(Why, yes, this is our favorite store. Why do you ask?)
As part of the event, CM published a free Cheese Guide, which promptly fell into my shopping cart. At the back I found this useful list of cheese and wine pairings:
Semi-soft cheeses
- non-oaky, medium acid wines
- Light Chardonnay
- Chenin Blanc
- light-bodied, fruity Pinot Noir
Semi-soft with bloomy rind cheeses
- non-oaky Chardonnay
- sparkling wine
- light-to-medium-bodied Pinot Noir
- light-to-medium-bodied Syrah
Semi-hard cheeses
- red wines
- full-bodied Chardonnay
- older vintage reds or whites
Hard cheeses
- fruit-forward wines
- sweet wines
Fresh or soft goat cheeses
- sparkling wines
Creamy and tangy blue cheeses
- sweet wines
- sparkling wines
- older vintage reds
- mild, fruity reds
Mild blue cheeses
- fruity sparkling wines
- semi-dry Riesling
- dessert wines
Washed-rind or strong cheeses
- fruity semi-dry whites
- Riesling
- Gewürztraminer
- light, fruit-forward reds
In two weeks: cheese and beer pairings!
4 ate pie:
This is great info! I have yet to meet a cheese I didn't like. I'm only slightly more picky about wine :-)
Hear, hear! In two weeks (I revised the post), we'll have pairings with beer.
Mmmmm cheese and wine...is it 5 o'clock yet? Looking forward to the beer pairings! (and jealous you live close to Central Market)
Very close to CM. I miss it when we aren't here.
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