Gourmet Wine & Cheese Hampers
A range for the connoisseur, but appreciated by all, every hamper features cheeses from either cows, sheep or goats milk, each with their accompanying wines and most suitable condiments. Every one a genuine gourmet hamper.
One way of selecting a complementary wine is according to the style or texture of the cheese, but it can also be based on the cheese’s source of milk. Fresh goat’s milk cheeses match well with crisp white wines like Pinot Gris. Sheep’s milk cheeses pair up well with Gewurztraminer, and harder aged cow’s milk cheeses, like Cheddar, are the ultimate cheeses to pair with bolder red wines like Bordeaux and Montepulciano.
However, as with most rules there are some exceptions and it appears, from a number of recent surveys, that Sauvignon Blanc is now the most frequently mentioned single wine with cheese. To meet this trend we have made some selections that pair this wine with even some of the harder cheeses.
Chutneys, savoury marmalades, and even different crackers and biscuits, are each selected to complement particular cheeses. The refreshing apple chutneys and plum pickle, with celery crackers, go particularly well with a mature blue cheese. Quince chutney and onion pickle are delicious with hard cheeses. No soft cheese is complete without a dollop of sweet onion relish and walnut oat digestives and don’t let your ripe cheese run away without our chive crackers and fresh scented green tomato chutney. |
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