Classic Wine And Cheese Pairings

Question 1

Appenzeller
Switzerland
Unpasteirised cow milk
CH, AOC 1981

Answer 1

Petit Arvine
Light, mineral white wine from CH

Question 2

Banon
Chevre from Provence, FR
AOC 2003, AOP 2007 (steds Beskyttet)

Answer 2

Drueblend av
Clairette, viognier, ugni blanc from Chateau Simone

Question 3

Bleu d’aubergne
Like a Roquefort on cow milk
AOC 1975, AOP 1996

Answer 3

Vin de paille from fx
Rolet based on grapes
Poulsard, chardonnay, savagnin

Question 4

Brie
Close to Paris
Cow milk
Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun AOC 1980

Answer 4

Aged red Bordeaux (10+ yrs) fx
Ch. Bertrand Branayre or
Ch. Citran

Aged Rioja from Lopez de Heredia

Question 5

Brillat-Savarin
Cow milk
France

Answer 5

Redwine from Jura on
Pinot noir, trousseau, poulsard

Question 6

Brunost
Cow milk or goat milk
Norway

Answer 6

Vin Santo from Santorini or Toscana
Moscatel de Setubal from Portugal

Dry and aged madeira

Question 7

Caciocavallo
Italia
Sheep or cow milk
One of the oldest and most beautiful (?) Cheeses available

Answer 7

Aged aglianico from Campania, IT
Fx Mastroberardino or Pietracupa

If fresh Caciocavallo try with sangiovese from Tuscany

Question 8

Camembert
Cow milk
Camembert de Normandie, AOC, 1983

Answer 8

Young Pinot noir from Burgundy
Fx
Se Montille
Patrice Rion
Faiveley

Question 9

Cheddar
Cow milk
Somerset, UK, made originally in caves

Answer 9

Aged champagne or barrelaged champagne
Fx
A.D. Coutelas Louis Victor
Henri Guirand with Fût de Chêne
Andre Clouet with Un jour du 1911

Question 10

Chevre from Loire
Goats milk
Crottin de Chavignol

Answer 10

Sauvignon blanc from Sancerre
Fx
Pascal Cotat
Claude Riffault
Vacheron