10 Great Gourmet Cheeses You Need To Try

This is not meant to be a gourmet cheese rating list but just my personal opinion. As with any opinion there will be dissenting opinions so, any and all comments are welcome. Feel free to add any of your favorite cheeses to our list or compile your own cheese list and post it here. As you read the list you will notice that it covers gourmet cheeses from around the world that are made from goat, cow and sheep's milk. Each of these different milks imparts its own character on the cured cheese. The method of production impacts the flavor and aroma of the cheese.

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1) France: Bleu du Bocage is a great goat's milk blue cheese with explosive flavor and aroma. Unfortunately this cheese is no longer being exported to the United States. So if you travel to France search this one out, you will be glad that you did.

2) Italy:Vento D'Estate is an aged cow's milk cheese that must be tasted to be believed.

3) Holland: Goat Gouda try this and you will not believe your taste buds, it is excellent.

4) Spain: Idiazabal is a wonderful raw sheep milk cheese with a great smoky buttery taste.

5) England: Appleby's Cheshire is a raw cow's milk cheese that is not as acidic as many other Cheshires .

6) Portugal: Dom Vilas is a pasteurized cow's milk cheese made the old traditional way. This cheese is Superb.

7) Germany: Hirtenkase is a cow's milk Mountain type cheese. Great with beer for Oktoberfest.

8) Switzerland: Tete de Moine is a masterpiece as are most things form this country.

9) United States: Kunik is a great goat's cheese from New York state. Very creamy.

10) Spain: Aged Manchego is a sheep's milk cheese, this is obvious but it is truly a great cheese.

So there you have our cheese list.
Happy eating !