Gruyère de Grotte (cave aged)
Unpasteurized Cow’s Milk
AOC Designation
Switzerland

The medieval town of Gruyères in the Swiss Canton of Fribourg (western French speaking area of Switzerland) is considered the home of Swiss Gruyère. While French Comté is considered a close cousin, the two cheeses are subtly different in how they are made. Usually made on a larger scale than Comtè, Swiss Gruyère is more consistent in flavour. It is hand washed in brine, which reflects in the flavour; an initial salty taste that does not linger long. The pale coloured interior offers a hard-to-semihard dry paste that gets quite creamy in the mouth. Flavours of sweet, nutty, fruity, even mushroom, come to mind and become more complex with age. Champagne has been suggested as a pairing for this cheese, considered one of Switzerland’s most prevalent and best cheeses.

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Beemster Extra Old
Pasteurized Cow’s Milk
Het Beemsterwapen (Industrial)
Holland

Beemster exhibits the traditional characteristics, [MORE]

Bleu d’Élizabeth
Raw Cows Milk
Fromagerie du Presbytère (Farmstead Organic)
Central Quebec

Bleu d’Élizabeth is an organic, cheese [MORE]

Cantal
Raw Cow’s Milk
AOC (Industrial)
Auvergne, France

Cantal, according to Steve Jenkins, (The Cheese Primer), [MORE]

Cape Vessey
Pasteurized Goat
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co,
Picton, Ontario

This is a chewy, pungent, cheese [MORE]

Le Chèvre Noir
Low Temperature Pasteurized Goat
Fromagerie Tournevent
Chesterville, Quebec

This internationally acclaimed goat milk cheddar [MORE]

Ciel de Charlevoix
Raw Cow’s Milk (artisan)
La Maison d’Affinage, Maurice Dufour, Baie-Saint Paul,
Quebec

Whole milk from a single herd is used [MORE]

Comté Reserve
Raw Cow’s Milk
AOC Designation (Cooperative Producers)
Jura Region, France

France’s Jura Region, [MORE]

Evanturel
Pasteurized Cow’s Milk
Thornloe Cheese (Artisan)
Ontario

Only recently developed, [MORE]

Fleur en Lait
Pasteurized cow
Glengarry Fine Cheeses
Lancaster, Ontario

Fleur en lait, a newcomer [MORE]

Gorgonzola Dolce
Pasteurized Cow’s Milk
AOC (Industrial)
Lombardy, Italy

Gorgonzola, a blue veined cheese [MORE]

Grey Owl
Pasteurized Goat’s Milk
Fromagerie la Detour (Artisan)
Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Québec

Fromagerie La Detour’s newest cheese [MORE]

Gruyère de Grotte (cave aged)
Unpasteurized Cow’s Milk
AOC Designation
Switzerland

The medieval town of Gruyères [MORE]

Hercule du Charlevoix
Raw Cow Milk
Laiterie Charlevois
Baie-St.-Paul, Québec

The Hercule is one of Canada’s unique cheeses [MORE]

Lankaaster
Pasteurized cow (Holstein)
Glengarry Fine Cheeses
Lancaster, Ontario

According to cheese maker Margaret Morris, [MORE]

Lighthall Tomme
Pasteurized Goat
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co, Petra Cooper
Head Cheese maker: Stephanie Diamant
Picton, Ontario

Named after Petra’s mother-in-law, Lighthall Tomme [MORE]

Niagara Gold
Pasteurized Cow Milk
Upper Canada Cheese Company (artisan)
Jordan Station, Ontario

An Oka-style, semi-soft cheese, [MORE]

Paillot de chèvre
Pasteurized Goat
La Fromagerie Alexis de Portneuf (Industrial/specialty)
Quebec

This is a soft, surface ripened cheese, [MORE]

Provincial Smoke
Thermalized Cow’s Milk
Provincial Fine Foods
Toronto, Ontario

A smooth and creamy smoked cheddar. [MORE]