Cheese for Dessert Wine
The French say that cheese "closes the stomach." Enhance your dessert wine and make your tummy happy with these incredible edibles.
Saint André
Mildly salty but very rich triple-cream is a wonderful dessert cheese. Imported by The Big Cheese company in Annapolis, Maryland. Check the website for additional sweets like Anna's Lemon Thins, gourmet cookies and cheesecake. UPS delivery next-day-air.
$17
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Small rounds of mild, creamy, soft-ripened cow's milk cheese. Velvety texture similar to a fine brie. Sunset Magazine named this one of their favorite new artisan cheeses of the year. Made by Marin French Cheese Company in Petaluma, California.
$29
Delicious with Reisling and a dash of dates or dried cherries
Small fuzzy spheres made of cow's milk and cream. These hand-formed balls are salt cured with a slight taste of mushroom. Crumbly yet melt-in-your-mouth smooth. Tumbleweeds are dusted with sage, rosemary, and red chile flakes. Silver medal winner by American Cheese Society 2002. One dozen (six tumbleweeds, six puffs) per package.
from $68
Pair with acidic whites and add a dollop of dried apricots and roasted pistachios
$17
