sheepherding (N.Y., blacksheepcheese.com): Ewe’s Blue [US, sheep, raw] Roquefort, Bleu de Severac, Lanark Blue, Bleu des Basques, Beenleigh Blue
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese (Calif., pointreyescheese.com): Point Reyes Original Blue [US, raw] Magtag Blue, Great Hill Blue
Rogue Creamery (Ore., roguecreamery.com): Crater Lake Blue [US, raw] [discontinued?] Bleu d’Auvergne, Bleu des Causses : Oregon Blue [US, raw] Roquefort, Bleu des Causses : Rogue River Blue [US, raw] Valdeon, Bleu des Causses, Roquefort : Smokey Blue [US, raw, smoked] Gamonedo
Westfield Farm (Mass., chevre.com): Classic Blue Log [US, goat] Roquefort, Monte Enebro : Hubbardston Blue [US, goat] Roquefort, Camembert, Monte Enebro
Willapa Hills Cheese (Wash., willapahills.com): Little Boy Blue [US, raw] Cashel Blue : Two-Faced Blue [US, sheep/cow, raw] Bleu des Basques
Australia/New Zealand
Specific Producer
King Island Dairy (Tasmania, kingislanddairy.com.au): Roaring Forties Blue [AU] Bleu des Causses, Valdeon
Various Countriesblue cheese feta, blue/cream cheese, fermented tofu, vegan products (see Vegan Cheese section) international blues trail the Big Four: Roquefort [sheep], Gorgonzola, Stilton, Cabrales [cow or sheep or goat] mild blue cheese Bavaria Blu, Bayley Hazen Blue, Bla Castello, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Cambozola, Hubbardston Blue, Montbriac, Saga Blue Soft
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Soft Cheese
Like fresh cheese, soft cheese has high moisture and low fat content (except when cream is added). It has a thin rind and a creamy and spreadable paste. Some call it bloomy-rind or mold-ripened cheese. The most famous soft cheese is Brie, which was declared the king of cheeses in 1815. We have also included in this category what some experts call aged-fresh or surface-ripened cheese. While bloomy-rind cheese has a white rind (◙) that resembles spackling material, aged-fresh cheese has a wrinkled rind (◙) and a drier paste. Some of these cheeses are just as creamy at room temperature and can be baked whole a la Brie. If you can eat it like a dip or with a spoon, it’s a soft cheese as far as we’re concerned. In France, double- and triple-cream cheeses are often covered with herbs and spices and—our favorite—rum raisins.
Soft Cheese (120+) Name/Certification [Country, Milk, Rind, Flavor] [Heritage]
Company (Location, Web)Similar Cheese/Substitution
EuropeAperobic [FR, goat/cow, raw] Bouton-de-Culotte Azeitao PDO [PT, sheep, raw, washed] Tortas Extremenas, Serra da Estrela, Serpa, Perail, Paglia Banon AOC/PDO [FR, goat or cow, raw, plain or herbed or spiced]
(banon-aoc.com)Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Mothais, Hoja Santa Goat Cheese Bastelicaccia [FR, sheep] Belle-des-Champs [FR, bloomy] double cream, Caprice des Dieux, Camembert, Coulommiers, Feuille de Dreux, Carre de l’Est, Pave d’Affinois Bonchester PDO [UK, raw, bloomy] Camembert, Coulommiers Bougon [FR, goat or cow, raw or pasteurized (for export), bloomy] related cheeses: Cathare
other substitutes: goat CamembertBouton-de-Culotte [FR, goat, raw] related cheeses: Aperobic Brie de Meaux AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized (for export), bloomy] [PMA] related cheeses: Le Fougeru, Sharpham
other substitutes: Camembert, Coulommiers, Paglia, Explorateur, ReblochonBrie de Melun AOC/PDO [FR, raw, bloomy] [PMA] Le Fougeru, Sharpham, Camembert, Paglia, Explorateur, Coulommiers, Reblochon, Tomme Vaudoise Brique Ardechoise [FR, goat, raw] Brique du Forez, Briquette d’Allanche, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Dalmerie Brique du Forez [FR, raw or pasteurized] related cheeses: Briquette d’Allanche, Brique Ardechoise, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Dalmerie Briquette d’Allanche [FR, goat, raw] Brique du Forez, Brique Ardechoise, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Dalmerie Cabecou Feuille [FR, goat, brandy/spiced] Mothais Camembert de Normandie AOC/PDO [FR, raw, bloomy, plain or cider or liqueur]
(fromage-normandie.com)related cheeses: Coulommiers, Saint-Marcellin, Saint-Felicien, Feuille de Dreux, Carre de l’Est, Pave d’Affinois, Caprice des Dieux, Belle-des-Champs, Bonchester, Tomme Vaudoise
other substitutes: Brie, Paglia, Chaource, Explorateur, ReblochonCaprice des Dieux [FR, bloomy] double cream, Camembert, Coulommiers, Feuille de Dreux, Carre de l’Est, Pave d’Affinois, Brie, Explorateur, Brillat-Savarin, Boursault Carre de l’Est [FR, washed] Camembert, Coulommiers, Feuille de Dreux, Pave d’Affinois, Caprice des Dieux Chavroux [FR, goat] Valencay, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre Coeur de Touraine [FR, goat] Coulommiers [FR, raw or pasteurized (for export), bloomy] Camembert, Saint-Marcellin, Saint-Felicien, Feuille de Dreux, Carre de l’Est, Pave d’Affinois, Caprice des Dieux, Brie, Chaource Delice de Saint-Cyr [FR, bloomy] triple cream, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Boursault Dome du Poitou [FR, goat, raw] related cheeses: Taupinette Charentaise, Truffe de Valensole double cream/double crème cheese [FR] examples: Boursault, Caprice des Dieux, Boursin, Saint Agur L’Edel de Cleron [FR] Vacherin Mont d’Or Epoisses de Bourgogne AOC/PDO [FR, washed] [PRN] (fromage-epoisses.com) related cheeses: Langres, Soumaintrain, Abbaye de la Pierre-qui-Vire
other substitutes: Pont-l’Eveque, Maroilles, Livarot, MunsterExcelsior [FR, bloomy] double cream, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault Feuille de Dreux [FR, skim, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] Camembert, Coulommiers, Carre de l’Est, Pave d’Affinois, Caprice des Dieux, Brie Fleur du Maquis/Brin d’Amour [FR, sheep/goat, raw, bloomy, herbed/spiced] related Carre du Tarn cheeses: Mascare, Le Mouflon, Pave de Gatine
other substitutes: fetaLe Fougeru [FR, raw, bloomy] Brie, Sharpham Gramat/Cabecou de Gramat [FR, goat, raw] Rocamadour, Pelardon, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais Mont d’Or AOC/PDO [FR, raw, washed] related Vacherin cheeses: Le Cabri Ariegeois, Vacherin d’Abondance, Vacherin Mont d’Or, Le Vacherin Chaput
other substitutes: BergfichteMontasio DOC/PDO (young) [IT] [PMA] (formaggiomontasio.net) Montrachet [FR, goat] Chabichou, Maconnais, Charolais, Clacbitou, Crottin, Selles-sur-Cher, Bucheron, Banon, Belle Chevre Montrachet Style Goat Cheese Mothais-sur-Feuille AOC [FR, goat, raw] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, O’Banon, Chabichou Neufchatel/Coeur de Neufchatel AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] [PMA] Chaource, Camembert, cream cheese, mascarpone, Boursin Pelardon AOC/PDO [FR, goat, raw] related cheeses: Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais, Saint-Felicien, Gramat, Rouelle du Tarn, Pougne Cendre, Bruyere de Joursac, O’Banon
other substitutes: chevre, Sainte-MaureRocamadour AOC/PDO [FR, goat, raw] Mothais, Pelardon, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon Roucoulons [FR, bloomy] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Camembert Rouelle du Tarn [FR, goat, raw] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais Saint-Albray [FR, bloomy?] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Camembert, Brie, Explorateur Saint-Marcellin [FR, cow or goat, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] Camembert, Coulommiers, Saint-Felicien, Banon, Robiola Piemonte Serpa PDO [PT, sheep, raw] Serra da Estella, Le Venaco, A Filetta, youong Nisa, Azeitao, Tortas Extremenas Serra da Estrela PDO [PT, sheep, raw] [PRE] Serpa, Le Venaco, A Filetta, Tronchon, Azeitao, Tortas Extremenas Tarentais [FR, goat, raw, washed] Persille de la Tarentaise, Persille de Tignes Taupinette Charentaise/La Taupiniere [FR, goat, raw] Dome du Poitou, Truffe de Valensole Tomme Vaudoise [CH, cow or goat, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] Camembert, Coulommiers, Brie Tortas Extremenas DO/PDO [ES, sheep, raw or pasteurized] examples: Torta de Barros, Torta del Casar, Torta La Serena triple cream/triple crème cheese [FR] examples: Brie, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Pierre-Robert, Saint-Andre, mascarpone Truffe de Valensole [FR, goat, raw] Dome du Poitou, Taupinette Charentaise Vacherin Mont d’Or AOC [CH, washed] Mont d’Or, Le Cabri Ariegeois, Vacherin d’Abondance, Reblochon, Bergfichte, Stanser Flada Le Venaco [FR, sheep, raw, washed] related cheeses: A Filetta, Serra da Estrela, Serpa, Tronchon
Specific Producer
Josef Barmettler (Schwyz): Stanser Schaf Reblochon [CH, sheep, raw, washed] Fium’Orbu, Stanser Roteli, Tortas Extremenas, Stanser Flada : Stanser Chua Flada [CH, raw, washed] Vacherin Mont d’Or, Stanser Roteli
BEL Group (Paris, bel-group.com) (?): Boursault [FR, bloomy] double cream, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Brie
Carmarthenshire Cheese (Carmarthenshire, carmarthenshirecheese.co.uk): Pont Gar Pure Welsh Soft White Cheese [UK, bloomy, plain or herbed or smoked] Brie, Camembert
Caseificio dell’Alta Langa (Piemonte, caseificioaltalanga.it): La Tur [IT, cow/goat/sheep] crema, crème fraiche, Smetana, Camembert, Melange
Caseificio Oreglia (Piemonte): Paglia/Paglietta/Paglierina [IT, bloomy] Perail, Azeitao, Brie, Camembert
Cora (Piemonte): Caprino Noccetto [IT, goat, raw] Caprino Noce, Banon, Robiola Piemonte : Caprino Noce [IT, cow/sheep/goat] Caprino Nocetto, Banon, Robiola Piemonte
Diriwaechter & Schmid (Thurgau): Bergfichte [CH, raw, washed] Vacherin Mont d’Or
Domaine de Saint Loup (Basse-Normandie, fromage-normandie.com): Petit Camembert au Calva [FR, raw, liqueur] Camembert, Coulommiers
Etoile du Vercors (Rhone-Alpes, fromageries-etoile.com): Saint-Felicien [FR, raw or pasteurized] Saint-Marcellin, Camembert, Coulommiers
La Ferme de Cabriole (Languedoc-Rousillon, ferme-de-cabriole.com): Cathare [FR, goat, raw] Bougon
Fromagerie de Banon – M. Greggo (Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, fromagerie-banon.fr): Mascare [FR, goat, raw] Fleur du Maquis, Le Mouflon, Pave de Gatine
Fromagerie Fermiere Cabrioulet (Midi-Pyrenees): Le Cabri Ariegeois [FR, goat, raw, washed] Mont d’Or, Vacherin d’Abondance, Vacherin Mont d’Or, Chevrotin des Aravis, Reblochon
Fromagerie Gaugry (Bourgogne, gaugryfromager.fr): Soumaintrain [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed] Epoisses, Langres
Fromagerie Guilloteau (Rhone-Alpes, pavedaffinois.com): Pave d’Affinois/Fromager d’Affinois [FR, bloomy] Camembert, Coulommiers, Feuille de Dreux, Carre de l’Est, Caprice des Dieux, Brie
Fromagerie Lincet (Bourgogne, fromagerie-lincet.net): Brillat-Savarin [FR, bloomy] related cheeses: Explorateur, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault, Gratte-Paille, Delice de Pommard
other substitutes: triple cream, Saint-Andre, Brie: Chaource AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] related cheeses: Neufchatel
other substitutes: Camembert, Coulommiers, Brie, Explorateur
Fromagerie du Petit Morin (Ile-de-France): Explorateur [FR, bloomy] triple cream, Brillat-Savarin, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault, Brie, Camembert
Fromagerie Rouzaire (Ile-de-France, fromagerierouzaire.com): Gratte-Paille [FR, raw, bloomy] triple cream, Delice de Pommard, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault : Pierre-Robert [FR, bloomy] triple cream, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Excelsior, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault
Fromagerie Schertenleib (Champagne Ardenne): Langres AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized (for export), washed] Epoisses, Soumaintrain, Bergfichte
Fromagerie Soulie (Normandie): Saint-Andre [FR, bloomy] triple cream, Brie, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Boursault
Celina Gagneux (Rhone-Alpes) (?): Vacherin d’Abondance [FR, raw, washed] Mont d’Or, Le Cabri Ariegeois, Vacherin Mont d’Or
Sebastien Ge (Poitou-Charentes): Pave de Gatine [FR, goat, raw] Fleur du Maquis, Mascare, Le Mouflon : Pougne Cendre [FR, goat, raw] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais, Cendre de Niort
Gilles and Odile Goursat (?) (Ile-de-France): Brie de Malesherbes [FR, raw] Le Fougeru, Sharpham
Golden Cross Cheese (East Sussex, goldencrosscheese.co.uk): Golden Cross/Laughton Log [UK, goat] Rosary, Sainte-Maure
Luigi Guffanti (Piemonte, guffantiformaggi.com): Brescianella Stagionata [IT, washed] Taleggio
Joseph Guidicelli (Corse): U Rustinu [FR, sheep, raw] Rotolo, Fium’Orbu, Le Niolo
Alain Hess (Bourgogne, fromageriehess.com): Delice de Pommard [FR, spiced] triple cream, Gratte-Paille, Brillat-Savarin, Explorateur, Excelsior, Pierre-Robert, Delice de Saint-Cyr, Boursault
The Lubborn Creamery (Somerset, lubborn.co.uk, capricorngoatscheese.co.uk): Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese [UK, goat, bloomy] Chabichou, Maconnais, Charolais, Clacbitou, Montrachet
M. Dombres (Midi-Pyrenees): Lou Rocaillou [FR, sheep, raw] Perail : Perail [FR, sheep, raw] related cheeses: Azeitao, Paglia
Le Monastere Orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas (Languedoc-Rousillon, dalmerie.com): Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Dalmerie [FR, goat, raw] Brique du Forez, Briquette d’Allanche, Brique Ardechoise
Neal’s Yard Creamery (Herefordshire, nealsyardcreamery.co.uk): Ragstone [UK, goat] Brie (?)
Claudia & Wolfgang Reuss (Auvergne): Bruyere de Joursac [FR, goat, raw] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais
Santini Brothers (Corse): Le Niolo [FR, sheep, raw, washed] Rotolo, Fium’Orbu, U Rustinu
Sharpham Wine & Cheese (Devon, sharpham.com): Sharpham [UK, raw, bloomy] Brie, Le Fougeru, Coulommiers
Middle East/Asia
Specific Producer
Kyodo Gakusha Shintoku Farm (Hokkaido, kyodogakusha.org): Sakura [JP] ricotta, requeson
North America
Specific Producer
Andante Dairy (Calif., andantedairy.com): Legato [US, bloomy] Camembert : Melange [US, goat/cow] Brie, La Tur
Bittersweet Plantation Dairy (La., jfolse.com/bittersweet_dairy): Fleur-de-Lis [US, bloomy] triple cream, Pierre-Robert
Coach Farm (N.Y., coachfarm.com): Coach Farm Cone/Pyramid Aged Goat Cheese [US, goat, spiced] chevre : Coach Farm Triple Cream Wheel Aged Goat Cheese [US, goat] triple cream
Cowgirl Creamery (Calif., cowgirlcreamery.com): Inverness [US] Saint-Marcellin, Robiola Piemonte : Mt. Tam [US, bloomy] triple cream, Camembert, Saint-Andre : Red Hawk [US, washed] Limburger, Saint-Andre, triple cream, Epoisses, Munster
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese (Ontario, fifthtown.ca): Vicki’s Spring Splendour [CA, goat, herbed] chevre
Franklin’s Teleme Mid-Coast Cheese (Calif., franklinscheese.com): Franklin’s Teleme [US] Touloumi, Camembert, mozzarella, Fontina, Taleggio, Monterey Jack
Fromagerie Chaput (Quebec, fromageriechaput.com): Le Vacherin Chaput [CA, raw, washed] Bergfichte, Vacherin Mont d’Or
Jasper Hill Farm (Vt., jasperhillfarm.com): Constant Bliss [US, raw, bloomy] Chaource : Winnimere [US, raw, washed] Bergfichte, Vacherin Mont d’Or
LoveTree Farmstead (Wis., lovetreefarmstead.com): Big Holmes [US, sheep, herbed] Fleur du Maquis
Marin French Cheese (Calif., marinfrenchcheese.com): Marin French Cheese Camembert [US, bloomy] Camembert : Marin French Cheese Petite Blue [US] triple cream
Monforte Dairy (Ontario, monfortedairy.com): Piacere [CA, sheep, herbed/spiced] [discontinued?] Fleur du Maquis
Monteillet Fromagerie (Wash., monteilletcheese.com): Cardabelle [US, sheep/goat, bloomy] Brie, Saint-Marcellin
Mt. Townsend Creamery (Wash., mttownsendcreamery.com): Cirrus [US, bloomy] Camembert : Seastack [US, bloomy, ash/sea salt] Neufchatel
Nettle Meadow Farm (N.Y., nettlemeadow.com): Kunik [US, goat/cow, bloomy] triple cream, Hudson Valley Camembert
Old Chatham Sheepherding (N.Y., blacksheepcheese.com): Hudson Valley Camembert [US, sheep/cow, bloomy] Kunik, Roncoulons, Camembert
Port Madison Farm (Wash.): Blue Moon [US, goat] Chaource, Camembert : White Rose [US, goat, bloomy] [discontinued?] Brie
Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery (Calif., redwoodhill.com): Camellia [US, goat, bloomy] Camembert, Saint-Felicien, Blomma
Rivers Edge Chevre/Three Ring Farm (Ore., threeringfarm.com): Sunset Bay [US, goat, spiced] aged Valencay : Valsetz [US, goat, bloomy] Sainte-Maure
Sweet Grass Dairy (Ga., sweetgrassdairy.com): Green Hill [US] Brie, Camembert
Willow Hill Farm (Vt., sheepcheese.com): Vermont Brebis [US, sheep]
Zingerman’s Creamery (Mich., zingermanscreamery.com): Bridgewater [US, bloomy, spiced]
Australia/New Zealand
Specific Producer
Evansdale Cheese (Otago, evansdalecheese.co.nz): Evansdale Farmhouse Brie [NZ, bloomy] Brie Medium
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Medium Cheese
Here you find cheeses that some experts call semi-soft (sliceable and rubbery) or semi-hard (denser and drier than semi-soft). It is also here where you find the best melting cheeses. The reason we decided to simply use the term medium (you read it here first!) is because what some people call semi-soft, others call semi-hard, and vice versa. Until the industry adopts a standard cheese label that includes water content, medium is about as precise as it gets.
England’s cheddar is probably the quintessential medium cheese—definitely not soft and not the hardest cheese out there. Another example would be America’s own Monterey Jack. Most of the washed-rind cheeses fall into this category as well (you’ll find some in the Soft Cheese section). Repeated washing of the rind tends to yield a “meaty,” “beefy,” or “barnyardy” flavor. The most pungent cheeses are usually of the washed-rind variety.
Medium Cheese (320+) Name/Certification [Country, Milk, Rind, Flavor] [Heritage]
Company (Location, Web)Similar Cheese/Substitution
EuropeA Casinca/Casinca Chevre [FR, goat, washed] Mont St. Francis, Wimer Winter, Fium’Orbu A Filetta [FR, goat or sheep, raw] Le Venaco, Serra da Estrela, Serpa, Tronchon Abondance AOC/PDO [FR, raw] (fromageabondance.fr) raclette, Morbier, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Fontina, Comte, Beaufort, Emmentaler Appenzeller [CH, raw or pasteurized, washed] [PMA] (appenzeller.ch) Swiss, raclette, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, Fontina, Emmentaler, Gruyere, Prattigauer, Toggenburger Aracena [ES, goat, washed] Mont St. Francis Asiago DOC/PDO (young) [IT, raw] [PMA] (asiagocheese.it) provolone Beaufort AOC/PDO [FR, raw] (fromage-beaufort.com) Gruyere, Comte, aged Fontina Beaumont [FR, raw, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, muenster, Reblochon Beira Baixa PDO [PT, goat/sheep] Serpa, Serra da Estrela, Tortas Extremenas Bergues [FR, skim, washed] Maroilles, Munster, Livarot, Pont-l’Eveque Bethmale [FR, raw, washed] [PMA] Le Moulis, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Chamberat, Ossau-Iraty, Manchego Boerenkaas PGI [NL, raw] Gouda Boulette d’Avesnes [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed, herbed/spiced] Boulette de Cambrai, Boule des Moines Bourboule [FR, raw, washed] Saint-Nectaire Bra DOC/PDO (aged) [IT, raw] Tomme de Savoie, Tome des Bauges, Tomme de Lullin, Le Moulis, Castelmagno Bucheron [FR, goat] Bucheret Caciocavallo Silano DOC/PDO [IT] provolone, Ragusano, Kaseri, scamorza Caciotta (aged) [IT, cow or sheep or goat] Fontina, Monterey Jack/feta, young pecorino Caerphilly [UK, raw] Durrus, Gubbeen, Milleens, Spenwood, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Bethmale, cheddar, Cheshire, Lancashire, Wensleydale, Single Gloucester Callu de Cabreddu/Cabrettu [IT, goat] Cantal AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized] [PBC] cheddar, Laguiole, Salers, Cheshire, Lancashire, tome d’Aligot Castelmagno DOC/PDO [IT] [PMA] Bleu de Termignon, Elk Mountain, Bra, Myzithra, feta, halloumi, manouri (add a blue cheese to replace aged Castelmagno with natural bluing) Centovalli Ticino [CH, raw] Comte, Abondance, Prattigauer Chabichou du Poitou AOC/PDO [FR, goat] [PMA] related cheeses: Maconnais, Charolais, Clacbitou, Montrachet, Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese
other substitutes: Crottin, RocamadourChamberat [FR, raw or pasteurized] Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Bethmale, Le Moulis Charolais [FR, goat, raw] Clacbitou, Chabichou, Maconnais, Montrachet Chaumes [FR, cow/goat, washed] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues cheddar [UK, raw or pasteurized] related cheeses: Single Gloucester, Double Gloucester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Wensleydale, Leicester, Derby, Yarg Cornish, Lincolnshire Poacher, Dunlop, Colby, Monterey Jack, American, Laguiole, Cantal, Salers Cheshire [UK, raw, plain or spiced] [PRN] cheddar, Double Gloucester, Wensleydale, Leicester, Colby, Monterey Jack chevre/goat cheese (young/aged fresh) [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized] examples: goat Banon, Bucheron, Montrachet, Pelardon, Picodon, chevre de Coin, chevre de la Loire
substitutes: cream cheese, mascarpone, feta, Telemechevre de Coin [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized] examples: Bougon, Bouton, Brique, Charolais, Clacbitou, Clochette, Maconnais, Tarentais chevre de la Loire/Loire Valley goat cheese [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized] examples: Chabichou, Crottin, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Sainte-Maure, Selles-sur-Cher, Valencay Chevrette des Bauges [FR, goat/cow, raw] Chevrotin des Aravis AOC/PDO [FR, goat, raw, washed] Chevrotin des Bauges, Majorero, Ibores, Garrotxa, Mont St. Francis, Reblochon Chevrotin des Bauges AOC [FR, goat, raw] related Chevrotin cheeses: Chevrotin des Aravis, Chevrotin de Peisey-Nancroix, Grataron d’Areches, Majorero, Ibores, Garrotxa, Ticklemore, Kefalotyri, gjetost Chevrotin de Peisey-Nancroix [FR, goat, raw] Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis chevrotin de Savoie [FR, goat or cow] examples: Chevrotin des Aravis, Chevrotin des Bauges Clacbitou [FR, goat, raw] Charolais, Chabichou, Maconnais, Montrachet Coeur d’Arras [FR, washed] Maroilles, Munster, Livarot, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues Comte AOC/PDO [FR, raw] [PMA] Beaufort, Gruyere, Tete de Moine, L’Etivaz, Asiago, Montasio, Emmentaler, Abondance Crottin de Chavignol AOC/PDO [FR, goat] related cheeses: Cabecou de Thiers
other substitutes: Chabichou, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Valencay, Selles-sur-Cher, California Crottin, Wabash CannonballDanbo/King Christian [DK] Samso, raclette, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, Fontina, cheddar, American Derby [UK, plain or herbed] cheddar, Cheshire, Colby Double Gloucester/Cotswold [UK, plain or herbed] cheddar, Cheshire, Single Gloucester Dunlop [UK] cheddar Emmental Grand Cru [FR, raw] Emmental de Savoie, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Greveost, Maasdam Emmental de Savoie PDO [FR, raw] Emmental Grand Cru, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Greveost, Maasdam Emmentaler Switzerland AOC [CH] [PMA] related cheeses: Jarlsberg, Greveost, Maasdam, Emmental de Savoie, Emmental Grand Cru, Swiss
other substitutes: Gruyere, Comte, Beaufort, raclette, FontinaEsrom PGI [DK, washed] [PMA] Havarti, Gouda, Edam, Tilsiterkase, Port Salut, Saint Paulin, Fontina L’Etivaz AOC/PDO [CH, raw] (etivaz-aoc.ch) Gruyere, Tete de Moine, Comte, Beaufort, Asiago, Montasio Etorki [FR, sheep] Tomme de Brebis Corse, Lavort, Manchego, Iberico, Evora Evora PDO [PT, sheep, raw, washed] Nisa, Manchego, Iberico, Berkswell, Trade Lake Cedar, Tomme de Savoie, Saint-Nectaire Fium’Orbu/Fium’Orbo [FR, sheep or goat, raw, washed] Rotolo, U Rustinu, Le Niolo, Stanser Schafkase Fontina DOC/PDO [IT, raw, washed] [PMA] (consorzioproduttorifontina.it) raclette, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, provolone, Gruyere, Emmentaler, Beaufort, Bel Paese, Reblochon, muenster, Val Bagner Gammelost/Gamalost [NO, goat] Camembert, Danablu Gaperon [FR, whole or skim, raw or pasteurized, bloomy, spiced] Brocciu Garrotxa [ES, goat] Majorero, Ibores, Ticklemore, Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis, Gruyere Gouda [NL] [PMA] related cheeses: Edam, Leidse Kaas, Nagelkaas, Roomano, Boerenkaas, Esrom, Havarti, Nokkelost, Lappi, Tilsiterkase, Teifi, Coolea, Mimolette, Babybel, Bel Paese, Italico, Mahon, Sao Jorge, Brick
other substitutes: Leicester, Samso, Gruyere, parmesan, ManchegoGrataron d’Areches [FR, goat, raw, washed] Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis Graviera PDO [GR, sheep/goat/cow] Gruyere, Tete de Moine, L’Etivaz, Comte, Beaufort, Asiago, Montasio, aged Kefalotyri, Kaseri, Jarlsberg, Emmentaler Greveost [SE] Swiss, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Maasdam, Emmental de Savoie, Gruyere, Comte Gruyere AOC [CH, raw] [PMA] (gruyere.com) related cheeses: Tete de Moine, L’Etivaz, Comte, Beaufort, Asiago, Montasio, Graviera
other substitutes: Fontina, Hoch Ybrig, EmmentalerHavarti [DK] Esrom, Gouda, Edam, Tilsiterkase, Monterey Jack Hoch Ybrig [CH, raw] Gruyere, Appenzeller Ibores DO/PDO [ES, goat, raw, plain or spiced] Majorero, Garrotxa, Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis, Ticklemore, tomme, aged Manchego, pecorino, parmesan, aged Asiago Idiazabal DO/PDO [ES, sheep, raw, plain or smoked] (doidiazabal.com) Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, provolone Italico [IT] Bel Paese, Babybel, Gouda, Edam Kaseri/Kasseri DOC [GR, sheep/goat] provolone, Caciocavallo, Ragusano, Kefalotyri, Kashkaval, Graviera, pecorino, parmesan, Asiago, pasta filata Kashkaval [HU, sheep] [PRE] Caciocavallo, scamorza, provolone, Kefalotyri, pecorino, parmesan, Asiago Kuntener (Reblochon) [CH, raw, washed] Stanser Roteli Lancashire [UK, raw] [PMA] cheddar, Cheshire, Leicester, Double Gloucester, Caerphilly Lappi [FI, skim] Leidse Kaas, Gouda, Edam, Nokkelost, Swiss, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Gruyere Laruns [FR, sheep, raw, washed] Ossau-Iraty, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal Leidse Kaas/Leiden/Leyden PDO [NL, spiced] Gouda, Edam, Nagelkaas, Roomano, Fontina Limburger [DE, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont, Liederkranz, Harzer Kase, Brick, Herve Maasdam [NL] Swiss, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Greveost, Emmental de Savoie, Gruyere Maconnais AOC [FR, goat or goat/cow, raw] Charolais, Chabichou, Clacbitou, Montrachet Manchego DO/PDO (young) [ES, sheep, raw or pasteurized] related cheeses: Iberico, Evora, Tomme de Brebis Corse, Lavort, Etorki, Berkswell
other substitutes: Monterey Jack, cheddar, mozzarellaMaroilles/Mignon AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed] [PMA] Livarot, Pont-l’Eveque, Herve, Liederkranz, Munster, Bergues, Limburger Mimolette [FR, raw?] aged Gouda, aged Edam, Leidse Kaas, Babybel, cheddar, Leicester Montasio DOC/PDO (aged) [IT] [PMA] (formaggiomontasio.net) Swiss, Asiago, Gruyere, Tete de Moine, L’Etivaz, Comte, Beaufort, cheddar, Piave Morbier AOC/PDO [FR, raw, washed] raclette, Abondance, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Fontina, Tomme de Savoie, Saint-Nectaire Le Mouflon [FR, goat, raw, washed] Fleur du Maquis, Mascare, Pave de Gatine Le Moulis [FR, cow or sheep or goat, raw, washed] Bethmale, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Chamberat Munster/Gerome AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed, plain or spiced] [PMA] related cheeses: Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Coeur d’Arras, Vieux-Boulogne, Rigotte de Condrieu, Crayeux de Roncq, Chaumes, Roucoulons, Saint-Albray, Rouy, Herve, Weisslacker, Taleggio, Robiola Lombardia, Stinking Bishop, Ardrahan, Tetilla, Tronchon, Liederkranz
other substitutes: Epoisses, Reblochon, Bel PaeseMurcia al Vino/The Drunken Goat PDO [ES, goat, wine] Nisa PDO [PT, sheep, raw] aged Serpa, Pecorino Toscano, Manchego, parmesan, Amarelo da Beira Baixa, Evora Nokkelost/Kuminost [NO, skim, spiced] [PRN] Leidse Kaas, Gouda, Edam, Lappi Ossau-Iraty AOC/PDO [FR, sheep, raw or pasteurized] Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc, Laruns, Matocq, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Canestrato Pugliese, pecorino, Comte, Spenwood, Vermont Shepherd pasta filata/stretched curd [IT] examples: burrata, Caciocavallo, halloumi, Kashkaval, mozzarella, Oaxaca, provolone, Ragusano, scamorza, string Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane [IT, sheep, raw] Pecorina Toscano Pecorino Toscano DOC/PDO [IT, sheep, raw or pasteurized] Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Sardo, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty, Berkswell, Spenwood, Trade Lake Cedar Piave PDO (aged) [IT] (formaggiopiave.it) Montasio, Asiago, parmesan Picodon AOC/PDO [FR, goat] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Selles-sur-Cher, Banon, Mothais Pont-l’Eveque AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed] [PMA] (fromage-normandie.com) Livarot, Maroilles, Munster, Bergues, Reblochon, Camembert, Durrus Port Salut [FR, washed] related Trappist cheeses: Saint-Paulin, Beaumont, Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Abbaye de Tamie, Abbaye de Troisvaux, Abbaye de la Joie Notre-Dame, Ridder, Passendale, Rubens, Abbaye d’orval, Limburger
other substitutes: Esrom, Havarti, Gouda, Edam, Tilsiterkase, Oka, MunsterPouligny-Saint-Pierre AOC/PDO [FR, goat] related cheeses: Valencay, Chavroux
other substitutes: Crottin, Sainte-Maure, Selles-sur-CherPrattigauer [CH, raw] Appenzeller provolone/provola [IT] (provolonevalpadana.it) related cheeses: Caciocavallo, Ragusano, Kaseri
other substitutes: mozzarella, scamorza, burrata, Fontina, young Asiago, smoked tofuRaclette de Savoie [FR] Abondance, Morbier, Raclette du Valais, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Fontina Raclette du Valais AOC [CH, raw or pasteurized, washed] [PMA] (raclette-suisse.ch) related cheeses: Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, Raclette de Savoie, Fontina, Danbo, Samso
other substitutes: Gruyere, Swiss, Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Reblochon, OkaRagusano DOC/PDO [IT, raw] Caciocavallo, provolone, Kaseri Reblochon de Savoie AOC/PDO [FR, raw, washed] [PMA] (reblochon.fr) Saint-Nectaire, Bethmale, Chamberat, Le Moulis, Durrus, Pont-l’Eveque, Beaumont, Brie, Camembert, Munster, Esrom, Port Salut, Abbaye de Tamie, Taleggio Red Leicester [UK, washed, spiced] cheddar, Cheshire, Lancashire, Caerphilly ricotta salata [IT, sheep or other] feta, manouri, halloumi, Cotija, aged Myzithra, pecorino, parmesan Rigotte de Condrieu AOC (aged) [FR, goat, raw] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues Robiola Lombardia [IT, cow/goat/sheep] Taleggio, Pont-l’Eveque, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Bergues, Reblochon, cream cheese, Teleme Rouy [FR] Chaumes, Saint-Albray, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues Rubens [BE, washed] Passendale, Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont Sainte-Maure de Touraine AOC/PDO [FR, goat, raw or pasteurized, bloomy] [PMA] related cheeses: Golden Cross, Rosary
other substitutes: chevre, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Valencay, Crottin, Selles-sur-CherSaint-Nectaire AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, unwashed or washed] (fromage-aoc-st-nectaire.com) related cheeses: Reblochon, Bethmale, Chamberat, Le Moulis, Durrus, Gubbeen, Milleens, Spenwood, Caerphilly
other substitutes: Tomme de Savoie, BeaumontSaint-Niklauss [CH, raw] raclette, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Abondance, Morbier, Fontina Saint Paulin [FR, raw or pasteurized] Port Salut, Beaumont, Esrom, Tilsiterkase, Havarti, Oka, Munster Salers AOC/PDO [FR, raw] [PBC] cheddar, Languiole, Cantal Samso [DK] Danbo, raclette, Vacherin Fribourgeois, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, Fontina, Emmentaler, Gouda, cheddar Sao Jorge/St. George PDO [PT, raw] Gouda, Edam, Mahon, cheddar, Sbrinz Sarments d’Amour [FR, goat] scamorza [IT, plain or smoked] mozzarella, burrata, halloumi, provolone, Caciocavallo, string, queso fresco, young Kashkaval, Bel Paese, muenster, Gouda, Fontina Selles-sur-Cher AOC/PDO [FR, goat] Pelardon, Rocamadour, Picodon, Banon, Mothais, chevre, Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Valencay Single Gloucester PDO [UK] cheddar, Cheshire, Caerphilly Taleggio DOC/PDO [IT, raw or pasteurized, washed] (taleggio.it) Robiola Lombardia, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Fontina, Beaumont, Reblochon, Brie, Gouda, Gruyere, Italico, Durrus, Grayson Taramundi [ES, cow/goat, plain or nuts] Tete de Moine AOC [CH, raw] [PMA] (tetedemoine.ch) Gruyere, L’Etivaz, Comte, Beaufort, Asiago, Montasio, Appenzeller Tetilla DO/PDO [ES] (queixotetilla.org) Tronchon, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues Tilsiterkase [DE, washed, plain or herbed or spiced] Havarti, Esrom, Gouda, Edam, Leidse Kaas, Brick, Fontina, Monterey Jack, Appenzeller Toggenburger [CH, raw] Appenzeller toma/tomino [IT, goat or sheep or cow, raw or pasteurized] tomme Tome des Bauges AOC/PDO [FR, raw] Tomme de Savoie, Tomme de Lullin tomme/tome/tomette [FR, cow or sheep or goat, whole or skim, raw or pasteurized, some washed, plain or spiced] examples: Tomme de Savoie, Tome des Bauges, toma Tomme de Brebis Corse [FR, sheep, raw] Lavort, Etorki, Manchego, Iberico, Evora, Ossau-Iraty Tomme de Lullin [FR, raw] Tomme de Savoie, Tome des Bauges Tomme de Savoie PDO [FR, whole or skim, raw or pasteurized,
plain or spiced]related cheeses: Tome des Bauges, Tomme de Lullin, Bra, Cotherstone
other substitutes: Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, BeaumontTomme Fermiere d’Alsace [FR] Morbier Tommette Brebis des Alpes [FR, sheep] Touloumi [GR, goat] Teleme, Monterey Jack Tronchon/Aragon [ES, sheep/goat, raw] Tetilla, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Le Venaco, A Filetta, Serra da Estrela, Serpa Urner Alpkase [CH, raw] Alp Drackloch, Sbrinz Vacherin Fribourgeois AOC [CH, raw, washed] raclette, Appenzeller, Saint-Niklauss, Abondance, Morbier, Fontina, Vacherin d’Abondance, Gruyere Val Bagner [CH, raw, washed] Fontina, raclette, young Vacherin Fribourgeois Valencay AOC/PDO [FR, goat, raw] (vins-fromages-valencay.com) Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Chavroux, Sainte-Maure, Selles-sur-Cher Vieux-Boulogne [FR, raw, washed] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque Bergues Weisslacker/Bierkase [DE] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Limburger
Specific Producer
Abbaye de Belloc (Aquitaine): Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc [FR, sheep, raw] Ossau-Iraty, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal
Abbaye de la Joie Notre-Dame (Bretagne, abbaye-lajoie-nd.com): Abbaye de la Joie Notre-Dame [FR, raw, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont
Abbaye du Mont des Cats (Nord Pas-de-Calais, abbaye-montdescats.fr): Abbaye du Mont des Cats [FR, raw, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont
Abbaye d’Orval (Champagne-Ardenne, orval.be): Abbaye d’Orval [BE] Passendale, Rubens, Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont
Abbaye de la Pierre-qui-Vire (Bourgogne, apqv.fr): Abbaye de la Pierre-qui-Vire [FR, cow or goat, raw, washed] Epoisses, Langres, Soumaintrain
Abbaye de Tamie (Rhone-Alpes, abbaye-tamie.com): Abbaye de Tamie [FR, raw, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont, Reblochon
Abbaye de Troisvaux (Nord Pas-de-Calais, abbayedebelval.fr): Abbaye de Troisvaux [FR, raw washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin,, Beaumont
Appleby’s (Shropshire, applebyscheese.co.uk): Appleby’s Cheshire [UK, raw, plain or smoked] see Cheshire
Ardrahan Dairy Products (Cork, irishfarmsteadcheese.com): Ardrahan Farmhouse Cheese [IE, washed] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Durrus, Gubbeen, Milleens
Josef Barmettler (Schwyz): Stanser Roteli [CH, raw, washed] Durrus, Reblochon, Stanser Flada : Stanser Schafkase [CH, sheep, raw, washed] Fium’Orbu, Flixer, Munster, Vacherin Fribourgeois
Bath Soft Cheese (Somerset, parkfarm.co.uk): Wyfe of Bath [UK]
Kurt Bauman (): Urner Alpkase [CH, raw] Alp Drackloch, Sbrinz
Beemster (North Holland, beemster.us): Beemster Extra Aged [NL] aged Gouda
Beesley Farm (Lancashire, mrskirkhams.com): Beesley Farm Lancashire [UK] see Lancashire
BEL Group (Paris, bel-group.com): Babybel/Mini Babybel [FR] Mimolette, Bel Paese, Italico, Gouda, Edam, Leidse Kaas, Fontina, Brie
BEL Nederland (South Holland, leerdammer.nl): Leerdammer [NL] Maasdam
Belluno (Veneto): Belluno Piave [IT] see Piave
Sepp Brulisauer (Aargau): Beermat [CH, raw, washed] Maroilles, Bergues, Fium’Orbu, Red Hawk
Busche-Cesiomaggiore (Veneto): Busche-Cesiomaggiore Piave [IT] see Piave
Caws Teifi Cheese (Carmarthenshire, teificheese.co.uk): Saval [UK, raw, washed] Caerphilly : Teifi [UK, raw, plain or spiced] Gouda, Edam, Leidse Kaas, Coolea
Charles Martell & Son (Gloucestershire, charlesmartell.com): Stinking Bishop [UK, washed] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues
Coolea Farmhouse Cheese (Cork, cooleacheese.com): Coolea [IE, plain or herbed or spiced] aged Gouda, Edam,, Leidse Kaas, Teifi, Mimolette
Cooperative Fromagere Jeune Montagne (Midi-Pyrenees, jeune-montagne-aubrac.fr): Laguiole AOC/PDO [FR, raw] cheddar, Cantal, Salers, Cheshire, Lancashire
Cotherstone Cheese (Durham): Cotherstone [UK] Tomme de Savoie, Tome des Bauges, Tomme de Lullin
Mario Cotti (Graubunden): Flixer [CH, sheep, raw, washed] Spenwood, Stanser Schafkase, Ossau-Iraty
Therese-Marie Couvreur (Nord Pas-de-Calais): Crayeux de Roncq [FR, raw, washed] Maroilles, Munster, Livarot, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues
Le Cure Nantais (Pays de la Loire, curenantais.com): Embruns aux Algues [FR, seaweed]
Daylesford Organic Farm (Gloucestershire, daylesford.com): Daylesford Cheddar [UK] see cheddar
Doddington Dairy (Northumberland, doddingtondairy.co.uk): Doddington [UK, raw] Leicester, cheddar, aged Gouda
Durrus Farmhouse Cheese (Cork, durruscheese.com): Durrus [IE, raw, washed] Gubbeen, Milleens, Spenwood, Caerphilly, Reblochon, Saint-Nectaire, Bethmale, Tomme de Savoie
Ruedi Fohn (Schwyz): Alp Drackloch [CH, raw] Prattigauer
Fowlers of Earlswood (West Midlands, fowlerscheesemakers.co.uk): Fowlers Traditional Sage Derby [UK, herbed]
FrieslandCampina (Utrecht, frieslandcampina.com): Edam [NL, cow or goat] Gouda, Leidse Kaas, Nagelkaas, Roomano, Fontina : Nagelkaas [NL, spiced] Gouda
Fromagerie de Terre-Dieu (Auvergne): Lavort [FR, sheep, raw] Tomme de Brebis Corse, Etorki, Manchego, Iberico, Evora
Fromagerie Thebault (Basse-Normandie): Livarot AOC/PDO [FR, raw or pasteurized, washed]
(fromage-normandie.com)Maroilles, Liederkranz, Munster, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Limburger, Harzer Kase, Epoisses
Fromageries Arnaud (Franche-Comte, juraflore.com): Forte des Rousses Comte [FR] see Comte
F.W. Read & Sons (Lincolnshire, lincolnshirepoachercheese.com): Lincolnshire Poacher [UK, raw, plain or smoked] cheddar
GAEC Jousseaume (Poitou-Charentes, maison-jousseaume.fr): Clochette [FR, goat, raw] Coeur Teotski, chevre
Gruppo Lactalis Italia (galbani.it): Bel Paese [IT, washed] Italico, Babybel, Gouda, Edam, Monterey Jack, mozzarella, muenster, Fontina
Gubbeen Cheese (Cork, gubbeen.com): Gubbeen [IE, washed, plain or smoked] Durrus, Milleens, Spenwood, Caerphilly, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Bethmale, Ardrahan, Pont-l’Eveque
Claire Guillemette (Auvergne): Cabecou de Thiers [FR, goat, raw] Crottin, Cabecou (?)
Hawkstone Abbey Farm (Stropshire): Hawkstone Abbey Cheshire [UK] see Cheshire
Herve Societe (Liege, herve-societe.be): Herve [BE, washed] Liederkranz, Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Limburger
Inagh Farmhouse Cheese (Clare, st-tola.ie): St. Tola Log [IE, goat, raw or pasteurized] chevre
J & C Reade & Sons/Isle of Mull Cheese (Isle of Mull, isleofmullcheese.co.uk): Isle of Mull Cheese [UK, raw, plain or Smoked or spiced or herbed or fruit/whiskey] see cheddar
Kaasmakerij Passendale (West Viaanderen, deoudekaasmakerij.be): Passendale [BE] Rubens, Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont
Kaserei Studer (Thurgau, kaeserei-studer.ch): Der Scharfe Maxx [CH] Appenzeller
Keen’s Cheddar (Somerset, keenscheddar.co.uk): Keen’s [UK, raw] see cheddar
Lattebusche (Veneto, lattebusche.it): Lattebusche Piave [IT] see Piave
Lynher Dairies Cheese (West Cornwall, lynherdairies.co.uk): Yarg Cornish [UK, herbed] cheddar, Wensleydale
M.C. Matocq (Aquitaine): Matocq [FR, sheep, raw] Ossau-Iraty, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal
Milleens Cheese (Cork, milleenscheese.com): Milleens [IE, washed] Durrus, Gubbeen, Spenwood, Caerphilly, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Bethmale, Ardrahan
Montgomery’s Cheddar (Somerset, montgomerycheese.co.uk): Montgomery’s Extra Mature Cheddar [UK, raw, plain or smoked] see cheddar
Moro Latteria di Moro Sergio (Veneto, moroformaggi.it): Sottocenere al Tartufo [IT, raw, truffles] Truffle Tremor
PantMawr Farmhouse Cheeses (Pembrokeshire, pantmawrcheeses.co.uk): Caws Cerwyn [UK, plain or smoked]
Queseria Los Corrales (Valencia, queserialoscorrales.com): Pena Blanca de Corrales [ES, sheep, washed] Fium’Orbu
Ram Hall Dairy Sheep (West Midlands, berkswellcheese.com): Berkswell [UK, sheep, raw] Manchego, Iberico, Evora, Ossau-Iraty, Pecorino Toscano, Spenwood, Trade Lake Cedar, Vermont Shepherd
Roland Barthelemy (Paris, rolandbarthelemy.com) (?): Rotolo [FR] related cheeses: aged Bastelicaccia, Fium’Orbu, U Rustinu, Le Niolo
SAT Ganaderos de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias): Majorero DO/PDO [ES, goat, raw or pasteurized] Ibores, Garrotxa, Ticklemore, Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis, Elk Mountain, tomme
Sharpham Wine & Cheese (Devon, sharpham.com): Ticklemore Goat [UK, goat] Garrotxa
Dragan Teotski (Midi-Pyrenees): Coeur Teotski [FR, goat, raw] Clochette
Tine (Oslo, tine.no): Jarlsberg [NO] Swiss, Emmentaler, Greveost, Maasdam, Emmental de Savoie, Gruyere, Comte : Ridder [NO, washed] Port Salut, Saint-Paulin, Beaumont
Village Maid Cheese (Buckinghamshire, villagemaidcheese.co.uk): Spenwood [UK, sheep, raw] Durrus, Gubbeen, Milleens, Caerphilly, Saint-Nectaire, Reblochon, Bethmale, Ossau-Iraty, Pecorino Toscano, Vermont Shepherd, Zamorano
Wensleydale Creamery (North Yorkshire, wensleydale.co.uk): Wensleydale [UK, cow or sheep, plain or fruit or smoked or spiced or herbed] [PMA] cheddar, Cheshire, Yarg Cornish, Single Gloucester, Caerphilly
Westcombe Dairy (Somerset, westcombedairy.com): Westcombe Cheddar [UK, raw] see cheddar
Whalesborough Farm Foods (Cornwall, whalesboroughcheese.co.uk): Keltic Gold [UK, washed] tomme
Gery Zurfluk (): Urner Alpkase [CH, raw] Alp Drackloch, Sbrinz
Middle East/Asia
Specific Producer
Kornmehl Goat Cheese Farm (Ramat Negev, kornmehl.co.il): Katem [IL, goat] Pelardon
North AmericaAmerican cheese [US] cheddar, Monterey Jack, Colby, Swiss, Bel Paese, Italico, Babybel Colby [US] cheddar, Colby-Jack, Monterey Jack, American, Cheshire Monterey Jack [US, plain or spiced] cheddar, Colby, American, muenster, Gouda, Havarti, Samso, Teleme mozzarella (low moisture) [US version] scamorza, Caciocavallo, provolone, string, queso fresco, Bel Paese, muenster, Gouda, Fontina, Oaxaca, Kaseri, Kashkaval, smoked tofu muenster [US] Beaumont, Monterey Jack, mozzarella, Gouda, Havarti, Fontina string cheese [US version] mozzarella, scamorza, Caciocavallo Swiss cheese [US] Emmentaler, Jarlsberg, Gruyere, provolone
Specific Producer
Achadinha Cheese (Calif., achadinha.com): Capricious [US, goat] Elk Mountain, Mahon
Agropur (Quebec, pleasureandcheeses.ca): Oka Classique [CA, washed] Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Port Salut, raclette, Morbier
Alpine Lakes Sheep Cheese (Wash., alpinelakescheese.com): Mountain Tomme [US, sheep, raw] [discontinued?] Vermont Shepherd
Ancient Heritage Dairy (Ore., ancientheritagedairy.com): Adelle [US, sheep/cow, bloomy] chevre, Saint-Marcellin, Crottin : Heritage [US, sheep, raw] Ros/Ombra : Opal Springs [US, cow/sheep, raw, washed] Gubbeen
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese (Wash., beechershandmadecheese.com): Beecher’s Flagship Reserve Handmade Cheddar [US] cheddar
Beehive Cheese (Utah, beehivecheese.com): Barely Buzzed [US, espresso/herbed] cheddar : SeaHive [US, honey/sea salt]
BelGioioso Cheese (Wis., belgioioso.com): BelGioioso Provolone [US] provolone
Bellwether Farms (Calif., bellwetherfarms.com): Carmody [US] young pecorino, Doddington : San Andreas [US, sheep, raw] Vermont Shepherd, young pecorino
Boar’s Head (Fla., boarshead.com): Boar’s Head Monterey Jack Cheese With Jalapeno [US] cheddar
Bodega Artisan Cheese/Daphne’s Creamery (Calif., daphnecreamery.com): Bodega Reserve [US, goat, raw] Manchego : Daphne’s Aged Charolais [US, goat, raw] Charolais
Bravo Farms (Calif., bravofarms.com): Silver Mountain Aged Clothbound Cheddar [US] cheddar : Tulare Cannonball [US, raw] [discontinued?] Edam, Emmentaler, Gouda
Cabot Creamery (Vt., cabotcheese.coop): Cabot Clothbound Cheddar [US] cheddar : Cabot Private Stock Cheddar [US] cheddar
Capriole Farmstead Goat Cheese (Ind., capriolegoatcheese.com): Mont St. Francis [US, goat, raw, washed] Aracena, Munster, Chevrotin des Aravis : Old Kentucky Tomme [US, goat, raw] Tomme de Savoie, Monterey Jack, Hillis Peak, Elk Mountain, Ibores : Piper’s Pyramide [US, goat, bloomy] chevre, Valencay : Sofia [US, goat] : Wabash Cannonball [US, goat, bloomy] chevre, Bonne Bouche, Crottin, Humboldt Fog
Cato Corner Farm (Conn., catocornerfarm.com): Dairyere [US, raw] Gruyere, Comte : Hooligan [US, raw, washed] Grayson
Central Coast Creamery (Calif., centralcoastcreamery.com): Seascape [US, goat/cow] cheddar, goat Gouda
Consider Bardwell Farm (Vt., considerbardwellfarm.com): Consider Bardwell Dorset [US, raw, washed] Taleggio, Durrus, Tomme de Savoie, Val Bagner : Manchester [US, goat, raw] Wimer Winter, tomme : Pawlet [US] toma
Cypress Grove Chevre (Calif., cypressgrovechevre.com): Bermuda Triangle [US, goat] aged Valencay : Humboldt Fog [US, goat, bloomy] chevre, Purple Haze, Robiola Piemonte, Morbier, aged Valencay, Wabash Cannonball : Purple Haze [US, goat] [discontinued?] chevre, Roves de Garrigues : Truffle Tremor [US, goat, bloomy, truffles] Robiola with truffles
DCI Cheese (Wis., dcicheeseco.com): Liederkranz [US] Munster, Livarot, Maroilles, Pont-l’Eveque, Bergues, Limburger, Harzer Kase, Epoisses
Edelweiss Creamery (Wis., edelweisscreamery.com): Edelweiss Creamery Grassfed Emmentaler Swiss Cheese [US, raw] Swiss, Jarlsberg
Emmi Roth USA (Wis., us.emmi.com): Emmi Roth Emmentaler [US] Swiss, Jarlsberg : Grand Cru Surchoix [US] Gruyere
Fagundes Old World Cheese (Calif., oldworldcheese.com): Fagundes St. Jorge [US, raw] Sao Jorge, Emmentaler
Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese (Calif., fiscalinicheese.com): Fiscalini Bandage Wrapped Cheddar [US] cheddar : San Joaquin Gold [US, raw] Montasio, Fontina
Fromagerie La Moutonniere (Quebec, lamoutonniere.com): Foin d’Odeur [CA, sheep, bloomy] Fium’Orbu
Fromagerie Le P’tit Train du Nord (Quebec, fromagerieptittraindunord.com): La Barre du Jour [CA, goat, spiced] goat raclette
Fromagerie Tournevent (Quebec, damafro.ca): Le Chevre Noir [CA, goat] cheddar, Classico
Grafton Village Cheese (Vt., graftonvillagecheese.com): Grafton Village 4 Year Aged Cheddar [US, raw, plain or smoked or herbed] cheddar
Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy (Colo., haystackgoatcheese.com): Queso de Mano [US, goat, raw]
Hillman Farm (Mass., hillmanfarm.com): Harvest Cheese [US, goat, raw, washed] Redmondo : Hilltown Wheel [US, goat, raw] [discontinued?] Redmondo, goat tomme, Chevrotin, Tumalo Tomme
Jasper Hill Farm (Vt., jasperhillfarm.com): Aspenhurst [US, raw] [discontinued?] Doddington, cheddar
Juniper Grove Farm (Ore., junipergrovefarm.com): Tumalo Tomme [US, goat, raw, washed] goat tomme, Capricious, Hilltown Wheel, Redmondo
Lactalis American Group (N.Y., galbanicheese.com): Galbani/Precious/Sorrento Whole Milk Mozzarella [US] mozzarella
Lake Erie Creamery (Ohio, lakeeriecreamery.com): Blomma [US, goat, bloomy] Camellia
Laura Chenel’s Chevre (Calif., laurachenel.com): Laura Chenel’s Tome [US] tomme, cheddar, parmesan
LoveTree Farmstead (Wis., lovetreefarmstead.com): Trade Lake Cedar [US, sheep, raw] Ossau-Iraty, Berkswell
La Maison Alexis de Portneuf (Quebec, alexisdeportneuf.com): La Sauvagine [CA, washed]
Matos Cheese Factory (Calif.): Matos St. George [US, raw] Havarti, cheddar, Lancashire, Cantal, Monterey Jack, Sao Jorge
Meadow Creek Dairy (Va., meadowcreekdairy.com): Appalachian [US] tomme : Grayson [US, raw, washed] Taleggio, Kunstener, Livarot
Mecox Bay Dairy (N.Y., mecoxbaydairy.com): Mecox Sunrise [US, raw, washed] Consider Bardwell Dorset
Milton Creamery (Iowa, miltoncreamery.com): Prairie Breeze [US] white cheddar, quark
Mozzarella Co. (Texas, mozzco.com): Deep Ellum Blue [US] [discontinued?]
Mozzarella House (Mass., mozzarellahouse.com): Mozzarella House Scamorza [US] mozzarella
Nicasio Valley Cheese (Calif., nicasiocheese.com): Foggy Morning [US]
Orb Weaver Farm (Vt., orbweaverfarm.com): Orb Weaver Vermont Farmhouse Cheese [US, raw] Colby, Bethmale, Le Moulis, Morbier
Pedrozo Dairy and Cheese (Calif., realfarmsteadcheese.com): Northern Gold [US, raw, plain or herbed or spiced] young Fontina
Pholia Farm (Ore., pholiafarm.com): Elk Mountain [US, goat, raw, washed] Castelmagno, tomme, Ibores, Hillis Peak : Hillis Peak [US, goat, raw] Ibores, tomme : Pleasant Creek [US, goat, raw] Gruyere : Wimer Winter [US, goat, raw, washed] Mont St. Francis, Durrus, Lancashire, Beira Baixa, Fium’Orbu
Pine Stump Farms (Wash., pinestumpfarms.com): Pine Stump Asiago [US, goat, raw] Ibores
Pleasant Valley Dairy (Wash.): Pleasant Valley Dairy Gouda [US, raw, plain or spiced] Gouda
Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery (Calif., redwoodhill.com): Bucheret [US, goat] chevrot, Bucheron : California Crottin/Terra [US, goat] Crottin
Rinconada Dairy (Calif., rinconadadairy.com): Pozo Tomme [US, sheep, raw] pecorino
Rivers Edge Chevre/Three Ring Farm (Ore., threeringfarm.com): Illahee Tomme [US, goat, raw] goat Valtellina : Jupiter’s Moon [US, goat, washed] Vacherin Mont d’Or
Samish Bay Cheese (Wash., samishbaycheese.com): Samish Bay Cheese Montasio [US, raw] Montasio
Sea Breeze Farm (Wash., seabreezefarm.net): Vache de Vashon [US, raw] [discontinued?] Tomme de Savoie
Shelburne Farms (Vt., shelburnefarms.org): Shelburne Farms Clothbound Cheddar [US] cheddar
Spring Hill Jersey Cheese (Calif., springhillcheese.com): Old World Portuguese [US] [discontinued?] Sao Jorge
Sweet Grass Dairy (Ga., sweetgrassdairy.com): Thomasville Tomme [US, raw] tomme, Orb Weaver Vermont Farmhouse Cheese
Sweet Home Farm (Ala., southerncheese.org): Perdido [US, raw] Le Moulis, Morbier
Thistle Hill Farm (Vt., thistlehillfarm.com): Thistle Hill Farm Tarentaise [US, raw] Abondance, Beaufort, cheddar
Tillamook County Cheese (Ore., tillamook.com): Tillamook Pepper Jack Cheese [US] Monterey Jack : Tillamook Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar [US] cheddar
Tumalo Farms (Ore., tumalofarms.com): Classico [US, goat, raw or pasteurized, plain or spiced] goat Gouda, tomme, Majorero : Pondhopper [US, goat] Classico, goat Gouda, tomme
Twig Farm (Vt., twigfarm.com): Twig Farm Goat Tomme [US, goat, raw] : Twig Farm Square Cheese [US, goat, raw] Elk Mountain, Garrotxa
Uplands Cheese (Wis., uplandscheese.com): Pleasant Ridge Reserve [US, raw, washed] Gruyere, Beaufort, Comte, Appenzeller, Hoch Ybrig, Thistle Hill Farm Tarentaise
Valley Ford Cheese (Calif., valleyfordcheeseco.com): Estero Gold [US, raw] Montasio, Asiago
Vella Cheese (Calif., vellacheese.com): Mezzo Secco [US, raw] Monterey Jack
Vermont Creamery (Vt., vermontcreamery.com): Bijou [US, goat, bloomy] Crottin : Bonne Bouche [US, goat] chevre, Selles-sur-Cher, Wabash Cannonball : Coupole [US, goat, bloomy] chevre, Humboldt Fog, Chabichou
Vermont Shepherd (Vt., vermontshepherd.com): Vermont Shepherd (Verano) [US, sheep, raw] Ossau-Iraty, Berkswell, Spenwood
Washington State University Creamery (Wash., wsu.edu/creamery): Cougar Gold [US] cheddar, Gouda
Widmer’s Cheese Cellars (Wis., widmerscheese.com): Widmer’s Aged Brick Cheese [US] Tilsiterkase, Gouda, Edam, Havarti, Esrom, cheddar, Limburger
Willamette Valley Cheese (Ore., wvcheeseco.com): Brindisi Fontina [US, raw] aged Fontina, Le Moulis
Willow Hill Farm (Vt., sheepcheese.com): Autumn Oak [US, sheep, raw] Trade Lake Cedar : Paniolo [US, raw, washed] Durrus, Stanser Roteli
Latin AmericaCasero [MX] queso fresco, farmer, chevre, feta, Monterey Jack, drained cottage/salt Chihuahua/Menonita [MX] muenster, Monterey Jack, cheddar Manchego [MX version] Monterey Jack, Romano Oaxaca [MX] Monterey Jack, Teleme, mozzarella queso anejo [MX, goat/cow] Romano, parmesan, aged Asiago, Dry Jack, feta
Australia/New Zealand
Specific Producer
Crescent Dairy Goats (Auckland, crescentdairygoats.co.nz): Crescent Dairy Farmhouse Mature [NZ, goat, herbed or spiced] cheddar
Heidi Farm (Tasmania, heidifarm.com.au): Heidi Farm Gruyere [AU] Gruyere : Heidi Farm Raclette [AU] raclette
King Island Dairy (Tasmania, kingislanddairy.com.au): Stormy Washed Rind [AU, washed] Pont-l’Eveque
Meyer Gouda Cheese (Waikato, meyer-cheese.co.nz): Meyer Vintage Gouda [NZ] Gouda, parmesan
Pyengana Dairy (Tasmania, pyenganadairy.com.au): Pyengana Cheddar [AU, plain or herbed or spiced] cheddar
Various Countriescheddar/cheddar-like cheese nutritional yeast, toasted wheat germ, bean sauce/nuts, miso/nuts, vegan products (see Vegan Cheese section) melting cheese (for baking/sauces/fondue) almost any blue cheese and anything from these families: raclette, Gruyere, cheddar, Saint-Nectaire, Emmentaler, mozzarella, provolone, Tomme de Savoie (and some from the Gouda and Munster families) processed cheese (cheese-based product) American, Velveeta, Cheez Whiz, Provel, Babybel, Rambol, La Vache qui Rit/The Laughing Cow, Bonjura pungent cheese Bergfichte, Durrus, Epoisses, Fium’Orbu, Gaperon, Grayson, Herve, Hooligan, Kuntener,
Leidse Kaas, aged Limburger, Livarot, Maroilles, Mont St. Francis, Pont-l’Eveque,
Schabziger, Stanser Schaf Reblochon Hard
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Hard Cheese
The longer a firm cheese ages, the more moisture it loses and the harder it becomes. The most famous hard cheese is Parmigiano-Reggiano, the king of cheeses according to the Italians. Note that some people classify certain semi-hard cheeses as hard. We prefer to think of hard cheese as only those that are tough, grainy, and extremely dry—so hard that you can’t easily break off a piece by hand. Again, we could really use a standard cheese label. Hard cheese makes excellent grating cheese. The best can also be enjoyed simply with a drizzle of honey or aged balsamic vinegar.
Hard Cheese (30+) Name/Certification [Country, Milk, Rind, Flavor] [Heritage]
Company (Location, Web)Similar Cheese/Substitution
EuropeAsiago DOC/PDO (aged) [IT, raw] [PMA] (asiagocheese.it) Montasio, Gruyere, Tete de Moine, L’Etivaz, Comte, Beaufort, parmesan, Grana, Romano, Dry Jack, Piave, Schabziger Grana Padano DOC/PDO [IT] [PMA] (granapadano.com) parmesan, Sbrinz, Schabziger, Saanen, Romano, aged Asiago, Dry Jack, Mezzo Secco Iberico [ES, cow/goat/sheep] Manchego, Evora Kefalotyri DOC [GR, sheep/goat] [PMA] Chevrotin des Bauges, Chevrotin des Aravis, Majorero, Ibores, Garrotxa, Ticklemore, Kaseri, Graviera, Romano, parmesan, Grana, Asiago Mahon DO/PDO [ES, raw or pasteurized] [PMA] Gouda, Edam, Sao Jorge, parmesan, cheddar, Grana, Cheshire Manchego DO/PDO (aged) [ES, sheep, raw or pasteurized] related cheeses: Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc, Laruns, Matocq, Bethmale, Canestrato Pugliese, Romano, Pecorino Sardo, Pecorino Toscano
parmesan, Monterey Jack, cheddar, Gouda, Asiago, Fontina (similar age)Parmigiano-Reggiano DOC/PDO [IT, raw] [PMA] (parmigianoreggiano.com) related cheeses: Grana, Sbrinz, Schabziger, Saanen, parmesan
other substitutes: Dry Jack, pecorino, aged Manchego, aged AsiagoPecorino Romano DOC/PDO [IT, sheep] [PBC] (pecorinoromano.com) Pecorino Sardo, Pecorino Toscano, Canestrato Pugliese, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty, parmesan, Grana, aged Nisa, aged Serpa, aged Asiago, Dry Jack, Schabziger Pecorino Sardo DOC/PDO [IT, sheep] Pecorino Toscano Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Toscano, Canestrato Pugliese, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty Roncal DO/PDO [ES, sheep, raw] [PMA] Manchego, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty Roomano [NL] aged Gouda, Edam, Leidse Kaas, Nagelkaas, Mahon, Sao Jorge, parmesan Saanen [CH] Sbrinz, Schabziger, parmesan, Grana, aged Asiago, Dry Jack Sbrinz AOC [CH, raw] (sbrinz.ch) Schabziger, Saanen, parmesan, Grana, aged Asiago, Dry Jack Zamorano DO/PDO [ES, sheep, raw] Manchego, Roncal, Idiazabal, Berkswell
Specific Producer
Cooperativa Latteria di Santeramo (Puglia): Canestrato Pugliese DOC/PDO [IT, sheep, raw or pasteurized] Pecorino Sardo, Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Toscano, Manchego, Roncal, Zamorano, Idiazabal, Ossau-Iraty
GESKA (Glarus, schabziger.ch): Swiss Schabziger/sapsago [CH, skim, spiced] [PMA] Romano, parmesan
Josep Cuixart (Catalonia): Ros/Ombra [ES, sheep] Manchego
Quesos Torralba (Balearic Islands, quesostorralba.com): Quesos Torralba Mahon [ES, raw] Gouda, parmesan, Grana
Middle East/Asiachhurpi [NP, yak] parmesan, Dry Jack, Asiago
North AmericaDry Jack [US] parmesan, aged pecorino, Mahon parmesan [US] Romano, Dry Jack, Grana Romano [US] parmesan, Dry Jack
Specific Producer
Black Sheep Creamery (Wash., blacksheepcreamery.com): Black Sheep Aged Pecorino [US, sheep, raw] aged pecorino
Boar’s Head (Fla., boarshead.com): Boar’s Head Parmigiano-Reggiano [US] parmesan
Costco Wholesale (Wash., costco.com): Kirkland Signature Lake Country Asiago Cheese [US] aged Asiago
Emmi Roth USA (Wis., us.emmi.com): GrandQueso [US] Manchego
Everona Dairy (Va., everonadairy.com): Piedmont [US, sheep, raw] Roncal
Juniper Grove Farm (Ore., junipergorvefarm.com): Redmondo [US, goat, raw] aged pecorino, tomme
Rumiano Cheese (Calif., rumianocheese.com): Rumiano Dry Monterey Jack [US] Dry Jack
Vella Cheese (Calif., vellacheese.com): Vella Dry Monterey Jack [US] parmesan, cheddar, Rumiano Dry Monterey Jack
Latin AmericaCotija [MX] Romano, parmesan, aged Asiago, Dry Jack, queso anejo, feta, ricotta salata Enchilado [MX] Cotija, feta, Romano, parmesan Sardo [AR] Pecorino Sardo
Various Countriesgrating cheese nutritional yeast, toasted wheat germ, vegan products (see Vegan Cheese section) Vegan
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Vegan Cheese
That sound we just heard is a collective gasp from cheese purists everywhere. Well, don’t get your cheesecloth in a bunch. Why vegan? We like meat and we like vegetables. We love to check out vegetarian restaurants, and frankly, we find some airlines’ vegetarian options to be way better than their regular menu. The whole idea of vegan cheese is more intriguing than, say, vegan wine. For some vegans out there, dairy-based cheese is something they miss more than meat. And there’s an economical reason why traditional cheese producers should be interested (read on).
Culture Club
Making fresh vegan cheese at home is relatively simple—so is making fresh cheese as we stated earlier. Indeed, you can buy good vegan substitutes for cream cheese or fresh chevre. Producing non-dairy cheese that has the same complexity, taste, and mouthfeel as aged cheese is not so easy. Vegan cheese has come a long way since the 1980s. A vegan cheese company was on ABC’s Shark Tank in 2014 (see Heidi Ho below). Nut-based products eventually replaced some of the early soy-based recipes. (We hope the industry doesn’t end up relying on the same main ingredient for all vegan cheese products because an estimated five percent of Americans have food allergies—tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soybeans being four of the eight most common food allergens.) For the current generation of vegan cheese producers, it is all about fermentation—enzymes and cultures.
Untapped Market
While the faux cheese industry is small (about $30 million in the U.S.), it grew by 23 percent in 2014. If just one percent of dairy cheese producers decided to enter the vegan cheese market, it would be a game changer. As far as we know, none of the vegan cheese companies had any prior experience making dairy cheese. Imagine what a French blue cheese producer could come up with.
When Foodies Go Vegan
There must be a lot of vegetarians/vegans in the Bay Area. Or perhaps people just appreciate good food. Originally founded by the San Francisco Zen Center, the acclaimed Greens vegetarian restaurant has been serving satisfied diners since 1979. Soon vegan and raw-food establishments would follow—Millennium (recently closed after more than 20 years), Café Gratitude, and Source Mini, just to name a few. Even the best high-end restaurants—we’re talking Michelin star winners—usually offer a vegetarian tasting menu. It’s not only fancy establishments that take care of meatless diners; we’re reminded of the East German restaurant in San Francisco that serves pork schnitzel as well as vegetarian schnitzel.
You can eat your way around the world in this part of California; the same diversity is reflected in the vegetarian scene. Looking for an Indian vegetarian restaurant? Check. Chinese Muslim vegetarian? We have that. Click on the Where to Eat tab above and you’ll find one that serves homemade vegan cheese. Click on the Where to Buy tab and you’ll see that there’s a Bay Area store that sells only vegan products.
Better Living Through Chemistry
Vegan cheese companies may find the research at Bay Area’s Real Vegan Cheese (realvegancheese.org) useful.
Vegan Cheese Name [Country, Base, Fermentation]
Company (Location, Web)
Europe
Specific Producer
Bute Island Foods (Isle of Bute, buteisland.com): Medium Cheddar Sheese [UK, soy protein]
Clasoft (North Rhine-Westphalia, wilmersburger.de): Wilmersburger Pizza Shreds [DE, vegetable oil/potato starch/modified starch]
VBites Foods (Northamptonshire, vbitesfoods.com): Dairy-Free Mozzarella Cheezly [UK, tofu/soy protein]
Vegi-Service (Thurgau, vegusto.com): Vegusto No-Moo Classic [CH, vegetable oil/rice flour/potato starch]
Viotros (Central Macedonia, violife.gr): Violife Original [GR, vegetable oil/modified starch/starch]
North America
Specific Producer
Ahimsa Organics (Ore., ahimsacheese.com): Original Brie [US, cashews, probiotics]
Avellana Creamery (Ore., avellana-creamery.com): Vegan Hazelnut Cheese [US, hazelnuts, cultures] : Vegan Hazelnut Parmesan [US, hazelnuts, cultures]
Blode Kuh (Calif., blodekuh.com): Sir Racha Cheddar [US, cashews] : Truffle Fluff [US, cashews]
Chicago Vegan Foods (Ill., chicagoveganfoods.com): Teese Vegan Cheddar Cheese [US, tapioca flour/vegetable oil]
The Cultured Kitchen (Calif., theculturedkitchen.net): Firm Herb & Chive Cultured Cashew [US, cashews, cultures]
Dairy Tree Foods (dairytreefoods.com): Blue? [US] [TBA]
Daiya Foods (British Columbia, daiyafoods.com): Mozzarella Style Shreds [CA, gluten-free flour/vegetable oil]
Dr-Cow (N.Y., dr-cow.com): Organic Aged Cashew Cheese [US, cashews, bacteria] : Organic Cream Cashew Cheese [US, cashews, bacteria]
Field Roast (Wash., fieldroast.com): Creamy Original Chao Slices [US, vegetable oil/corn and potato starch, fermented tofu] : Tomato Cayenne Chao Slices [US, vegetable oil/corn and potato starch, fermented tofu]
Follow Your Heart (Calif., followyourheart.com): Vegan Gourmet Mozzarella Shreds [US, vegetable oil/modified starch]
Fromagerie Esseme (Calif., fromagerieesseme.com, snmvegan.com): Original Cashew Cream Cheese [US, cashews] [On hiatus]
GOOD PLANeT Foods (Wash., goodplanetfoods.com): Mozzarella Shreds [US, coconut oil/potato and tapioca starch]
Heidi Ho (Ore., heidiho.com): Creamy Chia Cheeze [US, vegetable puree/cashews]
Lyrical Foods (Calif., kite-hill.com): Kite Hill Ricotta [US, almond milk, enzymes/cultures] : Kite Hill Soft Ripened [US, almond milk, enzymes/cultures]
Miyoko’s Kitchen (Calif., miyokoskitchen.com): Aged English Smoked Farmhouse [US, cashews, cultures] : Classic Double Cream Chive [US, cashews, cultures] : High Sierra Rustic Alpine [US, cashews, cultures]
NuCulture Foods (Ore., nuculturefoods.com): Bacony Chipotle Spread [US, cashews]
The Organic Gourmet (Calif., organic-gourmet.com): VegCuisine Soy Feta [US, soy milk]
Parmela Creamery (Calif., parmelacreamery.com): Creamy Treenut Cheese Original [US, cashew milk, culture/enzymes] : Parmesan Style Aged Nut Cheese [US, almonds/cashews/soybeans]
Punk Rawk Labs (Minn., punkrawklabs.net): Original Nut Milk Cheese [US, cashew milk, culture]
Ste Martaen (Ill., stemartaen.com): Muenster [US, cashews]
SunRAWise (Fla., sunrawise.com): Original [US, cashews]
Treeline Cheese (N.Y., treelinecheese.com): Scallion French-Style Soft Cheese [US, cashews, bacteria]
Vromage (Calif., vromage.com): Camembert [US, nuts/seeds] : Picorino With Ash [US, nuts/seeds] : Veganzola [US, nuts/seeds]
Vtopian Artisan Cheeses (Ore., vtopiancheeses.com): Aged White Cheddar [US, cashews, probiotics/prebiotics] Legend/Resources
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Legend
Certification (legally protected appellation):
- AOC [FR/CH]
- DOC [IT/PT]
- DO [ES]
- PDO/PGI [EU]
Note that PDO is the same as DOP and AOP in non-English languages.
For a cheese’s country of origin, we use the Internet’s two-letter code. Unless specified otherwise, a cheese is made from pasteurized cow’s whole milk. Note that the type of milk refers to the “official” version’s specification. For soft/medium/hard cheese, the type of rind is natural unless it’s listed as bloomy or washed. We also list any special flavoring added.
Heritage cheese from different periods:
- PBC - Minoan-Mycenaean/Greek/Hellenic/Roman civilizations (3000-31 B.C.)
- PRE - Roman Empire (27 B.C.-A.D. 395)
- PMA - Middle Ages (476-1453)
- PRN - Renaissance (c1325-1650)
GAEC is a kind of cooperative in France.
Resources
Barthelemy, Roland, and Arnaud Sperat-Czar. Guide to Cheeses of the World. London: Octopus Publishing Group/Hachette Illustrated, 2003/2005. [Sale]
Brennan, Georgeanne. Cheese Obsession: The Complete Guide With 100 Recipes for Cooking With Cheese (originally published as Williams-Sonoma Cheese). San Francisco: Bonnier/Weldon Owen, 2010. [Sale]
Davies, Sasha. The Guide to West Coast Cheese: More Than 300 Chesses Handcrafted in California, Oregon, and Washington. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2010. [Sale]
Fletcher, Janet. Cheese & Wine: A Guide to Selecting, Pairing, and Enjoying. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. [Sale]
Harbutt, Juliet, ed. World Cheese Book. New York: DK Publishing, 2009. [Sale]
Joachim, David. The Food Substitutions Bible: More Than 6,500 Substitutions for Ingredients, Equipment & Techniques. 2nd ed. Ontario: Robert Rose, 2010. [Sale]
Masui, Kazuko, and Tomoko Yamada. French Cheese (Eyewitness Companions Series). Rev. ed. New York: DK Publishing, 2005. [Sale]
McCalman, Max, and David Gibbons. Cheese: A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World’s Best. New York: Random House/Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2005. [Sale]
McCalman, Max, and David Gibbons. Mastering Cheese: Lessons for Connoisseurship From a Maitre Fromager. New York: Random House/Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2009. [Sale]
Michelson, Patricia. Cheese: Exploring Taste and Tradition. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2010. [Sale]
Ridgway, Judy. The Cheese Companion: The Connoisseur’s Guide. Philadelphia: Running Press, 1999. [Sale]
Schinner, Miyoko. Artisan Vegan Cheese. Summertown, Tenn.: Book Publishing, 2012. [Sale]
Androuet [FR] (androuet.com)
Artisanal Premium Cheese [N.Y.] (artisanalcheese.com)
Cheese.com [World News Network (N.Y.?)] (cheese.com)
The Cheese Web [UK] (thecheeseweb.com)
Chez Virginie [FR] (chezvirginie.com)
The Cook’s Thesaurus (foodsubs.com)
Culture (culturecheesemag.com)
French Cheese Club [N.Y.] (frenchcheeseclub.com)
La Fromagerie [UK] (lafromagerie.co.uk)
Fromagerie Quatrehomme [FR] (quatrehomme.fr)
Fromagerie Sanders [FR]
Fromages.com [FR] (fromages.com)
Fromagination [Wis.] (fromagination.com)
Murray’s [N.Y.] (murrayscheese.com)
Pacific Northwest Cheese Project (pnwcheese.com)
Paxton & Whitfield [UK] (paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk)
Philippe Olivier [FR] (philippeolivier.com)
Roland Barthelemy [FR] (rolandbarthelemy.com)American Cheese Society (cheesesociety.org)
British Cheese Board (britishcheese.com)
Guilde Internationale des Fromagers (guildedesfromagers.com)
Queseros y Quesos de Espana (queseros.com)Smalldairy.info (smalldairy.info)
Slow Cheese (slowfood.com/slowcheese)
Association Fromages de Terroirs (fromages-de-terroirs.com)
A Campaign for Real Milk (realmilk.com)Dairy Management Inc. (dairy.org)
Midwest Dairy Association (midwestdairy.com)
Northeast Dairy (…) [Editor’s note: We reached out to three competing trade groups in this region but never heard from any of them.]
Real California Milk (realcaliforniamilk.com)
California Artisan Cheese Guild (cacheeseguild.org)
The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association (southeastdairy.org)
The Southern Cheesemakers’ Guild (southerncheese.org)
Vermont Cheese Council (vtcheese.com)
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (wisconsincheesefoodservice.com)International Cheese Awards (internationalcheeseawards.co.uk)
Sofi Awards (specialtyfood.com)
US Championship Cheese (uschampioncheese.org)
World Championship Cheese (worldchampioncheese.org)
World Cheese Awards (worldcheeseawards.com)The Name of the Game
Most cheeses are named after a place. For example, Stanser refers to the city of Stans in Switzerland. Padano refers to Italy’s Po Valley. Ricotta/requeson means twice cooked. A tomme/tome is a slice or piece. The type of milk is also part of the name sometimes (see table below). In the Savoie region of France, chevrotin is a pure goat’s milk cheese, and chevrette is made from a mixture of goat’s and cow’s milk.
English French Italian Spanish Portuguese German aged ages, vieille, vieux stagionati anejo, viejo curado, idoso alter blue bleu blu azul azul blau charcoal cendre ceneri ceniza cinza esche cheese fromage, fourme formaggio, cacio queso queijo kase cow vache vacca vaca vaca kuh curd caille latticini requeson requeijao quark dairy laitiers lattiero lacteos lacteos milchkuhe farm ferme fattoria granja fazenda farm farm-made fermier cascina caserio gehoft fresh frais, fraiche fresco fresco frescal, fresco frisch goat chevre capra cabra cabra ziege hard dure dura duro dura hart milk lait latte leche leite milch paste pate pasta pasta cole einfugen raw cru crudo cruda cru roh sheep brebis pecore ovejas ovinos schafe soft doux morbido suave suave weichen whey petit lait siero lactosuero soro molke Festivals
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Cheese Festivals
The festivals below celebrate the little wedge of heaven around the world. We publish each festival’s year once the date has been announced for the upcoming calendar year. Of course, a festival could be canceled the last minute.
Name Web Site Date/Location
EuropeArtisan Cheese Fair, est. 2011 artisancheesefair.co.uk April 2017 - Melton Mowbray, England Bagnes Capitale de la Raclette, est. 2004 bagnesraclette.ch September 2017 - Le Chable, Switzerland The Big Cheese your.caerphilly.gov.uk/bigcheese July - Caerphilly, Wales Cheese, est. 1995 cheese.slowfood.com September [biennial (odd-numbered years)] - Bra, Italy Cheese Festival cheese-festival.ch October - Lucerne, Switzerland Euskadi-Basque Country International Cheese Festival internationalcheesefestival.eus November - Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Feria del Queso, est. 1988 feriadelquesotrujillo.es April-May 2017 - Trujillo, Spain Fete du Fromage, est. 1993 fetedufromage-banon.fr May - Banon, France Fete du Fromage, est. 1984 pontleveque.fr May - Pont-l'Eveque, France Fete du Fromage, est. 2002 gruyeres.ch May - Gruyeres, Switzerland Fete des Fromages, est. 1990 fromages.rocamadour.free.fr May - Rocamadour, France Fete du Reblochon fetedureblochon.fr August - La Clusaz, France Fiera del Cacio, est. 1974 prolocopienza.it September - Pienza, Italy Foire aux Fromages, est. 1968 foire-aux-fromages.com September 2017 - La Capelle, France Foire aux Fromages, est. 1988 paysdelivarot.fr August - Livarot, France Foire aux Fromages et et a la Gastronomie, est. 1983 foireauxfromages.fr June 2017 - Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, France Foire aux Fromages et aux Vins, est. 1967 foire-fromages-et-vins.com April 2017 - Coulommiers, France International Cheese Awards at The Nantwich Show, est. 1897 internationalcheeseawards.co.uk July 2017 - Nantwich, England Melun Fete son Brie melun-tourisme.fr October - Melun, France Sagra della Ricotta e del Formaggio, est. 1975 vizzinisaporiesaperi.com April - Vizzini, Italy Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival cheesefestival.co.uk September 2017 - Sturminster Newton, England
Middle East/Asiaxx xx.com 2017 - xx
North AmericaAmish Country Cheese Festival, est. 1973 arthurcheesefestival.com September - Arthur, Ill. California’s Artisan Cheese Festival, est. 2007 artisancheesefestival.com March 2017 - Petaluma, Calif. Central Co-op’s Cascadia Cheese Festival, est. 2010 centralcoop.coop October - Seattle Cheddar Cheese Festival cheddarcheesefestival.com July - Adams, N.Y. Cheese Curd Festival, est. 2002 ellsworthchamber.com/cheese-curd-festival June - Ellsworth, Wis. Cheesetopia wisconsincheeseoriginals.com April 2017 - Minneapolis [location varies] Chile Cheese Festival, est. 1992 mainstreetroswell.org September - Roswell, N.M. Colorado Cheese Festival, est. 2009 cocheesefest.com November - Longmont, Colo. Cream Cheese Festival, est. 2005 creamcheesefestival.com September - Lowville, N.Y. Festival of Cheese at ACS Conference cheesesociety.org July 2017 - Denver [location varies] Finger Lakes Cheese Festival, est. 2012 flcheesetrail.com July 2017 - Odessa, N.Y. Florida Cheese Festival, est. 2016 floridacheesefestival.com April - Deland, Fla. The Great Canadian Cheese Festival, est. 2010 cheesefestival.ca June 2017 - Piston, Ontario The Great Northeast Cheese & Dairy Fest, est. 2015 nyepicureanevents.com December - New York Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival, est. 1988 littlechutewi.org June 2017 - Little Chute, Wis. Green County Cheese Days, est. 1914 cheesedays.com September 2018 [biennial (even-numbered years)] - Monroe, Wis. Huntsville Cheese Festival, est. 2015 huntsvillecheesefestival.com March - Huntsville, Ala. Isthmus Beer and Cheese Fest, est. 2010 isthmusbeercheese.com January 2017 - Madison, Wis. Jungle Jim’s Big Cheese Festival junglejims.com/bigcheesefest February 2017 - Fairfield, Ohio Little Falls Cheese Festival, est. 2015 littlefallscheesefestival.com July 2017 - Little Falls, N.Y. Mac & Cheese Fest, est. 2014 macandcheesechicago.com November - Chicago The Macaroni & Cheese Festival, est. 2015 themacandcheesefest.com April - Bakersfield, Calif.
June - Avila Beach, Calif.
August - Azetc, AlbuquerqueMaine Cheese Festival mainecheeseguild.org October - Union, Maine Massachusetts Cheese Festival, est. 2013 macheesefest.org September - Somerville, Mass. Monroe Cheese Festival, est. 1997 monroecheesefestival.com September - Monroe, N.Y. Oregon Cheese Festival, est. 2005 oregoncheeseguild.org March 2017 - Central Point, Ore. Pennsylvania Apple & Cheese Festival, est. 1990 paapplecheese.com October 2017 - Canton, Pa. Pine Island Cheese Fest, est. 1936 pineislandcheesefest.com June - Pine Island, Minn. SF Cheese Fest, est. 2015 sfcheesefest.com September - San Francisco Stinky Cheese Week, est. 2007 tourdefrancenyc.com February - New York Stone Craft Beer & Cheese sdcheesefest.org November - San Diego Vermont Cheesemakers Festival, est. 2009 vtcheesefest.com July 2017 - Shelburne, Vt. Virginia Cheese Festival, est. 2015 virginiacheesefestival.com June - Blacksburg, Va. Washington Artisan Cheesemakers Festival washingtonartisancheese.com September - Seattle The Wedge Portland thewedgeportland.com October - Portland, Ore. Wine & Cheese Faire oldsugarmill.com August - Clarksburg, Calif.
Latin AmericaFeria del Queso y Vino, est. 1976 feriadelquesoyvino.com.mx May - Tequisquiapan, Mexico
Australia/New ZealandCheese Lovers Festival cheeseloversfestival.com.au June - Hunter Valley, Australia French Cheese Festival, est. 2004 sheratonnewcaledoniadeva.com June - Bourail, New Caledonia Say Cheese Festival, est. 2013 prahranmarket.com.au October - South Yarra, Australia Wine and Cheese Fest, est. 2015 wineandcheesefest.com.au October - Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
AfricaSouth African Cheese Festival, est. 2002 cheesefestival.co.za April 2017 - Sandringham, South Africa Calendar
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International Cheese Celebration
As if you need an excuse to explore cheeses from all over the world, we present this exclusive celebration calendar that serves as a reminder to focus on a specific country’s products for an entire month. September is now Italian cheese month!
Baylindo International Cheese Celebration Calendar Month Event Selection(s) of the Month January Burns Night Scotland January or February Lunar New Year East and Southeast Asia February Super Bowl Sunday
Presidents Day
Grammys
OscarsUnited States February or March Carnival Latin America March Saint Patrick’s Day Ireland Nowruz Southwest and Central Asia March or April Easter Rising (Easter Monday) Ireland Passover Kosher April Fruhlingsfest (Springfest) Germany Anzac Day Australia and New Zealand Earth Day Vegan May Cinco de Mayo Mexico Eurovision Europe Chelsea Flower Show United Kingdom June Azores Day
Portugal DayPortugal Feast of Sant Joan Spain Midsummer Scandinavia Juneteenth United States June or July Ramadan feast Middle East July Canada Day
Calgary StampedeCanada Independence Day United States Bastille Day
Tour de FranceFrance UEFA Euro (quadrennial) Europe Copa America (quadrennial) South America PANAFEST (biennial Ghana event) Africa August Savior of the Apple Feast Day Eastern Europe September Feast of San Gennaro
Cheese (biennial Slow Food event)Italy French Cuisine Festival (Fete de la Gastronomie) France September or October Mid-autumn (moon) festival East and Southeast Asia Alpine festivals (Desalpes) Switzerland Wine harvest festivals (Fetes des Vendanges) France October Oktoberfest Germany Ohi Day Greece October or November Festival of lights (Diwali) South Asia November Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Mexico Bonfire Night United Kingdom December Christmas markets Germany and Austria Saint Nicholas Day Benelux Terra Madre Day (Slow Food) Local You can also take the broad view and think of it as International Food Celebration Calendar. Note that Denmark’s Rebild Festival (Rebildfesten) is the largest Fourth of July celebration outside the U.S. We should mention Solvang, Calif., is the most famous Danish village in America.
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Where to Buy Cheese (and More) in the Bay Area
Below are some places where you can purchase your cheese and cheese-related provisions such as honey, preserves, wine, and bread.
How do you know a store is serious about cheese? It should follow our GAC order; that is, it should ideally offer Gruyere, Asiago, and Comte. And you’ve hit the jackpot if you find one that also sells imported Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, and Sbrinz (nothing pre-grated days in advance). As consumers demand more local produce, supermarkets everywhere should stock more artisanal cheeses from local producers as well.
You can, of course, order your cheese directly from some of the cheese producers or elsewhere on the Internet. Based on in-store inspection or what we can glean from company sites and social media, we have placed an asterisk next to the names of stores that are serious about cheese. Obviously, we cannot guarantee you’ll find what you’re looking for in any of these stores. Click on the Where to Eat tab above for another way to get your cheese on.
Postscript on GAC Order
It wasn’t until we read Barthelemy’s book that we realized the three cheeses we selected for our tongue-in-cheek order are all from the same family! We were simply trying to pick excellent representatives from different countries that Americans may not be familiar with. In hindsight, it’s easy to see why we gravitated toward the Gruyere family of cheeses. They are aged cow’s milk cheeses that are great for both eating and cooking—not delicate goat cheese or strong blue or pungent washed-rind type. Of course, they are considered mainstream cheeses in Europe (Comte and Gruyere are the most popular cheeses in France and Switzerland, respectively). The average American cheese consumer is starting to look beyond Monterey Jack and cheddar. In 20 years, we’ll have to change our criteria to include, say, a Vacherin-style cheese—assuming the U.S. government will lift the ban on young raw-milk cheese.
Name (Web) Location(s)
AAbundant Market (abundantmarket.com) San Francisco Acme Bread (acmebread.com, ferrybuildingmarketplace.com) Berkeley, San Francisco A.G. Ferrari Foods (agferrari.com) Berkeley, Los Altos, Oakland, San Francisco Alameda Wine Co. (alamedawineco.com) Alameda *Andronico’s Community Markets (andronicos.com) Berkeley, Los Altos, San Anselmo, San Francisco Andy’s Local Market (andyslocalmarket.com) San Rafael *Andy’s Market (andysproduce.com) Sebastopol Andy’s Sun Valley Market (andyssunvalley.com) San Rafael Animal Place’s Vegan Republic (republicofvegan.com, animalplace.org)
[all vegan products] [formerly Republic of V]Berkeley *Antipastos by DeRose Delicatessen (antipastosdeli.com) San Jose Arizmendi Bakery (arizmendi.coop) Emeryville, Oakland, San Francisco, San Rafael Artisan Wine Depot (artisanwinedepot.com) Mountain View Ava’s Downtown Market & Deli (avasdowntownmarket.com) Mountain View
BLe Beau Market (lebeaumarket.com) San Francisco Belcampo Meat Co. (belcampomeatco.com) Larkspur Beltramo’s Wines and Spirits (beltramos.com) Menlo Park *Berkeley Bowl Marketplace (berkeleybowl.com) Berkeley Berkeley Natural Grocery (naturalgrocery.com) Berkeley Bertucelli’s La Villa Delicatessen (wglavilla.com) San Jose Beverages & More! (bevmo.com) various *Bi-Rite Market (biritemarket.com) San Francisco Bianchini’s Market (bianchinismarket.com) Portola Valley, San Carlos *Big John’s Market (bigjohnsmarket.com) Healdsburg Blue Fog Market (bluefogmarket.com) San Francisco Bolinas People’s Store (Facebook page only) Bolinas Browns Valley Market () Napa Browns Valley Meat (brownsvalleymeat.com) Napa Bryan’s Meats () San Francisco
CCal-Mart Supermarket (calmartsuper.com) San Francisco *Canyon Market (canyonmarket.com) San Francisco Casa Lucas Market () San Francisco Chavez Supermarket (chavezsuper.com) various *The Cheese Board Collective (cheeseboardcollective.coop) Berkeley Cheese ‘N’ Stuff (cheesenstuff.com) Berkeley *Cheese Plus (cheeseplus.com) San Francisco The Cheese School of San Francisco (thecheeseschool.com) San Francisco *The Cheese Shop of Healdsburg (sharpandnutty.com) Healdsburg Chiaramonte’s Sausage & Deli (Facebook page only) San Jose Church Produce () San Francisco C.J. Olson Cherries (cjolsoncherries.com) Sunnyvale, Oakland Airport, San Jose Airport *Costco Wholesale (costco.com) various *Country Cheese Coffee Market (countrycheesecoffee.com) Berkeley Country Sun Natural Foods (countrysun.com) Palo Alto Cowgirl Creamery (cowgirlcreamery.com, ferrybuildingmarketplace.com) San Francisco (Ferry Building Cheese Shop) Crossroads World Market (crossroadsworldmarket.com) Palo Alto The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone (ciachef.edu) St. Helena
DDan’s Fresh Produce (dansfreshproduce.com) Alameda *Dean & DeLuca (deandeluca.com) St. Helena Dehoff’s Key Market (dehoffskeymarket.com) Redwood City, San Mateo *Diablo Foods (diablofoods.com) Lafayette Dittmer’s Gourmet Meats & Wurst-Haus (dittmers.com) Los Altos *Draeger’s Markets (draegers.com) Blackhawk, Los Altos, Menlo Park, San Mateo Driver’s Market (driversmarket.com) Sausalito *Dry Creek General Store (drycreekgeneralstore1881.com) Healdsburg Duc Loi Supermarket (ducloimarket.com) San Francisco
EEarthbeam Natural Foods (earthbeamfoods.com) Burlingame El Cerrito Natural Grocery (naturalgrocery.com) El Cerrito Emporio Rulli (rulli.com) Larkspur, San Francisco, San Francisco Airport Encinal Market () Alameda *The Epicurean Connection (theepicureanconnection.com) Sonoma *Estudillo Produce & Deli () San Leandro
FFalletti Foods (fallettifoods.com) San Francisco *Farmer Joe’s Marketplace (farmerjoesmarket.com) Oakland *Farmstead Cheeses & Wines (farmsteadcheesesandwines.com) Alameda, Oakland *Felipe’s Market () Sunnyvale Five Markets () San Francisco Foothill Produce (Facebook page only) Los Altos *Formaggi Di Ferrante Cheese Shop () Fairfield Fresh & Easy (freshandeasy.com) various *La Fromagerie (lafromageriesf.com) San Francisco
G*G and G Supermarket (gandgmarket.com) Petaluma, Santa Rosa Gene’s Fine Foods (genesfinefoods.org, genesofsaratoga.com) Pleasanton, Saratoga Genova Delicatessen (genovadeli.net) Walnut Creek *Glen Ellen Village Market (sonoma-glenellenmkt.com) Glen Ellen Golden Gate Meat Co. (goldengatemeatco.com) San Francisco Golden Natural Foods () San Francisco *Good Earth Natural Foods (goodearthnaturalfoods.net) Fairfax The Good Life Grocery (pdma_2547.localon.com) San Francisco *Gourmet & More (Facebook page only) San Francisco Grocery Outlet (groceryoutlet.com) various Guerra Quality Meats (guerrameats.com) San Francisco
HHaight Street Market (haightstreetmarket.com) San Francisco Half Moon Bay Wine & Cheese (hmbwineandcheese.com) Half Moon Bay Healthy Spirits (healthy-spirits.blogspot.com) San Francisco
IInternational Gourmet Foods () San Jose
KKermit Lynch Wine Merchant (kermitlynch.com) Berkeley
LLittle Vine (shoplittlevine.com) San Francisco Local Mission Market (localmissionmarket.com) San Francisco Lombardi’s Gourmet Deli & BBQ (lombardisbbq.com) Petaluma *Lucca Delicatessen (luccadeli.com) San Francisco *Lunardi’s Markets (lunardis.com) various
MMarina Supermarket () San Francisco Mi Pueblo Food Center (mipueblo.com) various *The Milk Pail Market (milkpail.com) Mountain View *Mill Valley Market (millvalleymarket.com) Mill Valley Molinari Delicatessen (northbeachshop.com) San Francisco *Mollie Stone’s Markets (molliestones.com) various Monta Vista Market (montavistamarket.com) Cupertino Monterey Market (montereymarket.com) Berkeley
NNabilas Natural Foods () San Francisco Napa Farms Market () San Francisco Airport Neto Sausage (netosausage.com) Santa Clara *New Leaf Community Markets (newleaf.com) Half Moon Bay, Pleasanton *New Seasons Market (newseasonsmarket.com) San Jose Noriega Produce Market (noriegamarket.com) San Francisco *Nugget Market (nuggetmarket.com) Vacaville
OOakville Grocery (oakvillegrocery.com) Healdsburg, Oakville *Old MacDonald’s Farmers Market (oldmacdonaldsfarmersmarket.com) San Jose *Oliver’s Market (oliversmarket.com) Cotati, Santa Rosa *Other Avenues Food Store Cooperative (otheravenues.coop) San Francisco Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant (fpwm.com) Napa, San Francisco (Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant)
PPalace Market (palacemarket.com) Point Reyes Station *Paradise Foods (foodsofparadise.com) Corte Madera, Novato, Tiburon Paradiso’s Delicatessen (Facebook page only) San Jose *The Pasta Shop (rockridgemarkethall.com) Berkeley, Oakland Petaluma Market (petalumamarket.com) Petaluma *Piazza’s Fine Foods (piazzasfinefoods.com) Palo Alto, San Mateo *Piedmont Grocery (piedmontgrocery.com) Oakland Planet Organics (planetorganics.com) [home delivery service] Sonoma
R*Rainbow Grocery (rainbow.coop) San Francisco Ratto’s International Market & Deli (rattos.com) Oakland Real Food Co. (realfoodco.com) San Francisco RJ’s Market () San Francisco Roberts Market (robertsmarket.com) Portola Valley, Woodside
S*Sacred Wheel (sacredwheelcheeseshop.com) Oakland *Say Cheese (saycheesesf.com) San Francisco Scotty’s Market (scottysmarket.com) San Rafael Semifreddi’s Bakery (semifreddis.com) Berkeley, Kensington Sign of the Bear Kitchenware and Tableware (Facebook page only) Sonoma Sigona’s Farmers Market (sigonas.com) Palo Alto, Redwood City Silva Sausage (silvasausage.com) San Jose Small Foods (smallfoodssf.com) San Francisco Solano Cellars (solanocellars.com) Albany Sonoma Cheese Factory (sonomacheesefactory.com) Sonoma *Sonoma Market (sonoma-glenellenmkt.com) Sonoma Sonoma Wine Shop/La Bodega Kitchen (sonomawineshop.com) Sebastopol, Sonoma Sophie’s Cellars (sophiescellars.com) Duncans Mills *Sprouts Farmers Market (sprouts.com) various Star Grocery () Berkeley Summit Store (summitgrocerystore.com) Los Gatos *Sunshine Foods Market (sunshinefoodsmarket.com) St. Helena
TToby’s Feed Barn (tobysfeedbarn.com) Point Reyes Station *Tomales Bay Foods (cowgirlcreamery.com) Point Reyes Station *Trader Joe’s (traderjoes.com) various *24th Street Cheese Co. (24thstreetcheese.com) San Francisco
U*United Markets (unitedmarkets.com) San Anselmo, San Rafael
VVallergas Market (vallergas.com) Napa *Vella Cheese Co. (vellacheese.com) Sonoma Village Market (villagemkt.com) Oakland Village Market (ferrybuildingmarketplace.com) San Francisco Vino Locale (vinolocale.com) Palo Alto
W*Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com) various *Wine Thieves (winethieves.com) Berkeley, Lafayette The Winemaker’s Pour House (winemakerspourhouse.com) Livermore *Woodlands Market (woodlandsmarket.com) Kentfield, Tiburon
Z*Zanotto’s Markets (zanottosmarkets.com) San Jose, Sunnyvale Eat
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Where to Sample Cheese in the Bay Area
We don’t have restaurants in the Bay Area that employ a maitre fromager (that we know of), but here are some places where cheese is a key ingredient or attraction. Other than fondue restaurants, San Francisco’s Mission Cheese, 20twenty Cheese Bar in San Jose, and Alameda Wine Co. are three places where cheese takes center stage. If you’re looking for unusual spots to get your cheese fix, check out The Black Horse London Pub and Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe (both located in San Francisco) and Bodega’s Casino Bar & Grill. Beware that menus change and restaurants come and go. Always check their Web sites first or call ahead.
Judging from social media comments, we know some establishments don’t even bother to identify their cheese offerings or serve them at room temperature. The selection and presentation of cheese requires the same care and finesse as wine. In fact, we hope someday a cheese list will be as ubiquitous as a wine list. Cheese and beer complement each other as well. According to Culture magazine and Green Bay Press-Gazette, cheese and tea is a thing now. Go to Samovar Tea in San Francisco and see for yourself. We salute those places where one can find a cheese plate that’s more creative than the typical soft goat and cow blue cheese combo platter.
It seems many wineries offer wine tasting with cheese (for a fee), so we have opted to include some of them below. Businesses that cover multiple regions are listed at the bottom of the table.
We contacted most of the 400-plus places in the following directory as an experiment. We heard from only about 50 of them (asterisks before their names). The rest of the establishments should read our take on customer service in the digital age.
Dining on Cheese Name (Web) Location (s)
San Francisco Bay Area
San FranciscoAbsinthe Brasserie & Bar (absinthe.com) San Francisco **ABV (abvsf.com) San Francisco Acquerello (acquerello.com) San Francisco Alegrias (alegriassf.com) San Francisco The Alembic (alembicbar.com) San Francisco Amelie Wine Bar (ameliewinebar.com) San Francisco Antologia Vinoteca (antologiasf.com) San Francisco Aperto (apertosf.com) San Francisco Aquitaine Wine Bistro (aquitainesf.com) San Francisco **Archive Bar & Kitchen (archivebarsf.com) San Francisco L'Ardoise (ardoisesf.com) San Francisco Arlequin Cafe & Food-to-Go (arlequincafe.com) San Francisco **Arlequin Wine Merchant (arlequinwinemerchant.com) San Francisco Asiento (asientosf.com) San Francisco A16 (a16sf.com) San Francisco Atlas Tap Room (Facebook page only) San Francisco Aventine (aventinesf.com) San Francisco B (bsanfrancisco.com) San Francisco Bacchus Wine & Sake Bar (bacchussf.com) San Francisco Baker Street Bistro (bakerstreetbistro.com) San Francisco Bar Crudo (barcrudo.com) San Francisco Bar Norcini (villaflorence.com) San Francisco Barbacco Eno Trattoria (barbaccosf.com) San Francisco Barrel Head Brewhouse (barrelheadsf.com) San Francisco Beso Bistronomia (besosf.com) San Francisco B44 Catalan Bistro (b44sf.com) San Francisco BIN 38 (bin38.com) San Francisco bin480 (marriottunionsquare.com) San Francisco Bisou Bistronomy (bisousf.com) San Francisco Bistro Aix (bistroaix.com) San Francisco BIX (bixrestaurant.com) San Francisco The Black Horse London Pub (blackhorselondon.com) San Francisco Blanc et Rouge Wine Bar (blancetrougesf.com) San Francisco Blush! (blushwinebar.com) San Francisco Bocadillos (bocasf.com) San Francisco Borderlands Cafe (borderlands-cafe.com) San Francisco Bouche (bouchesf.com) San Francisco La Briciola (labriciola-sf.com) San Francisco Burritt Room + Tavern (charliepalmer.com) San Francisco Cafe Bastille (cafebastille.com) San Francisco Cafe Claude (cafeclaude.com) San Francisco Cafe Meuse (cafemeuse.com) San Francisco Cafe Prague (cafepraguesf.com) San Francisco Cafe St. Jorge (cafestjorge.com) San Francisco Caffe Delucchi (caffedelucchi.com) San Francisco Calzone's (calzonesf.com) San Francisco Canela Bistro & Wine Bar (canelasf.com) San Francisco Capannina (capanninasf.com) San Francisco **Castagna (castagnasf.com) San Francisco Cease & Desist (ceaseanddesistsf.com) [formerly Buffalo Club] San Francisco **Cellar Door (cellardoor-sf.com) San Francisco Le Central (lecentralbistro.com) San Francisco Chapeau! (chapeausf.com) San Francisco Le Charm (lecharm.com) San Francisco Chaya (thechaya.com) San Francisco Chiaroscuro (chiaroscurosf.com) San Francisco ChouChou (chouchoubistro.com) San Francisco Chouquet's (chouquets.com) San Francisco La Ciccia (laciccia.com) San Francisco Claudine (myclaudine.com) San Francisco Clock Bar (michaelmina.net) San Francisco **Les Clos (lesclossf.com) San Francisco Cocotte (cocottesf.com) San Francisco **The Commissary (thecommissarysf.com) San Francisco **Contigo (contigosf.com) San Francisco **Coqueta (coquetasf.com) San Francisco Credo (credosf.com) San Francisco Crossroads Cafe (delanceystreetfoundation.org) San Francisco Destino Latin Bistro (destinosf.com) San Francisco District (districtsf.com) San Francisco Dunya (dunyasf.com) San Francisco Etcetera Wine Bar (etceterawinebar.com) San Francisco The European Bar & Lounge (theeuropeansf.com) San Francisco Farallon (farallonrestaurant.com) San Francisco Farina (farina-foods.com) San Francisco Fat Angel (fatangelsf.com) San Francisco **Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant (fpwm.com) San Francisco Fig & Thistle (figandthistlesf.com) San Francisco **First Crush (firstcrush.com) San Francisco La Folie (lafolie.com) San Francisco Fondue Cowboy (fonduecowboy.com) San Francisco Food Inc. (foodincusa.com) San Francisco **Frascati (frascatisf.com) San Francisco Fringale (fringalesf.com) San Francisco Gamine French Bistro (gaminesf.com) San Francisco Garcon! (garconsf.com) San Francisco Gary Danko (garydanko.com) San Francisco Gaspar Brasserie (gasparbrassserie.com) San Francisco Gitane (gitanerestaurant.com) San Francisco Greens (greensrestaurant.com) San Francisco Heirloom Cafe (heirloom-sf.com) San Francisco Hennessy's Wines & Specialty Foods (gourmetwines.com) San Francisco The Hidden Vine (thehiddenvine.com) San Francisco Hopwater Distribution (hopwaterdistribution.com) San Francisco Hotel Biron (hotelbiron.com) San Francisco InnerFog (innerfog.com) San Francisco **InoVino (inovinosf.com) San Francisco Internos Wine Cafe and Merchant (internoswinecafe.com) San Francisco Jardiniere (jardiniere.com) San Francisco Klyde Cafe & Wine Bar (klydesf.com) San Francisco Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant (sf-local.com) San Francisco Locanda (locandasf.com) San Francisco Luce Wine (lucewinerestaurant.com) San Francisco Magnolia Pub & Brewery (magnoliapub.com) San Francisco The Matterhorn (thematterhornrestaurant.com) San Francisco Maven (maven-sf.com) San Francisco Melt! (melt-cafe.com) San Francisco Mikkeller Bar (mikkellerbar.com) San Francisco **Mission Cheese (missioncheese.net) San Francisco MKT (mktrestaurantandbar.com) San Francisco The Monk's Kettle (monkskettle.com) San Francisco The Mortimer (hoteladagiosf.com) San Francisco La Nebbia (lanebbia.com) San Francisco Nectar Wine Lounge (nectarwinelounge.com) San Francisco Noeteca Cafe (noeteca.com) San Francisco Noir Lounge (noir-sf.com) San Francisco Nook (cafenook.com) San Francisco One Market (onemarket.com) San Francisco Ottimista (ottimistasf.com) San Francisco Paprika () San Francisco Park Tavern (parktavernsf.com) San Francisco Parkside Tavern (parksidetavernsf.com) San Francisco Perbacco (perbaccosf.com) San Francisco Pied Piper Bar & Grill (sfpalace.com) San Francisco Piperade (piperade.com) San Francisco Pisco Latin Lounge (piscosf.com) San Francisco Pizzetta 211 (pizzetta211.com) San Francisco Plaj (plajrestaurant.com) San Francisco Plouf (ploufsf.com) San Francisco Press Club (pressclubsf.com) San Francisco Prospect (prospectsf.com) San Francisco Le P'tit Laurent (leptitlaurent.net) San Francisco Puccini & Pinetti (pucciniandpinetti.com) San Francisco Range (rangesf.com) San Francisco Rich Table (richtablesf.com) San Francisco Ristobar (ristobarsf.com) San Francisco RN74 (michaelmina.net) San Francisco **Robberbaron (robberbaronsf.com) San Francisco **Rose Pistola (rosepistolasf.com) San Francisco The Rotunda (neimanmarcus.com) San Francisco St. Vincent (stvincentsf.com) San Francisco Salumeria (salumeriasf.com) San Francisco **Samovar Tea (samovartea.com) San Francisco Schmidt's (schmidts-sf.com) San Francisco Serpentine (serpentinesf.com) San Francisco Sheba Piano Lounge (shebapianolounge.com) San Francisco Sociale (sfsociale.com) San Francisco SOMA Eats (somaeatssf.com) San Francisco Southside Spirit House (southsidesf.com) San Francisco Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe () San Francisco SPQR (spqrsf.com) San Francisco Spruce (sprucesf.com) San Francisco Starbelly (starbellysf.com) San Francisco Sunset Reservoir Brewing Co. (sunsetbeersf.com) San Francisco Sutro's (cliffhouse.com) San Francisco Tank18 (tank18.com) San Francisco Tender (tendersf.com) San Francisco ThirstyBear Brewing Co. (thirstybear.com) San Francisco 398 (398restaurantsf.com) San Francisco Top of the Mark (intercontinentalmarkhopkins.com) San Francisco Tosca Cafe (toscacafesf.com) San Francisco Town Hall (townhallsf.com) San Francisco The Tradesman (thetradesmansf.com) San Francisco Trattoria Pinocchio (trattoriapinocchio.com) San Francisco La Traviata (latraviatasf.com) San Francisco Trou Normand (trounormandsf.com) San Francisco Twenty Five Lusk (25lusk.com) San Francisco 20 Spot (20spot.com) San Francisco Two Sisters Bar and Books (2sistersbarandbooks.com) San Francisco Union Larder (unionlarder.com) San Francisco Urban Tavern (urbantavernsf.com) San Francisco Uva Enoteca (uvaenoteca.com) San Francisco The View Lounge (sfviewlounge.com) San Francisco VinoRosso Enoteca (vinorossosf.com) San Francisco Vinyl Coffee & Wine Bar (vinylsf.com) San Francisco Waterfront (waterfrontsf.com) San Francisco West Coast Wine Cheese (westcoastsf.com) San Francisco The Wine Jar (winejar-sf.com) San Francisco Wine Kitchen (winekitchensf.com) San Francisco **Wines of California Wine Bar (winesofca.com) San Francisco Zazie (zaziesf.com) San Francisco Zuni Cafe (zunicafe.com) San Francisco
East BayA Cote (acoterestaurant.com) Oakland Adesso (dopoadesso.com) Oakland **Alameda Wine Co. (alamedawineco.com) Alameda American Oak (americanoakalameda.com) Alameda AuburnJames Tasting Room (auburnjames.com) Danville Babushka (babushkafood.com) Walnut Creek Bellanico Restaurant and Wine Bar (bellanico.net) Oakland Bridges (bridgesdanville.com) Danville **Cafe Rouge (caferouge.net) Berkeley Cellar Door (ourcellardoor.com) Pleasanton The Cheese Taster Delicatessen () Fremont Chevalier (chevalierrestaurant.com) Lafayette Chez Panisse (chezpanisse.com) Berkeley **Chop Bar (oaklandchopbar.com) Oakland **Cinema Grill (alamedacinemagrill.com) Alameda **Double Barrel Wine Bar (doublebarrelwinebar.com) Livermore **Downtown Wine Merchants (downtownwinemerchants.com) Oakland **Encuentro (encuentrooakland.com) [homemade vegan cheese available] Oakland Esin (esinrestaurant.com) Danville Federicos Tapas & Wine Bar (federicostapas.com) Union City Fiore (restaurantfiore.com) Concord Four2Nine Wine Bar (four2nine.com) Point Richmond Marc 49 (marc49.com) Oakland Michel Bistro (michelbistro.com) Oakland La Note (lanoterestaurant.com) Berkeley **Ordinaire (ordinairewine.com) Oakland The Park Bistro & Bar (parkbistroandbar.com) Lafayette Plate & Vine (plateandvinerestaurant.com) Concord Prima (primawine.com) Walnut Creek Residual Sugar Wine (rswine.com) Walnut Creek Revel Kitchen & Bar (revelkitchenandbar.com) Danville Rivoli (rivolirestaurant.com) Berkeley Sanctuary Ultra Lounge (sanctuaryultralounge.com) Livermore Simply Fondue (simplyfonduelivermore.com) Livermore Solano Cellars (solanocellars.com) Albany Speisekammer (speisekammer.com) Alameda Sunol Ridge (sunolridgerestaurantandbar.com) Walnut Creek The Trappist (thetrappist.com) Oakland Trattoria La Siciliana (trattorialasiciliana.com) Berkeley Underdog Wine Bar (underdogwinebar.com) Livermore **Va de Vi Bistro & Wine Bar (vadevi.com) Walnut Creek Venus (venusrestaurant.net) Berkeley The Vine at Bridges (thevineatbridges.com) Danville The Vine Wine & Tapas (thevinewineandtapas.com) San Leandro Wine & Waffles (wineandwaffles.com) Alameda The Winemaker's Pourhouse & Beer Garden (winemakerspourhouse.com) Livermore Wood Tavern (woodtavern.net) Oakland
Silicon Valley/South BayBon Vivant (bonvivantdining.com) Palo Alto Bubbles Wine Bar (bubblesmorganhill.com) Morgan Hill Cafe Epi (cafeepi.com) Palo Alto Cascal (cascalrestaurant.com) Mountain View Centonove (centonovelosgatos.com) Los Gatos Cin-Cin (cincinwinebar.com) Los Gatos Enoteca La Storia (enotecalastoria.com) Los Gatos La Fondue (lafondue.com) Saratoga Gravity (gravitywinebar.com) Palo Alto Hay Market (haymarketwillowglen.com) San Jose Jack Rose Libation House (jackrosebar.com) Los Gatos Joya (joyarestaurant.com) Palo Alto Liquid Bread Gastropub (liquidbreadcampbell.com) Campbell Little Wine Counter (littlewinecounter.com) Campbell Morocco's (moroccosrestaurant.com) Mountain View Oak & Rye (oakandryepizza.com) Los Gatos Le Papillon (lepapillon.com) San Jose Parcel 104 (parcel104.com) Santa Clara La Pastaia (lapastaia.com) San Jose **Pintxo Pote (pintxopote-tapas.com) [formerly Donostia] Los Gatos Rendezvous Wine Bar (rendezvouscampbell.com) Campbell Rootstock Wine Bar (rootstocklg.com) Los Gatos Saint Michael's Alley (stmikes.com) Palo Alto Savvy Cellar Wine Bar & Wine Shop (savvycellar.com) Mountain View **Scratch (scratchmtnview.com) Mountain View The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse (theseausa.com) Palo Alto Spread Deli & Bottles (spreadcampbell.com) Campbell SP2 (sp2sanjose.com) San Jose La Strada (lastradapaloalto.com) Palo Alto Tessora's Barra di Vino (tessoras.com) Campbell Tied House Cafe & Brewery (tiedhouse.com) Mountain View Tigelleria (tigelleria.com) Campbell 20twenty Cheese Bar (cheesebar.com) San Jose Uncorked! (uncorked-wines.com) Saratoga Village California Bistro (thevillagebistro.net) San Jose **Vino Locale (vinolocale.com) Palo Alto Vino Vino (vinovinosj.com) San Jose Vintage Wine Merchants (vintagewinemerchants.com) San Jose Vyne Bistro (vynebistrosj.com) San Jose Wine Affairs (thewineaffairs.com) San Jose Wine Bar 107 (winebar107.com) Los Gatos The Wine Room (thepawineroom.com) Palo Alto Zola (zolapa.com) Palo Alto
PeninsulaAmie Wine Bar (amiewinebar.com) Redwood City Amour Amour (amour305.com) San Mateo B Street & Vine (bstreetandvine.com) San Mateo Bay 223 (sofitelsfdining.com) Redwood Shores Bistro Vida (bistrovidamp.com) Menlo Park The Cask (thecaskwinebar.com) San Carlos Cetrella (cetrella.com) Half Moon Bay Chalet Ticino (chaletticino.us) Foster City Donato Enoteca (donatoenoteca.com) Redwood City Fattoria e Mare (fattoriaemare.com) Burlingame Flea Street (cooleatz.com) Menlo Park Grape & Grain (grapeandgrainbar.com) San Mateo A Grape in the Fog (agitf.com) Pacifica H29 Coffee and Wine Bar (h29coffeewine.com) Burlingame It's Italia (itsitaliarestaurant.com) Half Moon Bay Madera (maderasandhill.com) Menlo Park Martins West Gastropub (martinswestgp.com) Redwood City Piacere (piacererestaurant.com) San Carlos **Seville Tapas (sevilletapas.com) Half Moon Bay TasteVin Wine Bar & Bistro (tastevinandcheese.com) San Carlos 31st Union (31stunion.com) San Mateo The Village Pub (thevillagepub.net) Woodside Viognier (viognierrestaurant.com) San Mateo Zambra Tapas Bar (zambratapasbar.com) Burlingame
Wine CountryAd Hoc (adhocrestaurant.com) Yountville Angele (angelerestaurant.com) Napa Applewood Inn (applewoodinn.com) Guerneville Arrowood Winery (arrowoodwinery.com) Glen Ellen Auberge du Soleil Restaurant (aubergedusoleil.com) Rutherford Backyard (backyardforestville.com) Forestville Bean & Bottle (marriott.com) Sonoma **Bear Republic Brewing Co. (bearrepublic.com) Healdsburg Bell Wine Cellars (bellwine.com) Yountville Beringer Vineyards (beringer.com) St. Helena Bistro Jeanty (bistrojeanty.com) Yountville Bistro Ralph (bistroralph.com) Healdsburg Bottega (botteganapavalley.com) Yountville Bouchon Bistro (bouchonbistro.com) Yountville Bounty Hunter Wine Bar & Smokin' BBQ (bountyhunterwinebar.com) Napa Cadet Wine & Beer Bar (cadetbeerandwinebar.com) Napa Cafe Lucia (cafelucia.net) Healdsburg Carpe Diem Wine Bar (carpediemwinebar.com) Napa The Casino Bar & Grill (facebook.com/thecasinobarandgrill) Bodega Castello di Amorosa (castellodiamorosa.com) Calistoga Centre du Vin (centreduvin.com) Sonoma Chateau St. Jean (chateaustjean.com) Kenwood **City Winery Napa (citywinery.com/napa) Napa Clif Family Winery (cliffamilywinery.com) St. Helena Cornerstone Cellars (cornerstonecellars.com) Yountville **La Crema (lacrema.com)Healdsburg Diavola Pizzeria & Salumeria (diavolapizzeria.com) Geyserville La Dolce Vita Wine Lounge (ldvwine.com) Petaluma Domaine Carneros (domainecarneros.com) Napa Domaine Chandon (chandon.com) Yountville El Dorado Kitchen (eldoradosonoma.com) Sonoma Dry Creek Kitchen (charliepalmer.com/dry-creek-kitchen) Healdsburg The Duck Club (bodegabaylodge.com) Bodega Bay **Dutton-Goldfield Winery (duttongoldfield.com) Sebastopol Envolve Winery (envolvewinery.com) Sonoma Far Niente Winery (farniente.com) Oakville FARM (farmatthecarnerosinn.com) Napa The Farmer & the Fox (farmerandfox.com) St. Helena Farmhouse Inn (farmhouseinn.com) Forestville **Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch (longmeadowranch.com) St. Helena Flavor Bistro (flavorbistro.com) Santa Rosa Fog Crest Vineyard (fogcrestvineyard.com) Sebastopol Freemark Abbey Winery (freemarkabbey.com) St. Helena French Garden (frenchgardenrestaurant.com) Sebastopol The French Laundry (frenchlaundry.com) Yountville Girard Winery (girardwinery.com) Yountville The Girl & the Fig (thegirlandthefig.com) Sonoma **Goose & Gander (goosegander.com) St. Helena **Gourmet au Bay (gourmetaubay.com) Bodega Bay The Grill at Meadowood (meadowood.com) St. Helena Gundlach Bundschu Winery (gunbun.com) Sonoma **Halleck Vineyard (halleckvineyard.com) Sebastopol Hope & Grace Wines (hopeandgracewines.com) Yountville Inglenook (inglenook.com) Rutherford JoLe (jolerestaurant.com) Calistoga Jordan Vineyard & Winery (jordanwinery.com) Healdsburg Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens (kj.com) Fulton **The Kenwood (kenwoodrestaurant.com) Kenwood KIN (kinwindsor.com) Windsor Kitchen Door (kitchendoornapa.com) Napa Kunde Family Estate (kunde.com) Kenwood Lancaster Estate (lancaster-estate.com) Healdsburg LaSalette (lasalette-restaurant.com) Sonoma Lasseter Family Winery (lasseterfamilywinery.com) Glen Ellen Ledson Winery & Vineyards (ledsonwinery.com) Kenwood **Longboard Vineyards (longboardvineyards.com) Healdsburg **Lucy Restaurant & Bar (lucyrestaurantandbar.com) Yountville **Lynmar Estate Winery (lynmarestate.com) Sebastopol **Madrona Manor (madronamanor.com) Healdsburg Medlock Ames (medlockames.com) Healdsburg Murphy's Irish Pub (sonomapub.com) Sonoma **Oenotri (oenotri.com) Napa Partake by K-J (partakebykj.com) Healdsburg The Plaza Bistro (theplazabistro.com) Sonoma Priest Ranch (somerstonwineco.com) Yountville Quintessa Vineyard (quintessa.com) Rutherford Ravenswood Winery (ravenswoodwinery.com) Sonoma Redd (reddnapavalley.com) Yountville Redd Wood (redd-wood.com) Yountville Robert Mondavi Winery (robertmondavi.com) Oakville Saddleback Cellars (saddlebackcellars.com) Oakville St. Clair Brown Winery (stclairbrownwinery.com) Napa St. Francis Winery & Vineyards (stfranciswinery.com) Santa Rosa Sante (santediningroom.com) Sonoma Sapphire Hill (sapphirehill.com) Healdsburg Seaside Metal Oyster Bar (seasidemetal.com) Guerneville Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery (sebastiani.com) Sonoma Solbar (solagecalistoga.com) Calistoga Speakeasy (speakeasypetaluma.com) Petaluma **Spoonbar (spoonbar.com) Healdsburg Sunflower Caffe (sonomasunflower.com) Sonoma **Swanson Vineyards (swansonvineyards.com) Rutherford Terra (terrarestaurant.com) St. Helena 1313 Main (1313main.com) Napa The Thomas (thethomas-napa.com) Napa Thumbprint Cellars (thumbprintcellars.com) Healdsburg Tony's of North Beach (tonysofnorthbeach.com) Rohnert Park **Underwood Bar and Bistro (underwoodgraton.com) Graton V Wine Cellar (vwinecellar.com) Yountville VinEleven (marriott.com) Napa VJB Vineyards & Cellars (vjbcellars.com) Kenwood Walter Hansel Wine & Bistro (walterhanselbistro.com) Santa Rosa **West Wines (westwines.com) Healdsburg Willi's Seafood & Raw Bar (willisseafood.net) Healdsburg Willi's Wine Bar (williswinebar.net) Santa Rosa Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant (ciarestaurantgroup.com) St. Helena Woodfour Brewing Co. (woodfourbrewing.com) Sebastopol ZuZu (zuzunapa.com) Napa
North BayL'Appart Resto (lappartresto.com) San Anselmo Barrel House Tavern (barrelhousetavern.com) Sausalito Farm House (pointreyesseashore.com) Olema **Farmshop (farmshopca.com) Larkspur Le Garage (legaragebistrosausalito.com) Sausalito Lincoln Park Wine Bar (lincolnparkwine.com) San Anselmo Marche aux Fleurs (marcheauxfleursrestaurant.com) Ross Mill Valley Beerworks (millvalleybeerworks.com) Mill Valley Mountain Home Inn (mtnhomeinn.com) Mill Valley Murray Circle (cavallopoint.com) Sausalito 123 Bolinas (123bolinas.com) Fairfax Osteria Stellina (osteriastellina.com) Point Reyes Station The Spinnaker (thespinnaker.com) Sausalito The Station House Cafe (stationhousecafe.com) Point Reyes Station Three Birds Wine Bar (threebirdswinebar.com) Corte Madera Tiburon Tavern (lodgeattiburon.com) Tiburon The Trident (thetrident.net) Sausalito Vin Antico (vinantico.com) San Rafael
Delta-Suisun BayThe Loft Wine Bar (wine707.com) Benicia **Mare Island Brewing Co. (mareislandbrewingco.com) Vallejo Michael Warring (michaelwarring.com) Vallejo The Rellik Tavern (therelliktavern.com) Benicia Sailor Jack's (sailor-jacks.com) Benicia
Multiple RegionsAlexander's Steakhouse (alexanderssteakhouse.com) Cupertino, San Francisco Aventine (aventinehospitality.com) Glen Ellen, San Francisco ENO (enowinerooms.com) Half Moon Bay, San Francisco 54 Mint (54mint.com) Concord, San Francisco, Walnut Creek HopMonk Tavern (hopmonk.com) Novato, Sebastopol, Sonoma Left Bank Brasserie (leftbank.com) Larkspur, Menlo Park, San Jose La Mediterranee (cafelamed.com) Berkeley, San Francisco The Plant Cafe (theplantcafe.com) Burlingame, San Francisco Index
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Index
When we first published this cheese guide, we didn’t think we’d need an index. Well, now that we have over 600 cheeses in our directory, an index is no longer optional. So let’s start with all the individual producers who made the cut.
Australia [AU]
Heidi Farm (M2), King Island Dairy (B-M), Pyengana Dairy (M), Richard Thomas (F)
Belgium [BE]
Abbaye d’Orval (M), Herve Societe (M), Kaasmakerij Passendale (M)
Brazil [BR]
Laticinios Catupiry (F)
Canada [CA]
Agropur (M), Fifth Town Artisan Cheese (S), Fromagerie de l’Abbaye Saint-Benoit-du-Lac (B), Fromagerie Chaput (S), Fromagerie La Moutonniere (M), Fromagerie Le P’tit Train du Nord (M), Fromagerie Tournevent (M), La Maison Alexis de Portneuf (M), Monforte Dairy (S)
Denmark [DK]
Castello (B), Tholstrup (B)
France [FR]
Abbaye de Belloc (M), Abbaye de la Joie Notre-Dame (M), Abbaye du Mont des Cats (M), Abbaye de la Pierre-qui-Vire (F-M), Abbaye de Tamie (M), Abbaye de Troisvaux (M), BEL Group (S-M), Bongrain (B), Carles (B), Col Bayard (B), Cooperative Fromagere Jeune Montagne (M), Therese-Marie Couvreur (M), Le Cure Nantais (M), Domaine de Saint Loup (S), M. Dombres (F-S2), Etoile du Vercors (S), La Ferme de Cabriole (S), Fromagerie de l’Ance (B2), Fromagerie de Banon – M. Greggo (S), Fromagerie Fermiere Cabrioulet (S), Fromagerie Gaugry (S), Fromagerie Guilloteau (S), Fromagerie Lincet (S2), Fromagerie du Petit Morin (S), Fromagerie Rouzaire (S2), Fromagerie Schertenleib (S), Fromagerie Soulie (S), Fromagerie de Terre-Dieu (M), Fromagerie Thebault (M), Fromageries Arnaud (M), Gabriel Coulet (B), GAEC Jouseaume (M), Celina Gagneux (S), Sebastien Ge (S2), Gilles and Odile Goursat (S), Joseph Guidicelli (S), Claire Guillemette (M), Alain Hess (S), M.C. Matocq (M), Le Monastere Orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas (S), Onetik (B), Claudia & Wolfgang Reuss (S), Roland Barthelemy (M), Santini Brothers (S), Simone Seguin (B), Dragan Teotski (M), Le Vieux Berger (B)
Germany [DE]
Bergader Privatkaserei (B), Kaserei Champignon (B)
Ireland [IE]
Ardrahan Dairy Products (M), Coolea Farmhouse Cheese (M), Durrus Farmhouse Cheese (M), Gubbeen Cheese (M), Inagh Farmhouse Cheese (M), J&L Grubb (B), Milleens Cheese (M)
Italy [IT]
Belluno (M), Busche-Cesiomaggiore (M), La Casearia (B), Caseificio dell’Alta Langa (S), Caseificio Oreglia (S), Cooperativa Latteria di Santeramo (H), Cora (S2), Gruppo Lactalis Italia (M), Luigi Guffanti (S), Lattebusche (M), Moro Latteria di Moro Sergio (M)
Israel [IL]
Kornmehl Goat Cheese Farm (M)
Japan [JP]
Kyodo Gakusha Shintoku Farm (S)
Netherlands [NL]
Beemster (M), BEL Nederland (M), FrieslandCampina (M2)
New Zealand [NZ]
Canaan Cheese (F), Crescent Dairy Goats (M), Evansdale Cheese (S), Meyer Gouda Cheese (M)
Norway [NO]
Tine (M2)
Spain [ES]
Josep Cuixart (H), Queseria Los Corrales (M), Queserias Picos de Europa (B), Queserias del Tietar (B), Quesos Torralba (H), SAT Ganaderos de Fuerteventura (M)
Switzerland [CH]
Josef Barmettler (S2-M2), Kurt Bauman (M), Sepp Brulisauer (M), Mario Cotti (M), Diriwaechter & Schmid (S), Ruedi Fohn (M), GESKA (H), Kaserei Studer (M), Willy Schmid (B), Gery Zurfluk (M)
United Kingdom [UK]
Abergavenny Fine Foods (F), Alex James Presents (B), Appleby’s (M), Bath Soft Cheese (M), Beesley Farm (M), Carmarthenshire Cheese (S), Caws Teifi Cheese (M2), Charles Martell & Son (M), Colston Bassett Dairy (B), Cornish Cheese (B), Cotherstone Cheese (M), Cropwell Bishop Creamery (B), Daylesford Organic Farm (M), Doddington Dairy (M), Errington Cheese (B), Fowlers of Earlswood (M), F.W. Read & Sons (M), Golden Cross Cheese (S), Hawkstone Abbey Farm (M), High Weald Dairy (F), Highland Fine Cheeses (F2), Innes Cheese (F), J & C Reade & Sons/Isle of Mull Cheese (M), Keen’s Cheddar (M), Long Clawson Dairy (B), The Lubborn Creamery (S), Lynher Dairies Cheese (M), Montgomery’s Cheddar (M), Neal’s Yard Creamery (S), PantMawr Farmhouse Cheeses (M), Ram Hall Dairy Sheep (M), Rosary Goats Cheese (F), Sharpham Wine & Cheese (S-M), Stichelton Dairy (B), Ticklemore Cheese (B2), Village Maid Cheese (M), Wensleydale Creamery (M), Westcombe Dairy (M), Whalesborough Farm Foods (M)
United States [US]
Achadinha Cheese (M), Alouette Cheese (F), Alpine Lakes Sheep Cheese (B-M), Ancient Heritage Dairy (B-M3), Andante Dairy (S2), Arcangelo Cheese (F), Beecher’s Handmade Cheese (M), Beehive Cheese (M2), BelGioioso Cheese (M), Bellwether Farms (F2-M2), Berkshire Cheese Makers (B), Bittersweet Plantation Dairy (S), Black Sheep Creamery (H), Blythedale Farm (B), Boar’s Head (M-H), Bodega Artisan Cheese/Daphne’s Creamery (M2), Bravo Farms (M2), Bubalus Bubalis (F), Cabot Creamery (M2), Calabro Cheese (F), Capriole Farmstead Goat Cheese (F-M5), Cato Corner Farm (M2), Central Coast Creamery (M), Coach Farm (S2), Consider Bardwell Farm (F-M3), Costco Wholesale (H), Cowgirl Creamery (S3), Cypress Grove Chevre (M4), DCI Cheese (M), Edelweiss Creamery (M), Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery (F), Emmi Roth USA (M2-H), Everona Dairy (H), Fagundes Old World Cheese (M), Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese (M2), Franklin’s Teleme Mid-Coast Cheese (S), Fromagerie Belle Chevre (F), Gioia Cheese (F), Golden Glen Creamery (F), Grafton Village Cheese (M), Great Hill Dairy (B), Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy (M), Hillman Farm (M2), Jasper Hill Farm (B-S2-M), Juniper Grove Farm (M-H), Kraft Foods (F), Lactalis American Group (F-M), Lake Erie Creamery (M), Laura Chenel’s Chevre (F-M), LoveTree Farmstead (S-M)
Marin French Cheese (S2), Matos Cheese Factory (M), Maytag Dairy Farms (B), Meadow Creek Dairy (M2), Mecox Bay Dairy (M), Milton Creamery (F-M), Monteillet Fromagerie (S), Mt. Townsend Creamery (S2), Mozzarella Co. (F-M), Mozzarella House (F-M), Nettle Meadow Farm (S), Nicasio Valley Cheese (M), Old Chatham Sheepherding (B-S), Orb Weaver Farm (M), Pedrozo Dairy and Cheese (M), Pholia Farm (M4), Pine Stump Farms (M), Pleasant Valley Dairy (M), Point Reyes Farmstead (B), Port Madison Farm (S2), President Cheese (F), Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery (S-M2), Rinconada Dairy (M), Rivers Edge Chevre/Three Ring Farm (F-S2-M2), Rogue Creamery (B4), Rumiano Cheese (H), Samish Bay Cheese (M), Sea Breeze Farm (M), Shamrock Artisan Goat Cheese (F), Shelburne Farms (M), Sierra Nevada Cheese (F), Spring Hill Jersey Cheese (M), Surfing Goat Dairy (F), Sweet Grass Dairy (S-M), Sweet Home Farm (M), Thistle Hill Farm (M), Tillamook County Cheese (M2), Tumalo Farms (M2), Twig Farm (M2), Uplands Cheese (M), Valley Ford Cheese (M), Vella Cheese (M-H), Vermont Creamery (M3), Vermont Shepherd (M), Washington State University Creamery (M), Westfield Farm (B), Widmer’s Cheese Cellars (M), Willamette Valley Cheese (M), Willapa Hills Cheese (B2), Willow Hill Farm (F-S-M2), Zingerman’s Creamery (S)
Cheese codes: F (fresh), B (blue), S (soft), M (medium), H (hard). A number denotes more than one item.
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