Summer cheese and wine tips!
If you are looking for something unique, we have a wine tasting this weekend with Beth Moyer on Saturday from 1 until 3 p.m. As always, I will have the cheese picked to match Beth's Summer Wine selection, and we'll have great fun! Join us and be entered into a drawing for a BSM Gift Certificate! Free and open to all!
It's time to relax, to take a deep breath, to move your living out of doors. Many might think that summer is not the time for cheese - it's heavy, it's thick on the palate, it doesn't match up well with all those light summer foods!
Here are some examples of how well our cheeses really do match up to your lighter summer fare:
A light appetizer tray featuring these 3 cheeses is a guaranteed hit:
1. Menage by Carr Valley - a lovely blend of three milks (cow, goat, sheep) matured into a light and elegant, yet creamy white cheese, paired with a crisp, chilled Sauvignon Blanc or our new Basa. This would be a standout on a tray featuring fresh pop-in-your mouth blueberries or strawberries, and a great crisp cracker like Madison - made Potters crackers.
2. Now add a savory or flavored cheese like Hook's Sundried Tomato Basil Cheddar or Holland Farms Gouda with Foenegreek. Either of these would be perfect companions with a thin sliced Molinari Sliced Salami. Pair this with a summer red like a Tempranillo or a Zinfandel.
3. A third could be the elegant and creamy Buttermilk Blue from Roth Kase, and a top favorite here at BSM. Let this cheese warm to room temperature and spread on crackers (Potter's Hazelnut Graham) and drizzle with a local honey, like Wisconsin's Natural Acres raw honey!
Bring on the grill, bring on the cheese!
Laura
