Cheese & Wine Party 33 1/3: The Final Verdict.
The post title is inspired by The Naked Gun, since we love Leslie Nielsen, and by our recent numerous Cheese & Wine parties. Here we finally summarize our favorites and the consensus is unanimous. For our slew of parties, we purchased (6) different Cheeses from Trader Joe’s. They have an excellent selection. Before the first party, we tested the Cheese to spare guests from potential scary flavors, which is highly recommended and turned out to be necessary, since we quickly ruled out the TJ Morbier (France). It tasted awful, thus we replaced it with another. It’s a better party when all tastes good.
And the winners are… (1) Toscano Cheese With Black Pepper (Italy), (2) Blue Catello (France), (3) Italian Truffle Cheese (Italy), (4) Gouda Cheese With Olive Oil (USA), (5) Kiwi Swiss Cheese (New Zealand), and (6) Smoked Cheese (Holland). All are Cow’s Milk Cheeses. The first three listed are definitely worth buying again — Everyone particularly loved the Toscano Cheese With Black Pepper (back row right). And the Italian Truffle Cheese deserves a special mention too, as it includes actual Truffle pieces throughout (front row left).
Our final Cheese & Wine Par-tay included a few Mezzetta products that went well with the Cheese and other accompaniments. We dipped Olive Bread in the Pesto Sauce and the Roasted Red Peppers and Pepperoncinis were a compliment to all. Thanks Mezzetta — We’ve enjoyed many of your fine products over the years and the arrival of the (3) above surely came at the right time. We liked the Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio had with all, but have no elaboration on ’em. They sufficed.
Note: What makes a Party a Par-tay is your own personal Wine opener. Thanks T.
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