Cheese, We Do It Right Full Service, Award-Winning Cheese Department Cheeses cut and wrapped fresh to your order! "Our approach to cheese is a simple one and it's the same approach used when it comes to selecting wine for our stores. We taste before we select and try to get to know the producer and importer. We also chose early on, to cut all of our cheeses "fresh to order." This means that we personally and professionally cut and wrap the cheese fresh from the wheel, which gives you a longer shelf life at home and allows you to purchase the exact amount that you desire. And of course we offer samples of our cheeses so that you may see the character of each cheese. Stop by and see why the Riverfront Times calls us the "Best Place to Buy Cheese" and "Best Cheese Counter" and Sauce Magazine says "Favorite Cheese Case..." -John Nash, The Wine Merchant, Ltd. Cheese Expert Steve Jenkins "When it comes to buying cheese, the biggest favor you can do yourself is to find a reliable, impassioned cheesemonger and benefit from his or her knowledge each time when you go shopping for cheese. Always taste before buying...a fresh-cut cheese always tastes better than a pre-cut, plastic wrapped one." -Steve Jenkins, Author of The Cheese Primer Kunik by Nettle Meadow Farm Cut and wrapped fresh to your order! We love this decadent, handmade, triple cream cheese from Thurman New York. Some of the complexity comes from the combination of excellent, naturally produced raw materials. We're talking about milk and for Kunik it's a perfectly balanced blend of goat and cow milk. The cow portion comes from Jersey Cows which produce a rich milk that's ideal for butter and cheese making. Kunik is sort of like French Brie or Camembert but with extra creamy, silkiness. Kunik is so creamy that one customer said that the texture was like ice cream! We just love room temperature Kunik slathered on a slice of baguette or a crispy toast point. Tip: take your cheese out of the refrigerator at least an hour before serving, two hours is even better. Cheese is at its best when served at room temp. We think that Kunik is the ultimate cheese for Champagne (Cava and Prosecco too) and will stand up to the biggest red wine in your stash of chewy, stain-your-teeth-purple bottles. Kunik has developed quite a following here at the Merch and has been featured recently on the menu at several local restaurants including Niche in Soulard (Chef Gerard Kraft's dining hotspot). Stop by for a FREE sample of Kunik and you can see for yourself!

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