Pairing Cheese with Brut Champagne

The success Champagnes enjoy with cheese can be largely attributed to their effervescence - the bubbles have a wonderful "lift" and help break down the acids and butterfats. Champagnes also have a degree of acidity and sweetness that gives them special affinities for certain cheeses, especially the rich, buttery triple-crèmes and brie types. Keep in mind, of course, that the less “Brut” the Champagne or sparkling wine, the more likely it will balance the relative saltiness in the cheese. Champagnes are good at breaking down some of the denser, more aged, mountain cow milk cheeses, dissolving them into sweet, creamy finishes. We also find tremendous successes with some of the younger, softer, and more pungent cow milk cheeses; as well as the more mild and creamy goat milk cheeses.

For extended pairing information on Champagne, click here.

Brillat-Savarin Petite, Natural Rind

Brillat Savarin is a cow's milk, triple-crème brie-style cheese from France. It is buttery, rich, creamy and decadent with a thin natural skin.

CheeseClock

Country France

Milk Type Cow

Cheese Type Soft

Wine Champagne Rose

$14.00 each

Aging in the Caves. This product is currently unavailable.

Garrotxa

Garrotxa is a goat's milk cheese produced in the Catalonia region in northern Spain. Our Garrotxa is made in a traditional manner by a small artisanal creamery known for its consistently high quality, and it shows!

CheeseClock

Country Spain

Milk Type Goat

Cheese Type Semi-Firm

Wine Champagne

$30.75 per lb

Hoja Santa

2011 American Cheese Society Competition Winner!

Hoja Santa was created by cheese maker Paula Lambert, owner of the Mozzarella Company in Dallas, Texas. Paula was careful to create a cheese that reflects its origins, and each of these young goat's milk rounds is wrapped in a velvety, heart-shaped leaf from the local (and eponymous) Hoja Santa plant.

CheeseClock

Country United States

Milk Type Goat

Cheese Type Fresh

Wine Sauvignon Blanc

$13.00 each

Nettle Meadow Kunik

The Nettle Meadow Kunik is a unique and decadent cheese made from goat's milk and Jersey Cow's milk cream with a bloomy, white rind and tangy, buttery flavor.

CheeseClock

Country United States

Milk Type Mixed

Cheese Type Soft

Wine Champagne

$37.50 each

Uplands Pleasant Ridge

Uplands Pleasant Ridge is one of the most exquisite farmstead cheeses made in America. The product of Wisconsin's own Mike Gingrich, this award-winning cheese is a wonderful rival to France's noble mountain cheese, Beaufort.