News From The Cheese Caves

The inspiration for this new website that now captures an Artisanal lifestyle was drawn from what we call the “New Artisanal”. A company that is destined to change the way we think about food, appreciate food and make it integral to a way of life that encompasses friends, family and a sensation of well being – a lifestyle.

Our cheeses all have a story. A special story of local tradition dating back centuries in some cases, or one of the master cheese maker’s unique skills, or our work in affinage where we age cheese to peak ripeness. For us, Artisanal is not just cheese; it is knowledge, tradition, heritage, nature, great taste and culinary sophistication all in one.

Our new website is just that. The CheeseClock moves us from liking cheese to a deeper understanding of how cheeses relate to one another, how they should be paired with wonderful wines and more for maximum enjoyment. We assume that when you are enjoying Artisanal Premium Cheeses you will likely be among all things great – family, friends, wonderful conversation, the sharing (sparring!) of opinions, food and wine, adult voices, children laughing and everyone allowing this simple food to create a lasting memory.

Artisanal is not just cheese, it’s what life is all about. Live it . . .

Enjoy our site.

Dan Dowe
CEO

Some people like to bring a parallel of the cheese industry to what the wine industry was thirty years ago: an effervescence of young talented winemakers wanting to show their skills on the international scene. The winemakers did it and with great success to the point that traditional wine countries now complain that exportation to the US are dropping.

One would think that we soon would see the same success for cheese makers. Not so fast and let me tell you in my own view why.

What I see in the cheese making landscape is a great paradox: wine makers to my point of view understood right away the importance of terroir and tried to look for similar areas in the US that they loved from France, Italy or Spain.

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