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Holiday Beverage Pairings with Golden Gate


Make Golden Gate the star of your next party. Made by Marin French Cheese Co., Golden Gate is a complex and decadent triple crème, washed-rind cheese bursting with creamy umami flavors. We crafted two cocktails (one non-alcoholic) to pair with this California original. An apple butter Old Fashioned and a non-alcoholic Ginger Fizz. Both autumnal-themed […]

Cheese Thoughts and Trends for 2022


The first full year of the pandemic brought both challenges and rewards to the US cheese industry. Many artisan cheesemakers went into 2021 having made a significant pivot the year before—setting up e-commerce sites to sell directly to consumers in the wake of restaurant closures and cheese counter shut downs. Natural cheese consumption actually went […]

Our Best Cheese Memories of 2021


Despite the myriad challenges of 2021, it can be uplifting to take a look back at the good times we managed to have. For the curd nerds at culture, many of those good times naturally involved cheese. Here are our cheese-centric highlights of the year—raclette seems to be the clear favorite! My top cheese experience […]

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The 12 Days of Christmas Cheese


On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me Rogue River Blue in pear eau de vie. On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me Two sweet Bijou and Rogue River Blue in pear eau de vie. On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to […]

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