British May Not Name Cheese After Own Town

British villagers cannot name the cheese they make after their town because of a rule that prevents Stilton cheese from being made outside three other counties.

Iberico's Blend Of Milks Produces Distinct Flavor

I've noticed Iberico cheese here and there over the past few years. Without close examination it looks a lot like Manchego — another Spanish cheese with a bone-white paste and a waxy brown rind imprinted with a woven grass esparto design. I mistakenly assumed that it was a Manchego knock-off produced outside the Manchego DOC area.

In The Nicasio Valley, Cheese Is The New Wine

December 29, 2011 Wayne Freedman, KGO-TV

It's becoming a trend: 27 small dairies now make Artisan cheese in Sonoma and Marin Counties, employing some 400 people. Ellie Rulla, a researcher at UC Davis, sees this as a viable strategy for saving family farms.

Avalanche Cheese Co.'s Lamborn Bloomers Is Silky & Spreadable

Avalanche Cheese Co. already has about a half dozen cheeses in its repertoire, but the one that seems to have the best distribution in the Bay Area is Lamborn Bloomers, a bloomy-rind goat's milk square loosely modeled after Italian Robiola.

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery Achieves BRC Certification

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery (VBCC) is proud to announce that they have been awarded certification to the BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard for Food Safety. BRC publishes a set of standards that meets or exceeds all the requirements set forth by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). The BRC Global Standard is a leading product safety and quality certification program used by manufacturers in over 100 countries.