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Fall Cheese Events Around the Country & World

Fall Cheese Events Around the Country...

From June through October, cheese professionals and enthusiasts alike have plenty of opportunities to learn, connect, and taste. Here’s a chronological roundup of upcoming cheese events happening around the country.

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Why Aren’t There Points for Cheese Like There Are for Wine?

Why Aren’t There Points for Cheese ...

I have never felt more confident shopping for wine than when staring at a shelf tag advertising “94 points.” I don’t know who gave it the 94. I don’t know what happened to the missing six. I just know that 94 feels safe, and it looks close to 100.

Alana Pedalino | ruminations
How to Taste Cheese With Clarity & Confidence

How to Taste Cheese With Clarity & Co...

Since the renaissance of artisan cheese in the late twentieth century, the American dairy scene has undergone a remarkable transformation. Over the past few decades, artisan cheesemakers from Oregon to Vermont have embraced traditional methods and local terroir to create cheeses that rival Europe’s best. Award-winning varieties such as Rogue Creamery Rogue River Blue, Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk, and Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog have earned their place in the Academy of Cheese library—a testament to the growing reputation and craftsmanship of American cheesemaking.

Tracey Colley | blog
What Happens When You Soak Cheese in Alcohol?

What Happens When You Soak Cheese in ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and the Damned, follows the steady decline of Anthony and his wife Gloria as they dance, carouse, and drink their lives away, hoping for an inheritance that never materializes. As Fitzgerald writes, “Wine gave a sort of gallantry to their own failure.” Although he was referring to the inability of their passion to sustain them through their financial futility, Fitzgerald could have just as easily been remarking upon a specific style of cheese maturation that’s suitable for the Jazz Age: soaking cheese in wine.

Alana Pedalino | cheese-iq

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