A (Painless) Beginner’s Guide to Uncorking French Wine — Part 1
The Launch of The Beginner's Guide to French Wine: Don't be intimidated anymore! Ordering French Wine can be maddening, and just plain frustrating, but no longer.
The Launch of The Beginner's Guide to French Wine: Don't be intimidated anymore! Ordering French Wine can be maddening, and just plain frustrating, but no longer.
Producers of Mothais-sur-Feuille, a goat cheese hailing from Poitou-Charentes, aka the French cradle of chèvre, have applied for their very own appellation.
The small but mighty Picodon stands out for its diminutive size, for its piquant flavor, but perhaps most of all for its variety. A cheese whose aromas, intensity, and even color can vary widely from producer to producer.
Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine: the biggest goat’s milk AOP cheese in all of France, with 7.5 million tons produced every year.
Fourme d’Ambert AOP - sliced into its characteristic rounds, Fourme d’Ambert should reveal a creamy, ivory color and a uniquely soft, unctuous texture that veers almost towards chewiness.
Neufchâtel isn’t well-known outside of Normandy, as little is produced: about 1700 tons per year, as compared to 60000 tons of Camembert.