Comments on: Crottin de Chavignol Cheese & it’s Wine Friends

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sure i’ve tried Cowgirl Creamery - dont they have a store in that old ferry building in San Fran?

By: oceank8

oceank8 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Waiting to try this cheese! I have always loved cheese but since my recent trip to Sonoma and Napa have a new found passion. Every night I had a cheese plate. Discovered “Vella” cheese and now find myself ordering cheeses online, guess this is another one I can add to the mix.

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

k8 - where do you buy your cheese online? I’ve used igourmet, but thats it. I’m always impressed by their ’stay cool’ packaging

By: oceank8

oceank8 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I just google my favorite cheese. My new discovery, as I mentioned, is Vella’s
http://www.vellacheese.com/
Pretty expensive online, just need to find friends to share with The ones I tried and loved were the dry aged jack which I use like parmesan and the sharp white cheddar! I have also discovered “Laura Chenel’s Chevre” - pure goat milk cheese, it is also very yummy! Nothing like cutting up a few of these with apple, nuts, “Girl and the Fig” dried fig compote, and a great port! - okay now I’ve gone and made myself hungry!

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I had an amazing blue yesterday called cabrales - beautiful, soft and a touch sweeter, yet while still sharp, than many blues. Its spanish.

By: mark

mark — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Finally got a chance to eat a bit of Crottin (from Sonoma county though — couldn’t find any from France). I crumbled it over a salad… It really complemented the salad and especially the apple I cut up to throw in there as well. Great cheese!

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

OK, 2 months later and i actually tried some Crottin (de Canada I think). Had it just now, after breakfast, very creamy and so i felt it needed something to counterbalance that. Worked ok with some salt and pepper, but was fantastic with Mango Chutney, which has some tartness to cut through the the creaminess.

By: mark

mark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:53:02 +0000

Thanks for this tip, Kirstin. I’ll be heading to my local cheese shop to seek this one out soon. Of course a visit to the cheese shop means a visit to the wine store.

By: philip

philip — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:50:41 +0000

I’m suddenly ravenous - I had some great cheese at an event last night. Several i could identify, but there was a round (hocky puck shaped actually) cheese, fairly mild, but with a touch of sweetness, and with the consistency of brie, that I should have asked for the name for. Fantastic!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:58:52 +0000

Vella cheese is one of my favs too, and pretty easy to pair with reds. Do you like their dry jack or their mezzo secco better? I can’t decide.
Phillip- there is a goat cheese, sweet and hockey puck shaped that has a bloomy brie-style rind called Redwood Valley Camelia. check it out.
I’ve never ordered cheese online, but I would try Cowgirl Creamery if I did. I get most of the cheeses for the wine bar I manage through them (domestic & imported), and they are very careful to get them to me in perfect condition. Of course, they deliver to us, but I hear that they Fed Ex too. Not cheap, but likely worth it.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:53:49 +0000

Okay definitely daydreaming about cheese right now.