Top 10 Cheese Facts
1. Cheese tastes best at room temperature (allow to sit wrapped on counter for at least one hour)
2. You can’t judge a cheese by its smell (some smellies are bland, some blandies are flavorful)
3. Raw milk cheeses that are aged more than 60 days are legal in the USA (let’s keep it that way)
4. Artisinal cheese is expensive because it’s fresh & handmade in limited batches (you get what you pay for)
5. Cut pieces so that everyone gets a bit of the rind (flavor varies from rind to center)
6. Mold is natural (just scrape it away & enjoy the rest of the cheese)
7. Drinking plain water with cheese invites indigestion (think of butter & water together)
8. Hardest wines to pair are Cabernets & Chardonnays – easiest wines to pair are Pinot Noirs & Rieslings
9. Store cheese wrapped in wax paper in humid refrigerator drawer (cheese needs to breathe – never let it freeze)
10. Hard cheeses last for months, soft cheeses last for weeks
-From Venissimo Cheese in San Diego, CA
Tags: artisan, cabernet, cheese, pinot noir, reisling
