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{ Janet Fletcher / Food Writer }

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Breakout Stars of 2023

December 19, 2023 Douglas Fletcher
Two of the best cheeses of the year

If only cheese were as easy to ship as books, I would order every cheese on this list. Having just polled some leading retailers about the cheeses that outperformed for them this year, I’m dying to try all these gems. At least I now have the start of a must-taste list for 2024, which is how I hope you will think of this collection of breakout stars.

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Tags Capella Cheese, Smallgoods, Marcel Petite, Comté, Widmer Cheese, France 44, Alemar Cheese, Finca Pascualete, Blakesville Creamery, Cow Bell cheese, Sam Rollins, Capriole Creamery, Landmark Creamery
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Breakout Stars of 2022

December 13, 2022 janet@janetfletcher.com
Planet Cheese - Queen Anne's Lace

Which cheeses broke away from the pack at retail counters this year? I asked a few of the nation’s influential mongers what generated the most buzz in their store, and to guess—if they could—why those cheeses resonated. Some of their choices are newbies, some are classics, and a few I haven’t yet tried. If you want a cheese “bucket list” for 2023, this could be it. How fun, after the long pandemic standstill, to have some new cheeses to try.

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Tags Lady & Larder, Jasper Hill Farm, Tulip Tree Creamery, Finca Pascualete, Melinda Mae, Mystic Cheese, Wrångebäck, L’Etivaz, Sweet Grass Dairy, Morbier, 4 Alarm Cheddar
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Spanish Aristocrat

August 3, 2021 janet@janetfletcher.com
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This stunning Spanish sheep cheese is worth the hunt, even without knowing its cinematic back story. I’d certainly place it among the most captivating cheeses I’ve tasted in many months, with aromas and flavors all its own. It tastes nothing like Manchego or any of the Basque sheep cheeses. Made on an estate where sheep have grazed since the 13th century, the cheese owes its origin, in part, to an American fashion model who spied for the OSS in World War II and married a Spanish count. As the importer says, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

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In From: Spain, Milk: Sheep Tags Finca Pascualete, Extremadura, Spanish cheese, sheep cheese, raw milk cheese, Aline Griffith, Manchego
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