Humboldt fog pairing9/13/2023 Pedrozo Dairy & Cheese Company, Black Butte Reserve, Orland, CA Marin French Cheese Company Triple Crème Brie, Petaluma, CAįiscalini Bandage-Wrapped Cheddar, Fiscalini Farms, Modesto, CA Redwood Hill Farms Fresh Chèvre, Sebastopol, CAĬypress Grove Humboldt Fog, McKinleyville, CA Robert Mondavi "La Famiglia" 2001 Moscato Bianco Loosen 2002 Urziger Wurzgarten Riesling KabinettĬhimney Rock 2000 Stag's Leap District Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Okay, it was one fellow cheesemonger, but she was all those things I said she was.Ĭhateau Souverain 2002 Alexander Valley Sauvignon Blancĭr. In fact, since devouring the cheese portions of Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating, I have surprised, astounded, and generally befuddled my fellow cheesemongers with sudden and unexpected knowledge about how cheddar is made and why a good Emmenthaler weeps when cut open. ![]() Imagine my surprise! My glee! My sublime happiness at this opportunity! For sitting on my desk that VERY moment was Laura Werlin's first book The New American Cheese on loan from work! I was using it and Ari Weinzweig's book to boost my cheese knowledge. Should it bother me that only cheese geeks will get that joke? Perhaps not - I'm rather used to people not getting my weird jokes.Īnyway, the point of this particular meeting in a gorgeous Potrero Hill house was that Laura Werlin, author of The All American Cheese and Wine Book, was going to be pairing wines and cheeses for the group. Even though I'm not a member (yet) of SFPFS, Cat was sweet enough to ask me to Maytag along. ![]() And, no, I didn't just sit through The Passion of Mel Gibson's Hands, I went to a wine and cheese tasting hosted by a special interest group of the San Francisco Professional Food Society. I was perched on the right hand of glory.
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