New Cheese & Gourmet - Shop Local

Let's face it, big box stores have the money behind them to load up the cases. Smaller stores like Dilly Cafe Wines & Gourmet have to find a niche. Ours is higher end, harder to find cheeses with someone who knows each intimately. That'd be me because I buy, cut, wrap and display almost every piece in our cheese cases! As my T-shirt says "I cut the cheese!" Hey - it has its advantages.

Here are a few new additions this week:

Garrotxa (a harder to find creamy goat cheese from the Catalan region of Spain with hints of nuts)

Roaring Forties Blue (a customer favorite that has been hard to find - and surprise! The price has actually come down a few dollars a pound this time!

French Muenster - the smelly, incredibly wonderful gem from Alsace. Great with beer or wine.

Mousse Truffe pate (youve asked for it, it's in stock!)

Capriole Mont St. Francis - which the cheesemaker describes as:
"Intense, beefy, earthy--all describe this 2-3 lb. wheel with a reddish, washed rind and the typical pungent odor to match. Named for a nearby monastery, Mont St. Francis is a hearty, stinky, cheese, semi-hard and rich. We love it but it's not for the faint of heart! One of our customers has described it as "a cheese you would not want to eat on a first date, but maybe on the 2nd if the first one went well." Because it is extreme, it pairs well with bourbon or fruity, fortified wines and sweet condiments. Also excellent with bitter beers.

Because we have such an incredible selection of artisan washed rind cheeses in stock, this week's cheese selection will be an array of washed rinds - a great chance to try different styles. With beer . . . or say . . . a nice gwertztramainer!

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