Featured Cheese - October 2021

We are so excited to bring you a new cheese that has won numerous awards including a gold medal at the World Cheese Awards in 2014! The base of this unique cheese is their famed BellaVitano, which is similar to a parmesan that finishes smooth and creamy. It is then hand rubbed with freshly roasted espresso that brings a sweet and rich flavor.

All of Cooperstown Cheese Company’s cheeses are made from high quality, raw milk. Jersey Girl is a washed curd cheese which makes it stay creamy but also allows for big, yet mellow, flavors. The yellowish color is naturally-occurring as Jersey cow milk is a pale yellow which deepens when the cows are on pasture. The rind is natural and edible, but a bit more chewy than the interior. Bright and earthy, this cheese is wonderful on its own...

Tomme Saint Georges’ paste is moist and creamy. Its flavor profile reminds us of a sauce or bisque made from sweet cream, chives, and leeks. You might pick up on some breadiness. Consider pairing it with bolder wines and beers along with prosciutto, honey or dried fruit.

Pleasant Ridge is made in the style of traditional Alpine mountain cheeses, like Beaufort or Gruyère, but in a much smaller format (approx. 7 pounds). Aged over a year, flavor crystals have developed and add dimension to its creamy texture. The paste is almost amber in color and the flavors are rich and fruity, almost like blackberries. Sweet grass notes integrate beautifully with rich, slightly salty, fruity notes that linger pleasantly.

BiancoSardo’s texture is drier, similar to an aged Parmigiano Reggiano, crumbly with heaps of flavor crystals (tyrosine). It’s considered to be an 'old world' cheese. The flavor is savory and sweet from the sheep's milk, slightly herbal and earthy closer to the rind, and tangy, while offering a balanced amount of salinity. Though sharp and full flavored, BiancoSardo’s flavor profile and surprisingly creamy mouthfeel will please many palates.