INTERNATIONAL CHEESE PLATTER

MONTASIO FESTIVO (from Mexico: a goat cheese aged for 6 months to one year with a firm texture, nutty tinge, and deep tang from its ancho chile/olive oil rubbed red rind!)

BEEMSTER CLASSIC (from Holland; 18 month aged Cow’s milk with influence of seaclay soil-grown grasses, giving the cheese a sweet, soft, creamy texture and unparalleled fresh flavor)

BOSCHETTO AL TARTUFO STAGIONATO (Made in Italy from pasteurized ewe milk.  Mixed throughout are shavings of rare white truffle that transform the cheese into a powerfully addictive delicacy)

GJETOST (Made in Norway from a mixture of cow’s and goat’s milk, this exquisite cheese has a sweet, brown, caramelized appearance and flavor from uniquely cooked milk sugars)

WENSLEYDALE WITH APRICOTS (Made from milk drawn from cows grazing in sweet limestone English pastures; only three weeks old, it has a clean, mild, slightly honeyed taste with the perfect compliment of succulent apricot)

Served with an Fig/Apricot Marmalade $17. 50

Suggested with a ONE OUNCE tasting sample flight of Duet Hazlenut Sherry, Sandeman Semi-Dry Sherry, and Deco Chocolate Port  $8.50

CHEESES OF THE U.S.A.

VELLA SPECIAL SELECT DRY MONTEREY JACK  (Sonoma, California; Aged for one year to develop a hard, pale yellow interior with a sweet, nutty, intense flavor)

PURPLE HAZE CHEVRE (From Humboldt County CA, a young goat’s milk cheese with essence of lavender buds and wild harvested fennel pollen)

CALABRO RICOTTA SALATA (Made in Bridgeport CT, this old-fashioned hand-dipped cheese has been baked into a firm, crumbly, unsweetened “cheesecake”)

FISCALINI FARMSTEAD CALIFORNIA CHEDDAR (A raw-milk, English-style farmhouse aged cheese with a rich, buttery, sharp flavor)

SPROUT CREEK FARM BARAT (Dutchess County, NY: An artisanal, grass-fed cow’s cheese with a nutty, sharp, firm cheddar-like texture)

Served with a Roasted Garlic-Sweet Basil Spread $16.50

Suggested with a TWO OUNCE tasting sample flight of NEW YORK/CANADIAN WINES: Neige Apple Ice Wine, Duckwalk Hamptons Blueberry Port,  and Duckwalk APHRODITE Late Harvest Gewurztraminer $9.50

FORMAGGIO E FRUTTA

A Selection of Domestic & Imported Cheeses (Brie, Blue, Gruyere, Spanish “Drunken” Goat, Pepperjack, Edam, Gouda.)

Served with seasonal fruits and berries $15.50