Cheese Library TV – Episode #542

September 19, 2008

Gary V and our resident cheese expert Everett dive into some very special cheeses that just reached Wine Library.

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Cheese tasted in this episode:

Cowgirl Creamery Mt Tam
Cowgirl Pierce Point
Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk

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September 22, 2008

CB Lukens
GV – good, different show. QOTD – Spanish goats and orig. being from Wisconsin, I like the cows from Steve’s in Denmark, WI.
September 22, 2008

BelgianBeerMistress
This is a tough one. I also used to sell cheese (and this segment has made me miss it dearly), so I know so many fantastic cheeses, it’s hard to pick one. So I’ll make a short list:

1) Currently: Cana de Cabra. It’s been on sale at DiBruno Brothers here in Philly so I’ve been indulging weekly. I just ate almost 1/4 lb at lunch. It was on point.

2) For when price is no object: La Serena. That cheese is from the gods.

3) When stinky meets lucious: Raw Milk Taleggio.

4) For flavor blast: Roomano 6-year gouda. Try NOT eating this.

5) When price is again no object: Ossau Iraty. I forget which one I love best, it’s been awhile.

6) When I’m in a Patriotic Mood: Humboldt Fog. I must admit, I haven’t tried Cowgirl Creamery yet. But now I must.

7) When I buy for the masses: Fromage D’Affinois.

When I’m in a “blue” mood: St. Agur.

9) When only a bloomy rind will do: L’edel de Cleron.

10) When I wanna feel like an insider: Raw Milk Vacherin – Contraband!

Great show guys!
Julie
September 22, 2008

LauraG
QOTD: Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog
September 22, 2008

Penney
QOTD: I like all cheeses. I haven’t really kept track of the names of them, but I tend to like hard nutty cheeses and soft blue-cheese-type cheeses that are very powerful.
September 22, 2008

James
The cheese show was awesome!!! More please, plus, pair with wines. A really good block of parmesan rules.
September 22, 2008

Austin Baker
Gary, I like Cowgirl creamery’s SF Drake cheese. But i am a big fan of Cave Aged Gruyere. For blue cheese, i love Saint Agur. strong recommendation for that. It is incredibly creamy and has a nice firm blue flavor without being over powering.
September 22, 2008

Jon-Paul Lenczuk
Pricy, but looking too good to resist!

Answer to QOTD: tough question.
September 22, 2008

Scott S.
Gary…Please don’t interrupt your guests…it’s annoying…LOL!
September 22, 2008

Rich in Seattle
Nice show.
QOTD: Tough call, but here in the upper left corner of the US, it’s gotta be Cougar Gold
September 22, 2008

Mark Prudell
Wow the cheese looks great …. BUT STOP !
Tell you boy to find a RAZOR this is crazy . Your sales will go up 50 % if he trims that SHIT!

No one wants to think of cheese whil looking at a guy with a untrimed or any beard. YUK!.

OK back to the show.

MP
September 22, 2008

pawncop
Man, what a interesting episode, I know that there is an explosion of different flavors out there, and I have not really availed myself of them.

QOTD – Baby gouda is a favorite but I would think that there are others that would just blow me away if I had the opportunity to try them.
September 22, 2008

Scottie P
Fun show! Wish I could’ve tasted those too. They looked phenomenal! I hope they’ll be a crazy cheese/wine paring on the boat in April!!!!!!

QOTD: I Love almost all cheeses, too hard to pick one. Recently, I had some goat cheese mixed up with honey. AWESOME!
September 22, 2008

PhilB
GREAT ep! Nice to see some cheeses on!

QOTD: I have to admit I am a fan of Burgudian cheeses : my 2 favs are Abbaye de Citeaux and L’ami du Chambertin, but they need to be perfectly “ripe”!
September 22, 2008

Jamie
Not a big cheesehead, but keep these wildcard shows coming! You guys should do spirits as often as you can (single barrel bourbon and single malt scotch especially)!
September 21, 2008

victor
QOTD: I’m all over the P.V.! Piave Vecchio that is..
September 21, 2008

neutron212
QOTD: you cant beat an aged parm where its so sharp it hits you in the back of the mouth
September 21, 2008

Jason Bonds
Great episode; how about you do one on Olives?
September 21, 2008

David Cole
Great show!! Really liked it! Let’s do cheese at least once a month!

QOTD: I love goat cheese! Try Laura Chenel’s Chevre.
September 21, 2008

Andrew D
Awesome

QOTD: Very hard, but I’ll have to go Australian.
- King Island Dairy’s range for it’s consistent quality and cutting edge place in the industry.
- Yea Chedder; local to where I use to live and best chedder in the world
- Timboon Dairy soft cheeses; great brie and camanbert from a great producer
and
- Cornish Yarg; it’s not Australian, but it’s great and just down the road from my Granny’s palce in the UK.

Cheers
Andrew
September 21, 2008

Cellar Rat
GREAT EPISODE!!!!!! Huge fan of cheese and how the best ones can be a life changing experience.

QOTD- I love Manchego and Grana Padano
September 21, 2008

J Crazy
This may be the first episode that I’ve watched more than once or twice. I don’t know which I love more wine or cheese and having shows on cheese, beer, whiskey, scotch, vodka, sake, etc. really help expand my/our (Vayniac) palate.

You guys can’t ship cheese to Japan can you?
September 21, 2008

David Dadekian
QOTD: I can’t pick just one! I’ve been loving some Irish cheeses lately, and Cowgirl never disappoints. We’re lucky in Providence, RI to have one of the best cheese shops in the world in Farmstead (almost as good as Murray’s).
September 21, 2008

Jeff R
Nice change of pace from the wine world shows.

QTD – Maytag Blue, St. Andre or Parma. Regg. (note: this is coming from one who has a basic tasting of what the cheese world has offer – nothing overly advanced).
September 21, 2008

LowBrowBrew
Cowgirl’s cheeses rock big time! We also visited had a chance to visit them up in Pt. Reyes Station last month – a real first class place with great people, and a lot of other great cheeses, both domestic and overseas cheeses whose makers are just as passionate and have similar profiles as Cowgirl. Plan on making a trip over to the Tomales Bay area as well as Marin County in general for some great eats and fantastic wines. The passion that the area’s communities have is a wonder to experience…
September 21, 2008

Howie K
my favorite cheese is munchee sweet muenster, I don’t really like cheese that much. I had more as a kid. Is eating processed sweet munchee cheese like drinking jug wine or worse?
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