Cow
Cow's Milk
 Bellwether Farms Carmody     $19.00 lb or $55.00 for a full wheel
3 months old, pasteurized cow's milk, Sonoma, California
This younger version of the Carmody is our personal favorite. Rich and buttery with a pleasant tartness.
Pairs with a well made Brut, such as that of Domaine Carneros, but also loves younger Cabernet Sauvignon Blends, particularly those of the Spring Mountain District..

 Crater Lake Blue     $26.00 lb or $100.00 for a full wheel
4 month old raw cow\'s milk from Rogue Creamery, Oregon
Exhibits considerable sweetness with complexity. This is the scraped rind version, not the leaf wrapped. Still good. Pieces cut from a 6.35 pound wheel (appox)
Not too strong for Napa Valley Cabernets, particularly the big ones. Arugably better with a port.

 Fiscalini Bandaged Cheddar     $26.00 lb
18 months old, raw cow's milk, Modesto, California
This 18 month version of the Fiscalini cheddar exhibits, to our way of thinking, considerable subtlety.
Cheddars in general like Cabernet Sauvignons. The younger and livelier the better.
 Fiscalini San Joaquin Gold     $25.00 lb
16 month old raw milk cheese from Modesto, California
This 30 pound wheel is a rinsed curd, perfectly salted and expertly renneted. An intricate and balanced taste that at once evokes an unusual mixture of grana and tomme de savoie styles.
Loves bruts, tolerates blanc de blancs, sulks with a bland de noir. Hard to pair with big cabernets. Better with pinots.
 Green Hill     $16.00 per piece
30 day old pasteurized cheese from Sweet Grass Dairy in Georgia
Arguably the best soft ripened (brie) style cheese in America. Carefully stewarded from the grazing lands through the cheesemaking. Always great
Preferred with reds and it doesn\'t matter which ones.
 Maytag      $24.00 lb or $95.00 for a full wheel
6 months old, made on raw milk from Maytag in Newton, Iowa
Rich, sweet, fruity, sharp all in one bite. The mark of a great cheese is a taste that rolls on and, boy, does Maytag roll on. 5 lb wheel.
A balanced, Sonoma style Port, such as Wellington or Loxton.

 Oregonzola     $30.00 lb or $105.00 for a full wheel
120 day old raw cow\'s milk from Rogue Creamery
Fruity without being overpowering, well rounded rather than sharp, finishing that characteristic gorgonzola dirty sock mouth feel. A real hit.
Something white and rich. Sauterne comes to mind, but other full bodied, though not necessarily late harvest, whites may also reward. Viognie et al.

 Parmigiano Reggiano      $26.00 lb
Vecchio, raw cow's milk, Emilia Romagna
We prefer this premier quality vecchio to overly dry stravecchios. The milk quality is not what it used to be, which makes it difficult to find great three year parms.
Pairs with almost any red wine. Try it with Cabernet Sauvignons from Del Dotto Vineyards.
 Pleasant Ridge Reserve     $48.00 lb
16 month old raw cow\'s milk made by Uplands Cheese Co.
We put this head to head against the gold medal winning Swiss gruyere for about six months. It came out on top. Enough said. World class. 10 pound wheels.
Try it with Chardonnays and Cabernets.
 Point Reyes Original     $21.00 lb or $100.00 for a full wheel
6 months old, made on raw cow\'s milk from Pt. Reyes Cheese Co., California
The milk quality shines through on this cheese. However, for all it\'s age, the cheese shows itself to be young and fresh. Prefers to be served cool, about the same temperature as a sauvignon blanc. Pieces fresh cut from a 6.35 pound wheel (appox).
Anything with a riot of fruit in it. Many late harvests and ports also.

 Sally Jackson Renata     $31.00 lb
90 day old raw cow\'s milk from Oroville, Washington
Sally\'s new Renata is a Bruno Alpino (fans will remember that Renata 1 was a guernsey) and the milk is slightly whiter but with more character and predictability than the old ones. Sally releases this cheese at 60 days. We prefer it at 90 days or higher, which is what we sell it at. Covered in chestnut leaves. Buy the entire wheel, if you can afford it. Most weigh about 2 pounds, but they each is so different that we cannot offer a wheel price.
It will be most fun with Pinot Noirs
 Snow Canyon     $28.00 lb
5-12 months old made on raw milk at Rockhill Creamery, Cache Valley, Utah
This is destined to be a great American cheese. The wide open paste of the younger ones with well spread eyes gives way to tight glacial marks in the older versions. Both are great: the younger is like eating a poached Bartlett pear, the older lets layers of carmel and chocolate unfold in the mouth. We have only younger ones at the moment.
Newly released cabernets and bordeaux blends.
 Wasatch Mountain      $28.00 lb
5 month old raw cow\'s milk made by Rockhill Creamery, Utah
A gruyere style cheese that is wonderfully complex and full, even at 5 months. Much better older, but who can wait.
Chardonnays, Viognier, Prosecco, Semillon
     
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