Fortified Wines & Cheese

After a busy week and a day of studying, fortified wines, why not have a cheese pairing to go with it?

From left to right the cheeses are a goat cheese, a cow’s milk hard cheese and a blue cheese. Each of these cheeses has certain characteristics that pair well with the below fortified wines ( this is not an exhaustive list by any means). Cheese pairs with many different types of wines. See my Wine and Cheese pairings 101 for more information.

🧀 Humbolt Fog cheese from Cypress Grovers in California is a soft ripened goat cheese with a line of ash down the center paired with a Blandy’s 10 year Sercial Madeira. The acidity of the wine cuts right through the richness of the cheese and makes your mouth sing.

🧀 Fineback from Mystic Cheese Co. in Connecticut is a cow’s milk hard cheese is crumbly yet creamy and paired beautifully with an Lustau Amontillado Sherry. The savory flavors of the Sherry were a lovely match with this cheese.

🧀 Bayley Blue cheese from Jasper Hill Farm in Vermont was an incredible match with a Taylor’s LBV 2015 Port. Port has the goods to hold up to a rich and unctuous cheese like blue.