Mellow Yellow: Quebec’s Le Douanier Cheese

Le Douanier

With a signature line of ash through its centre, French Morbier can be spotted by cheese lovers from a mile away. Unless it isn’t Morbier, but rather its Canadiandoppelganger, a Quebec cheese named Le Douanier.

Created by master cheese maker Fritz Kaiser in 2000, Le Douanier won the Grand Champion award at the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix in 2004 and is a classic in Canada’s young artisanal cheese industry.

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