The Best Specialty Cheese and How to Find It

There are many specialty cheeses on the market, although picking just one may be difficult. If you are looking for specialty cheeses, you may have to do a little digging, but if you are a cheese connoisseur, it may be well worth it to try to hunt these cheeses down and have something that differs from the cheddar and Colby cheese that you generally eat on a daily basis. A good specialty cheese will give your taste buds something to get excited over and will be a nice little change for flavor.

Kinds of Specialty Cheese

There are a lot of different styles of specialty cheeses; really the only way to explain them is that they are the cheeses you can’t find reproduced in mass production at your grocery cheese, so they aren't your processed cheddar and that sort of thing. Some of the great specialty cheeses are ones that are rarer, that need to age for a long time, and have acquired tastes.

Epoisses

This cheese is better known as stinky cheese. It has a penetrating aroma and is extremely soft and sticky. These curds are washed in salted water and ripened in humid cellars for four weeks. This cheese sometimes reminds people of a thick, salty pudding. But, if it is for you and you have the taste it is definitely a popular cheese.

Black River Blue Cheese

This blue cheese is by far a specialty cheese. This comes from North America and a coop that has been making cheese for nearly 100 years. This is a beautifully creamy, softer than butter, blue cheese that has a wonderfully blue color. A great taste if you like that sort of thing!

Where to Find these Cheeses

If you are looking for your specialty cheeses, you have a few options. There are generally specialty cheese and wine stores in your area. If not, you can always find these cheeses online at the specialty stores and just have them shipped to you. It is easy to get your hands on these cheeses, and sometimes visiting the store is a lot of fun because they will be able to help you find a great wine to pair with your specialty cheese also, so you’ll get the best of both worlds. But, you can also use the ever convenient online ordering option to get your specialty cheeses delivered to your door quickly and at your convenience.

-Written by Viktoira Carella