Farmstead Cheeses and Wines

Sunday, January 29, 2006

The Fancy Food Show

So, we spent three days last week scouring the aisles of the Moscone Center for new cheeses, cheese and wine accessories, and other things.

As always, we met with vendors, tasted tons of cheeses, and were overwhelmed by the riot of sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the Specialty Food world.

The Cheeseworks Ltd booth was the hit of the show for us cheese heads. Well over 100 artisan cheeses to taste and smell. Jeff fell in love with a traditional, soft sheep's milk cheese from Portugal called Serra da Estrella, goopy, complex, creamy, sheepy. If you've had Torta al Casar, then you are entering Serra territory. It just arrived in the store a few days ago.

We also tasted a passle of Goudas from Cheeseland, our Dutch cheese supplier, and were wowed by two cheeses (which have already graced our shelves): Double Crème Gouda, and Memoire (a double crème Gouda with black truffles).

We also visited with Mark from The Fine Cheese Company of Bath England, whose fine British cheeses are already on the shelves.

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