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Firm Cheeses

Firm cheeses have a very distinct, firm texture, and become harder and more concentrated with age. In firm cheese, the curd is broken into smaller grains, and then they are either cooked (in the case of Comté, Gruyère, Beaufort) or uncooked (Laguiole, Persillé de Tignes, Cantalet) before pressing.

Firm cheeses have a lower humidity content. During longer periods of affinage, firm cheeses may lose as much as 15% of their weight, which translates into deeper flavor.

Mostly made in mountain regions, firm cheeses are always popular on any cheese platter.

We are pleased to offer our collection of artisan firm cheeses.


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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. (Read more...) 
Country United States
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Merlot
Item #  10568
$31.25 per lb





Cantalet
Cantalet
(kahn-TAHL-ay)
Cantalet is a cheddar-like cow's milk cheese from Auvergne, France. It is weighty, moist, creamy, and just subtley sharp, with a very defined sweet and milky quality. (Read more...) 
Country France
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Merlot
Item #  10117
$18.00 per lb
Please call for availability.
Gruyere
Gruyere
(groo-YEHR)
Gruyere is one of the most famous Swiss cheeses. It is made from cow's milk and has a nutty, slightly sweet taste with complex musty and mushroomy notes. (Read more...) 
Country Switzerland
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Zinfandel
Item #  10262
$38.50 per lb





Appenzeller
Appenzeller, a classic Swiss Alpage cheese from fromager Rolf Beeler, receives its unique flavors from the herbs, liquors and wines that comprise the solution in which the wheels are bathed. The wheels are washed frequently and aged for a minimum of four months, until they develop an herbaceous, nutty flavor and a smooth, milky finish. (Read more...) 
Country Switzerland
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Merlot
Item #  10026
$37.00 per lb
Please call for availability.
Cheddar, Fiscalini Bandaged
Fiscalini Bandaged Cheddar from Modesto, California, is a true, American farmstead cheddar and sings with a luxurious balance of buttery, grassy, and savory flavors. (Read more...) 
Country United States
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Pinot Noir
Item #  10060
$24.50 per lb
Please call for availability.
Cheddar, Quicke's
Quicke's Cheddar is made in the traditional style of English farmhouse cheddars; the result is a spicy, caramely cheese with a hugely complex flavor profile and tight, crystalline texture. (Read more...) 
Country Great Britain
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Semi-Firm
Wine Pinot Noir
Item #  10002
$21.00 per lb





Pecorino Toscano Stagionato
Pecorino Toscano Stagionato is a centuries-old D.O.C. (or name-controlled) table cheese from Tuscany. It is sturdy and nutty with a hint of salt on the palate. (Read more...) 
Country Italy
Milk Type Sheep
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Merlot
Item #  10655
$18.75 per lb





Helen
Helen is a raw cow milk cheese from Idaho’s Lark’s Meadow Farm. The nutrient-rich milk is supplied from a small herd of Swiss Brown cows grazing on fresh pastures April through October, and then on a diet of grass and alfalfa hay in the winter months. (Read more...) 
Country United States
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Pinot Noir
Item #  10946
$31.50 per lb





Dulcinea
We first found the Dulcinea at the 2011 American Cheese Society conference in Montreal. This pressed sheep milk cheese is crafted by a relative newcomer, Kendall Russell. (Read more...) 
Country United States
Milk Type Sheep
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Tempranillo
Item #  10947
$36.00 per lb





Double Gloucester
Double Gloucester is a traditional English cheddar-style cheese from Gloucestershire with a bold orange color and bright, eggy, and somewhat sharp flavor. (Read more...) 
Country Great Britain
Milk Type Cow
Cheese Type Firm
Wine Syrah
Item #  10001
$19.50 per lb





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