Savoie

This huge mountain cheese is matured for eighteen months to produce a fruity, hazelnut flavour and a smooth, creamy, buttery paste. It is similar to a Swiss Gruyère. A whole cheese weighs up to 60kg and has a distinctive concave edge.
£4.00 per 100g

Auvergne

Created by an Augergnian peasant farmer after seeing the famous Roquefort commanding high prices at the markets. A creamy full-flavoured blue.
£2.80 per 100g

Rouergue, Les Causses

More assertive than Bleu d'Auvergne since it is blued with Penicillium roquefortii rather than Penicillium glaucum . It is a cow's milk version of Roquefort, matured in the caves of Les Causses.

£3.00 per 100g

Ile de France

A fabulous, full-flavoured Brie with a plump, smooth paste.
£3.00 per 100g

Normandy

One of the most famous of all cheeses but relatively young by French standards - a mere 285 years old. The rind is creamy-white and the paste is plump and pale-golden with a full flavour.

Normandy

A peeled Camembert coated in breadcrumbs and marinated in the local Calvados (apple brandy).

Champagne

Chaource has a delicate, nutty flavour and a creamy texture which melts in the mouth like snow. It has a white, fluffy coat.
£3.20 per 100g

Pyrenees, France

Produced in the Pyrenees in France, this is a hard delicate goat’s cheese, aged for around 6 - 9 months.
£4.50 per 100g

Poitou

A smooth, firm, ivory texture with a full, goaty flavour. As the cheese matures it forms a blue-grey mould and the flavours intensify.

Sweeter and nuttier than Beaufort, this very mature Comte is complex and fruity with a firm, slightly granular bite, and gentle acidity. £3.80 per 100g

Champagne

A firm, triple-cream cheese with a rich flavour. Excellent when served warm.
£2.90 per 100g

Bourgogne, Lyonnais

Washing in the local Marc produces a bright-orange, sticky rind, a pungent flavour and lively aroma. Creamy and almost liquid when mature. Individual 250g cheese.

Auvergne

A tall, cylindrical, creamy-white cheese marbled with dark, blue-green veining. The paste is smooth and fairly moist, tasting quite rich and tangy but not too bitter. A fourme is the name given to the mould which shapes the cheese and Ambert is the town around which the cheese is made.
£2.60 per 100g

Champagne

A strong, spicy, orange-brown cheese shaped like a sunken drum. Its paste is rich and smooth and has a pungent aroma. Champagne can be poured into the hollow allowing the cheese to be savoured as one might enjoy Stilton with port. Also available as a small individual cheese
£2.80 per 100g

Flanders

Looking like a rusty cannonball this cheese is matured for eighteen months to produce a hard, brittle, bright orange cheese with a very nutty flavour. Also known as Boule de Lille.
£4.20 per 100g

This cheese is shaped in cloth-lined moulds, then encircled with a strip of spruce bark and washed in brine for three weeks. The spruce imparts a resinous flavour to the pale interior which becomes almost liquid as it matures. 500g. Only available October to February.!!

Franche-Comte

Morbier has a layer of ash running through the cheese and it has a pliable texture, a pink-orange rind and a medium-sweet flavour. Excellent for cooking as well as on the cheeseboard.
£2.90 per 100g

Eastern Vosges, Alsace

An ancient cheese first made by monks in the 7th century. The paste is buttery-yellow, very rich and creamy and the rind is an orange-red colour. The flavour is spicy and tangy and it has a lively aroma.
£3.40 per 100g

Pyrenees

Generations of the Pardou family have produced this AOC cheese in Montplaisir. It is matured in a stone tunnel which they have built into the mountainside.
£3.60 per 100g

France

From the same dairy as our best selling Ossau Iraty, this is a full flavoured hard goat’s cheese.
£4.40 per 100g

France

A pasteurised cow's milk cheese from the Rhone Alps region of France. The cheese is produced in a gentle way with soft curds, resulting in a creamy texture rich in protein and minerals.

Normandy

The oldest of the Normandy cheeses. It is square-shaped, has a red-brown rind, smooth straw-coloured paste, savoury flavour and a rustic aroma. Can become pungent with age.
£3.50 per 100g

Jura

Traditionally, this cheese is placed in front of a fire and the surface of the melted cheese is scraped onto hot baked potatoes, which are then eaten with pickles. A real winter warmer and excellent for parties. See our Raclette grills and accessories in the Cheese Accessories and Gifts section.
£2.20 per 100g

Savoie

A small mountain cheese with a supple, creamy paste and a firm, pinkish-brown washed-rind patched with white mould. The flavour is mild and fruity.
£3.50 per 100g

Les Causses

Roquefort is one of the most famous of all cheeses. It has a creamy, white paste with green-blue veining and a full flavour characteristic of a ewe's milk cheese. Vieux Berger is one of the last hand-made Roqueforts.
£4.40 per 100g

Auvergne

Saint nectaire is traditionally matured on rye straw in vaulted cellars in the Dore Mountains. The taste has a hint of the volcanic soil of the Auvergne.
£3.10 per 100g

Touraine

A log-shaped soft, creamy cheese with a full, goaty flavour. The rind is blue-grey and a distinctive feature is the straw running through the centre.

Western Sologne (Centre)

The lush terrain from which Selles-sur-Cher originates results in a very fine textured cheese, with a nutty, slightly sweet flavour. The tate of goats milk is well defined without being overpowering.

Champagne/Burgundy borders

When young, the rind is washed with brine which encourages the development of a creamy paste and a full flavour and aroma. It then develops a white, bloomy coat.
£3.80 per 100g

Bourgogne, Lyonnais

The crust, texture and flavour of the St Felicien are soft due to the method of production, using soft curd, or caille doux. Superb with a chilled Sancere or Pouilly Fume (both of which we stock).

Dauphine Region

This small cheese is mild, acidic, and salty. As it matures from a fresh to a dry, ripe cheese, the flavour develops. It is at its best when the paste clings to the knife.

Savoie, France

Tomme is the generic term for a deep disc-shaped cheese. The locals dunk this cheese in their soup, as well as serving it for breakfast. The cheese is firm but supple, mild in flavour with a hint of walnuts.
£2.90 per 100g