{"title":"French Cheese","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French wall is the deepest section of our counter, and honestly it’s not close. Brie de Meaux from Île-de-France. Époisses from Burgundy, including wheels from affineur Rodolphe Le Meunier. Comté aged 12 and 24 months in the Jura — 24 is right in the sweet spot, still supple but full of those crunchy little crystals. And Roquefort from the Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, where houses like Papillon and Gabriel Coulet still ripen sheep’s milk wheels the way they have for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Basque Country there’s Ossau-Iraty and Abbaye de Belloc, a sheep’s milk tomme made by Benedictine monks. From the Loire, the little goat cheeses — Crottin, Mothais sur Feuille, ash-dusted Valençay — that taste gently of the cave they were aged in, in the best way. And yes, French feta — sheep’s milk, briny, a little gentler than the Greek style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lot of these carry AOP names, which means the recipe, the region, and often the breed are protected by law. Building a board? One soft, one alpine, one blue — that’s a French cheese course in three cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut to order in Beverly Hills and shipped cold to 48 states.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fourme-dambert-1","title":"Fourme d'Ambert","description":"\u003cp\u003eFourme d'Ambert is an AOP cow's milk blue from the Auvergne region of central France, one of the oldest blues in the world with roots going back over a thousand years. It comes in its signature tall cylinder, smaller and taller than most blues, with a dusty natural rind that hides a pale ivory paste laced with fine blue-green veins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is semi-soft and dense, almost fudgy, and slices clean without crumbling. The curd is pierced during aging so the Penicillium roqueforti can breathe through the wheel, which is why the blue spreads in even seams from edge to edge rather than pooling in pockets. On the palate it opens with sweet fresh cream and hazelnut, then the blue arrives mid-palate as a savory pull rather than a sharp bite, with a quiet mushroomy note from the rind. The finish is gentle, a soft mineral lift that lingers without burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the blue to reach for when you want something refined and approachable, the gateway for people who think they don't like blue cheese and a regular standby for those who do. Mild, nutty, and properly made, right in the sweet spot of the Fourme tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45873110909097,"sku":"10001411","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-fourme-d-ambert.jpg?v=1744803867"},{"product_id":"brie-de-meaux","title":"Brie de Meaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the original Brie, the recipe that gave the whole family its name, made in big format wheels so the paste has lots of surface area to ripen against.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat large surface area is exactly what you want when you cut into one of these. The cream line just under the rind goes soft and runny, while the center stays a touch firmer and fresher, so you get two textures in one slice. The flavor leans sweet cream and butter first, with a clear mushroomy note pulling through from the rind. This cow's milk cheese is aged in cool, humid cellars, with a white Penicillium candidum bloom that the affineur watches carefully as the wheel ripens from the outside in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673210445993,"sku":"12427","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-brie-de-meaux.jpg?v=1744803879"},{"product_id":"morbier","title":"Morbier","description":"\u003cp\u003eMorbier is a raw cow's milk cheese from the Franche-Comté in eastern France, made in the same Jura highlands that give us Comté. The thing everyone notices first is that dark seam of vegetable ash running right through the middle of the paste, a holdover from the days when farmers would cover the morning's curds with ash to protect them until the evening milking went on top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is supple and semi-soft, ivory to pale yellow, and gives gently under the knife. Flavor opens mild and buttery with a fresh-cream lactic note up front, then pulls into mushroom, hay, and a soft earthy lift from the pinkish washed rind. The finish is clean and mid-length, more savory than sharp. It melts beautifully, which is why it ends up in gratins and on potatoes all over the Jura.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a cheese that rewards patience at room temperature. Let it sit out, watch the paste relax, and the rind aromatics come forward. Right in the sweet spot for anyone who likes a washed rind with cream-forward manners rather than full barnyard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673212051625,"sku":"12016","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-morbier.jpg?v=1744803908"},{"product_id":"etorki-1","title":"Etorki","description":"\u003cp\u003eEtorki is a pasteurized sheep's milk cheese from the French Basque Country, made from the milk of local Manech ewes whose flocks roam the foothills of the Pyrenees. The name means \"origin\" in Basque, and the cheese is a faithful nod to the region's centuries-old shepherding tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is ivory, semi-firm, and remarkably smooth, almost velvety under the knife, slicing into clean supple sheets without any of the chalkiness you sometimes get from younger sheep cheeses. The flavor leads with the natural sweetness of Manech sheep's milk and builds into a warm hazelnut note through the middle, finishing with a soft caramel pull that lingers gently. There's no sharpness, no barnyard, no piquant bite, just clean, rich, nutty sheep's milk doing its thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sits right in the sweet spot for someone who loves Basque and Pyrenean sheep cheeses but wants something a little more approachable than a long-aged Ossau-Iraty or a salt-driven Idiazabal. It's the kind of wheel that disappears quietly off a plate, with that signature Manech sweetness that makes Basque cheese such a calling card.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45873161044137,"sku":"10001180","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-etorki.jpg?v=1744803932"},{"product_id":"french-feta","title":"French Feta","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench Feta is a sheep's milk cheese from France, milder and creamier than the Greek originals most people grow up on. The paste is soft and crumbly with a fresh lactic tang and a clean brininess that sits gently on the palate rather than punching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's brined and aged in the same caves as Roquefort, which is the detail that sets this one apart. You pick up a faint blue cheese note on the finish, a quiet mushroomy whisper rather than a full funky pull, woven into the salt and cream. The texture breaks into soft, moist crumbles that can almost spread when warmed up, with more give than a Greek feta and a richer mouthfeel from the sheep's milk fat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the feta for people who find the Greek versions too sharp or too dry. 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The recipe leans on an ultrafiltration step before culturing, which is the trick behind the texture, and the reason it reads as richer than a standard Brie even though it sits in the same family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is lush and almost spoonable once the wheel ripens, with a thin bloomy rind that folds rather than crumbles under the knife. Flavor is cream-forward, fresh butter and a touch of salted milk, with a soft mushroomy note off the rind that keeps it from feeling one-dimensional. Lactic intensity is high in the best way, the kind of milky pull that coats your palate and reminds you what good cow's milk is supposed to taste like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes it worth picking up is how approachable it is without being boring. It's gentle enough for someone who's nervous about anything stronger than a sandwich cheese, but rich enough that you don't feel like you're settling. Cut a wedge, let it sit out for a bit, and watch the paste start to slump toward the plate. That's when you know it's ready.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673218637993,"sku":"11120","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-fromager-d-affinois.jpg?v=1744803988"},{"product_id":"livarot","title":"Livarot","description":"\u003cp\u003eLivarot is a cow's milk washed-rind cheese from Normandy, France, soft-paste under a sticky orange rind and ringed with five strips of dried sedge that give it its nickname, the Colonel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is supple and yielding, the kind of soft-ripened cheese that gives under the knife and grows almost spoonable near the rind as it ages. That orange rind gets there honestly, washed in brine through maturation, which is what pulls the color forward and builds the pungent, barnyardy character the cheese is famous for. On the palate it leads with a big savory hit, wet straw and cellar and a mushroomy pull from the rind, then a salty meaty depth that lingers well past the swallow. The interior stays a touch milder than the nose suggests, with a soft buttery undertone keeping the funk in check.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a classic of the Pays d'Auge and one of the oldest named cheeses in Normandy, AOP protected and made to a recipe that has not needed updating. 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That orange-pink rind is brine-washed during affinage, which is where the pungency lives, mushroomy, earthy, a little barnyardy, with a savory pull that lingers on the finish. The aroma reads stronger than the paste actually tastes, which is part of what makes this cheese a good entry into the washed-rind family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a proper Norman cheese, square because it always has been, and it eats best at room temperature when the paste has had time to relax and the rind has come forward. A great one to have on the counter for a few hours before serving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673219096745,"sku":"10001318","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/PontL_eveque.jpg?v=1765237216"},{"product_id":"tomme-de-chevre","title":"Tomme De Chevre Grand Mere","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Aquitaine region of southwestern France, this is a classic farmhouse-style goat tomme, the kind of wheel you'd find on a Sunday market table in the Pyrenean foothills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is semi-soft and supple, ivory-pale, with a natural grey-mottled rind that comes from a few quiet months in the cellar. On the palate it leads with a clean goaty lactic tang, fresh and a little citrusy, then opens into a mellow, slightly grassy middle with a soft mushroomy pull from the rind. The finish is gentle, just enough cellar-cool earthiness to remind you it's been aged, not so much that it takes over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the goat tomme for someone who wants the character of chèvre without the sharper, chalkier punch of a young crottin. Approachable, balanced, right in the sweet spot where farmhouse rusticity meets everyday eating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":45673228730537,"sku":"10001382","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/tomme_de_che_vre.jpg?v=1744804131"},{"product_id":"saint-nectaire","title":"Saint Nectaire","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaint-Nectaire is a raw cow's milk AOP cheese from the volcanic high pastures of the Auvergne in central France, one of the oldest farmhouse cheeses in the country and a benchmark for the rustic semi-soft category. The wheels are aged on rye straw in cool cellars for at least eight weeks, where the natural rind takes on a mottled grey, white and tan coat that smells unmistakably of mushrooms and damp stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is supple and ivory, giving just slightly under the knife with a smooth break and a faint chalk through the center on younger wheels that fades to a buttery cream line as the cheese ripens. On the palate it leads with fresh cream and salted butter, then pulls into cellar mushroom, wet hay and a quiet hazelnut underneath. The finish is mid-length and clean, holding onto the earthy note for a beat before fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the cheese that built the Auvergne's reputation, and a fresh wheel in good condition is what every other semi-soft natural-rind from the region is measured against.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673229418665,"sku":"11749","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-saint-nectaire.jpg?v=1744804143"},{"product_id":"istara-ossau-iraty","title":"Istara Ossau-Iraty","description":"\u003cp\u003eOssau-Iraty from Istara, a sheep's milk cheese from the Basque country in the French Pyrenees, made under AOP rules that trace the recipe back hundreds of years to the shepherds of the Ossau valley and the Iraty forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pressed, semi-firm, a pale ivory that slices cleanly and turns buttery on the tongue. Aged a few months, it lands right where this style sings: nutty up front with a clear toasted hazelnut note, then fruity through the middle with hints of fig and a soft floral lift from the mountain pastures the sheep graze on. The salt is dialed in, never sharp, and the finish carries a quiet sweetness that asks for another bite. Look for the AOP ram imprint pressed into the rind, the mark of a real Ossau-Iraty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of those cheeses that does a lot of work for not much fuss. Approachable enough for anyone who's never tried a sheep's milk cheese, deep enough to reward people who already love the category.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673230729385,"sku":"10305","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-istara.jpg?v=1744804172"},{"product_id":"st-albray","title":"Saint Albray","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaint Albray is a pasteurized cow's milk washed-rind cheese from Aquitaine, in the southwest of France. It's shaped into a distinctive flower-petal wheel with a hollow center, designed so the rind has more surface area and the paste ripens evenly from the outside in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is soft and supple, pale ivory, with a buttery creamy texture that loosens as it comes to room temperature. The orange-pink rind is bloomy with a light wash, and it brings a gentle mushroomy, faintly salty note that sits underneath the cream rather than pushing through it. On the palate it leads with warm butter and fresh cream, picks up a quiet earthy pull from the rind, and finishes short and clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a washed rind for people who think washed rinds are too much. It has the look and the rind character of a stronger cheese but the flavor sits in mild, creamy territory, closer to a brie than to a Munster or a Pont-l'Évêque. A good gateway into the category, and an easy soft cheese to keep on hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":45673236365481,"sku":"10800","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/IMG_4556.jpg?v=1744804380"},{"product_id":"papillon-tomme-de-brebis","title":"Tomme Brebis Papillon","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is Tomme de Brebis from Fromageries Papillon in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, the same house better known for their Roquefort, working in sheep's milk down in the south of France. It's a semi-soft pressed wheel with a natural rind, and one any old cheese store customer will recognize, we were short on this one for about eight months during a global shortage and it just came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pale and supple, gives gently under the knife, and stays light on the palate rather than dense or chalky. Flavor leans savory and nutty with that pronounced caramelized-milk and browned-butter character you get from a well-pressed sheep tomme. It's mellow, sweet, and easygoing, not the loud, salty pull of an aged manchego or a hard pecorino, more pastoral and gentle, with a clean finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust because it's mild doesn't mean it's not flavorful. This is a cheese that goes with almost anything, a real workhorse on the board, and a quietly elegant one on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673236398249,"sku":"10001278","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-papillon-tomme-de-brebis-2.jpg?v=1744804384"},{"product_id":"tomme-brulee","title":"Tome Brulee","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Basque-style sheep's milk tomme with a torched rind, that's where the name comes from, brûlée, burned. 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On the palate it leads with fresh cream and toasted nut, then opens into a quiet mushroomy note with a little brined-olive pull on the finish. Mild, but just because it's mild doesn't mean it's not flavorful, that's the whole story with this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt sits in the same family as Ossau-Iraty and Abbaye de Belloc, the classic Basque brebis, and it's a great introduction to that world for anyone who hasn't gone deep on sheep's milk cheese yet. 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