Pinot noir pairing with cheese is about the terroir
Cheese – paired with fine French pinot noir – also helped inspire another winemaker, Liam Van Pelt, when he started working at the revered high-altitude Adelaide Hills vineyard, Ashton Hills, in 2019. Ashton Hills had been established in the early 1980s by Stephen George. In 2015, he sold to...
An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter
For most cheese lovers, taste is the thing. Whether it’s a tangy blue stilton or a creamy oozing camembert, the most important element is the eating. But cheese has profound political and economic properties too, with implications for international trade deals and commerce. The taste of gruyere, for example,...
Court says US-made cheese can be called ‘gruyere’ too
NEW YORK – A US appeals court ruled that in America the word “gruyere” is a common label for cheese and cannot be reserved just for the kind made originally in France or Switzerland. The United States does not have the same strict rules as Europe on the designation of...
US-made cheese can also be called ‘gruyere’, court rules
There have been controversies on whether cheese from outside Europe can still be called ‘gruyere.’ Photo: 123rf The name “gruyere” can now be used to label cheeses from outside of the Gruyère region of Switzerland and France, a US appeals court has ruled. The Virginia court upheld a ruling...
31 Types of Cheese To Add to Your Next Charcuterie Board
Cheese and thank you—our grocery list is officially inspired. There was talk in late 2022 that butter boards were the new cheese plates. It was heresy. Cheese plates and charcuterie boards filled with an assortment of different types of cheese remain party staples. And, not to be cheesy, it’s more...
Packaging research finds drivers of hard cheese sales
A survey of 3,176 hard cheese shoppers across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden found that 89% of consumers across Europe said that transparent packaging was important to them when buying hard cheese. The research showed that if the packaging isn’t transparent enough – particularly for...
7 common French cheese myths, busted
In the world of turophilia (that’s “love of cheese” for the neophytes out there), there may be no nation more afflicted than France. Cheese is omnipresent: Supermarkets often have not one but two whole aisles dedicated to the product, and cheese cloches are available in the local equivalent of...
Tulare cheese plant expansion to make more feta
Already the world’s leader in cheese production, Lactalis acquired a portfolio of iconic cheese brands from Kraft including Cracker Barrel, Breakstone’s, Knudsen, Hoffman’s and a perpetual license for the use of the Kraft brand in natural, grated and international cheeses. Lactalis also acquired the Cheez Whiz brand outside the...