Let me paint you some pictures. A bottle of Chablis, perhaps a Malbec, a picnic blanket, a baguette, a blue sky, a river babbling behind you …and a cheese platter. Of course that someone special has bought prepared this picture for you.
How about a group of friends sitting around and discussing what is going on this global world of ours. The Shiraz is flowing, the beers are cold and there are cheeses, crackers and fresh fruits all fuelling the debates. I know that this happens in our own home, a lot.
How about just eating cheese because it tastes so good ..anytime.
To paint your picture, have a look at the following and choose your own story. These are just some of the world’s many types of cheese, and they are popular and very good. Some are new to me like Tupi and Catupiry, but I know that as a cheese fanatic i will be seeking these out on my travels, or trying to source them locally. Because I am Australian, I can totally vouch for the Milawa Chèvre, which is a goat’s cheese from Wangaratta, in southern NSW and near to the wine region of Rutherglen. Picture this, Milawa Chèvre, and fine local wines in Australia under the open skies. It works.
I have a total weakness for blue vein cheese so the New Zealand Kapiti Kikorangi is one that I am seeking out.
Which cheese do you want to try?
Some countries like the Netherlands and Italy, both renowned for their cheeses, are so special that they deserve their own stories.
These 29 Cheeses from Around the World will help to inspire you to paint your own picture.
It won’t be hard.
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Thanks for these yummy cheesy resource! I hope to get to taste all the cheese all around the world too someday.
Me too and we are currently in France sampling some amazing ones.
Love love love cheese and LOVE this infographic! Even though Reggianito is rubbish – a poor imitation of Parmigiano!
Love the comment about Reggianito. Love a woman who is passionate about her cheeses.
Hi Paula, with cheese and wine it’s not hard to create a story at all. I can have them anytime, anyplace:) What an amazing selection of cheeses you have featured. I love the infogrpahics.
There are some incredible cheeses here and we are on a mission to find them and to eat them.
Before reading this post the extent of my cheese knowledge was the types of cheese that go on pizza. I had no idea that there was cheese made from donkey milk.
So many cheeses, so many more to try.
So many cheese I’ve never heard of let alone tried. I’ve not even come across the English cheese selected here. So many cheeses… and so little time!
That is the best statement, so many cheeses, so little time. This is our mission to try all on the list.
Interesting. We love cheese, but mostly the smoked or mild varieties. The one from New Zealand I have never tried. What I found most interesting is how limited my view was prior to this – Cow, sheep or goat, but I never thought about cheese from Camel, yak or other animal milk.
There are so many interesting cheeses still to discover. Another favourite of mine is quark.
I love cheese…
Me too
Paula! What did I learn from this post? That there’s a heck of a lot of cheese out there for me still to try! Love it!
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Me too and I am on the trail to try them all.
when we were in Paris last summer. we would go to the markets and I would stand by the cheese stall and just inhale deeply. I loooooove cheese. Spanish, Irish, French, goat, cow, sheep. I’ve rarely met a cheese I didn’t like.
I am the same, I love cheese, all cheeses and particularly a very sharp and creamy blue vein