{"product_id":"patricia-michelsons-autumn-winter-cheese-and-wine-board","title":"PATRICIA MICHELSON'S AUTUMN\/WINTER CHEESE AND WINE BOARD","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur founder, Patricia has chosen her favourite cheeses for this time of year to create a wonderful Autumn Winter cheese board.  She has chosen Dominique Hauvette 2019 \"Dolia\" as the perfect wine pairing for this board.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe autumn board is always one that is the most beguiling as the time of the year for cheese enjoyment is perfect to taste a range of extraordinary flavours and textures.  The aged cheeses have had time to slowly mature into flavour bombs, and the younger fresher cheeses have their lactic sweetness coupled with earthy grassy overtones, and then there is the washed rind with its hidden depths of hot spice finishing with a blue that is surprisingly fresh and almost 'minty'.  We've experienced the longest, hottest summer in England, and one our gardens have tried to survive as well as our countryside.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selection I've chosen takes you to places I've visited over the year, from Spain to Nidderdale in Yorkshire; and each cheesemaker stamping their identity firmly from their pasture to the milking parlour and cheese cellar.  This is a cheeseboard that tells a story with every cheese, and the wines I enjoy with them make the passage from start to finish very pleasing as well as very defined.  I am so lucky to have been able to source not only great cheese, but also meet extraordinary people along the way, and I hope you will enjoy the selection as much as I have enjoyed choosing them.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have also added an exceptional honey from Spain; it's Oak honey with an intensely dark burnt umber hue tasting bittersweet and perfect with this cheeseboard, but also on your morning toast, or stirred into your yoghurt, or drizzled over ice cream, or, as I often do straight from the spoon followed by a double espresso! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cheese and wine board is available for delivery from 10 October 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHEESES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobiola Roccaverano\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003e| Piedmont,  Unpasteurised's Goat's Milk. (1 unit - 300g) Small production of a very artisanal and old recipe cheese and milk from their own Camosciata Alpine herd, grazing freely on pastures surrounding the farm. Sweet and nutty with a creamy richness of the milk when young, becoming fruity and more goaty with a little ripening.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStonebeck \u003c\/strong\u003e| Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, Unpasteurised Cow's Milk (200g). It has taken over 2 years to bring this cheese to more than the immediate local shops, and the Northern Dairy Shorthorn cattle produce a wonderfully fresh and grassy tasting cheese. Very limited supply but worth every bite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEl Buen Pastor\u003c\/strong\u003e | Orepesa, Unpasteurised Sheep Milk (200g).   This is a signature cheese for La Fromagerie. The whole story, from the father\/son family tradition as Shepherds and cheesemakers, to the land they farm, the number of sheep in their flock, and finally the seasons that spell out the taste of the cheeses. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeaufort Chalet D'Alpage\u003c\/strong\u003e | Savoie, Unpasteurised Cow's Milk (200g). The raison d'etre for La Fromagerie, this high mountain cheese has a sweet almond nuttiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Retorta\u003c\/strong\u003e | Finca Pasculete, Extremadura, Spain. Unpasteurised Sheep Milk 1 unit (150g).  Finca Pascualete is a large agricultural and livestock farm with more than 800 years of history. This cheese has a natural rind that has been rubbed in olive oil to give the beautiful brick colour and contributes to the full-bodied bosky aroma.  The rich almost melting cheese has a wonderful texture \u0026amp; almost honeyed flavour. Perfect with a full-bodied white wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCaprino Virente\u003c\/strong\u003e | \u003cspan\u003e Piedmont, Pasteurised Goat's Milk. (200g). Pale blue threads through the crumbly textured cheese. There is a light and gentle taste that is not too sharp or farmyard-y in aroma. A good addition to a cheeseboard selection, as well as an aperitif cheese to enjoy with sparkling wines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINE PAIRING:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDominique Hauvette, 2019 \"Dolia\", IGP Alpilles Blanc, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClairette and Ugni Blanc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen a few hours in advance or double decant to get the best out of this unique textural and savoury Alpilles white. It is fruity but with a backbone, a little toast coming through, summer savoury and baked stone, you can almost smell the Mistral wind. White peach, fennel with a stony, saline finish. Dominique Hauvette is a rare breed: intensely stern, unyielding in her convictions, and at times cynical, she is not the jolly Provençal character we are accustomed to from Occitan folklore. Her wines, in turn, are made via singular methods, without artifice, and cannot be compared to anything else in the region, or, for that matter, anywhere in France.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBox of Cheese Biscuits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo add gift packaging please purchase a LA FROMAGERIE gift box \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lafromagerie.co.uk\/products\/gift-wrap\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have also chosen the perfect wine to accompany this cheeseboard. 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