{"title":"Goat Cheese \u0026 Chèvre","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoat cheese covers a lot more ground than the crumbles on a salad. The Loire Valley sets the standard: Jacquin's Crottin, which we carry both fresh and aged (watching one firm up and sharpen over a few weeks is half the fun), ash-dusted Valençay, the pyramid whose top was supposedly lopped off by Napoleon himself, Saint Maure, and Mothais sur Feuille, ripened on a chestnut leaf. These taste gently of the cave, lemony and lactic, getting denser and more peppery with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpain answers with Drunken Goat from Murcia, bathed in red wine, and Garrotxa from Catalonia, clean and hazelnutty under a gray rind. From the Pyrenees, Jean Faup's Bethmale is the buttery mountain take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Americans hold their own: Cypress Grove's Humboldt Fog with its signature line of ash, and Capriole's O'Bannon out of Indiana, wrapped in bourbon-soaked chestnut leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChèvre wants something crisp alongside: Sancerre, sauvignon blanc, or a cold cider.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut to order in Beverly Hills and shipped cold to 48 states.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"humboldt-fog","title":"Humboldt Fog","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumboldt Fog is a soft-ripened goat's milk cheese from Cypress Grove in Humboldt County, California, instantly recognizable by the thin ribbon of vegetable ash that runs right through the middle of the wheel. The ash line is a nod to the French Morbier, and it helps the cheese ripen evenly from the rind inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste does two things at once. Just under the bloomy white rind you get a glossy cream line that gets softer and more spoonable as the wheel matures, and toward the center the cheese stays brighter and a little chalky. On the palate it leads with that classic fresh goat lactic tang, lemony and clean, then opens into a soft mushroomy note from the rind and a cool, almost vegetal whisper from the ash. The finish is tidy and citrusy rather than funky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the cheeses that put American artisan goat cheese on the map, and it still earns the attention. Cut a wedge so every slice carries rind, cream line, and chalky core in one bite, that's where the whole cheese makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45873158815913,"sku":"11552","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/HumboldtFog.jpg?v=1763224747"},{"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":"miticana-de-cabra","title":"Cana de Cabra","description":"\u003cp\u003eCana de Cabra is a soft-ripened goat's milk cheese from Murcia in southeastern Spain, shaped into a long log and finished with a thin bloomy white rind. It is Spain's answer to the French Bûcheron recipe, made with pasteurized goat's milk and aged for about three weeks before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is bright white and soft, with a pronounced cream line right under the rind and a slightly chalkier, more lactic core in the center. On the palate it leads with that classic goat's milk tang, buttery and a little lemony, then picks up a soft mushroom note from the rind on the back end. The finish is clean and short, more refreshing than funky, which is what makes this such an easy entry point for people who think they don't like goat cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the cheese to reach for when you want goat character without any of the sharper, gamier edges. Slice it into thick coins for a board, melt it onto toast with a drizzle of honey, or warm a piece and drop it onto a salad with bitter greens. It sits right in the sweet spot between fresh chèvre and a more aged bloomy goat, and it punches well above its price tag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673235021993,"sku":"11275","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/RulodeCabra.jpg?v=1763332114"},{"product_id":"tomme-de-chevre-muscadet-lbs","title":"Tomme de Chevre Muscadet","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a goat's milk tomme from Aquitaine in southwestern France, a pressed semi-soft wheel with a natural rind and a quietly elegant personality. Goat tommes from this corner of France tend to lean gentle rather than barnyardy, and this one sits right in that sweet spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is pale ivory, close-grained and supple, giving evenly under the knife with a clean break. On the palate it opens with a soft lactic tang, the kind of fresh-cream brightness goat milk does so well, then pulls into a mellow hazelnut and brown-butter middle as the pressed paste shows its age. The natural rind adds a quiet mineral note underneath, more cellar stone than mushroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust because it's mild doesn't mean it's not flavorful. This is a goat cheese for people who think they don't like goat cheese, and a familiar pleasure for those who already do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":45673243508905,"sku":"10001383","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_369c7175-e89f-4660-b0d5-7e85b09946c3.jpg?v=1744804651"},{"product_id":"bethmale-chevre-jean-faup","title":"Bethmale Chevre Jean Faup","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Ariège in the French Pyrenees, this is a semi-soft goat's milk cheese made by Fromagerie Jean Faup, a Bethmale-style chèvre worked in the tradition of the Bethmale Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is supple and even, with a thin natural rind. Up front, you get that bright lactic tang you want in a good chèvre, like fresh yogurt with a citrus edge. The middle pulls into something more savory, mushroomy and grassy, with a quiet floral lift on the back end. It's pronounced but never sharp, sitting in the gentler end of goat's milk territory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673246195881,"sku":"11488","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-bethmale-chevre-jean-faup.jpg?v=1744804700"},{"product_id":"drunken-goat-cabra-al-vino","title":"Drunken Goat \/ Cabra Al Vino","description":"\u003cp\u003eCabra al Vino, better known as Drunken Goat, comes from the Murcia region in southeastern Spain, where pasteurized goat's milk is pressed into semi-soft wheels and then bathed for days in local Doble Pasta red wine. That wine soak is the whole story. It stains the rind a deep purple-black and pulls a quiet sweetness into the paste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is bright white, smooth, and supple, slicing clean without any of the chalk you sometimes get from younger goat cheeses. On the palate it leads with a soft, buttery goat-milk character, then opens into a gentle fruity sweetness from the wine before finishing with a clean lactic tang. There's none of the barnyard funk people sometimes brace for with goat cheese, which is why this one converts skeptics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a DOP cheese, so the recipe and region are protected. Cabra al Vino sits right in the sweet spot for an everyday board cheese, mild enough to lead a plate, pretty enough on the cut to anchor one. The purple rind against the white paste is one of the most striking slices in the case.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673251471529,"sku":"10001171","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-drunken-goat.jpg?v=1744804748"},{"product_id":"fleur-verte-herbs-chevrefeuille-goat-france-lbs","title":"Fleur Verte Herbs (Chevrefeuille)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Chevrefeuille dairy in Saint-Cyprien, in the Périgord region of southwest France, this is a fresh pasteurized goat's milk cheese rolled in a coat of tarragon, thyme, and pink peppercorn. The whole exterior is green and fragrant, almost garden-like before you even cut into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the herb coat the paste is soft, bright white, and creamy in that fresh chèvre way, just barely holding its shape with a faintly chalky center. On the palate it reads mild and milky first, then the herbs come through, tarragon especially, with a quiet floral warmth from the pink peppercorn at the edges. There's a subtle lactic tang that lingers without ever turning sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the gentle end of the goat's milk spectrum, perfect for someone who wants something fresh and aromatic without any of the barnyard funk that scares people off goat cheese. Slice it into rounds and it looks like a little garden on the board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673251864745,"sku":"10001190","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-fleur-verte-herbs.jpg?v=1744804754"},{"product_id":"garrotxa","title":"Garrotxa","description":"\u003cp\u003eGarrotxa is a pasteurized goat's milk cheese from Catalonia in northeastern Spain, named for the volcanic Garrotxa region in the Pyrenean foothills. The recipe was nearly lost in the mid-20th century and revived in the 1980s by a group of young Catalan cheesemakers, and it's become one of the defining modern Spanish goat cheeses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wheels are pressed and aged about two months, long enough to develop a gray-blue natural mold rind and a firm, ivory paste underneath. The texture is semi-hard but still pliable, slicing clean and breaking with a slight give. On the palate it leads with a gentle goaty tang, then opens into hazelnut and walnut through the middle, with a quiet herbal note from the rind and a whisper of white pepper on the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes Garrotxa worth reaching for is the balance. It's a goat cheese for people who think they don't like goat cheese, and it's a nutty cheese that still tastes like the animal it came from. Right in the sweet spot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45833134768297,"sku":"10001206","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-garrotxa.jpg?v=1744804787"},{"product_id":"bonde-dantan-200g","title":"La Bonde d'Antan (200g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pasteurized goat's milk cheese from the Loire Valley, shaped as a small barrel under a wrinkly geotrichum rind. Classic Loire chèvre territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is chalky through the center with a thin cream line just inside the rind that softens as the cheese ripens. On the palate it opens with a bright lactic tang, lemony and yogurty, then pulls into a gentle almond-skin nuttiness on the finish. The wrinkly rind adds a light mushroomy lift without going barnyardy. Just because it's a gentle cheese doesn't mean it's not flavorful, the goaty signature is right there, just dialed in rather than turned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one sits right in the sweet spot of the aged chèvre category, expressive enough to anchor a plate, approachable enough for someone still warming up to goat's milk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45730936389801,"sku":"12790","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/FreshGoat.jpg?v=1767464867"},{"product_id":"crottin-fresh-60g","title":"Crottin Fresh (3oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrottin de Champcol is a small cylindrical goat's milk cheese from Fromagerie Jacquin in the Loire Valley of France, sold here in its fresh, young state, what the French call jeune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this stage the paste is moist and creamy, with a compact body that still holds a little chalkiness through the middle. The rind is very pale and barely developed, so soft it folds into the paste under the knife. The flavor leans gentle and delicate, bright lactic tang on the front of the tongue with a citrusy edge, then a quiet nuttiness and a fresh-cream sweetness on the finish. Nothing pushy, nothing barnyardy, just clean goat's milk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the version to reach for when you want the brightness and freshness of a Loire goat without the heavier mushroomy character of an aged Crottin. Eat it as is, or warm a disk on toasted baguette over a salad, an old-school Loire move that lets the lactic tang carry the dish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731088236713,"sku":"3369640019146","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/71f1yFudmcL-_SL1500.jpg?v=1745864190"},{"product_id":"mothais-feuille-dantan-180g","title":"Mothais Feuille Dantan (180g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMothais sur Feuille is a soft goat's milk cheese from Poitou-Charentes in western France, made by Fromagerie Dantan and aged on a single sweet chestnut leaf. That leaf is the whole story. It slows the moisture loss, prints its veins into the rind, and pushes a woody, leafy character right into the paste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape gives it a lot of surface area, so it ripens from the outside in. You get that pronounced creamy, unctuous cream line right under the rind, while the core stays a little chalky and crumbly when it's young, then turns spoonable as it goes. Flavor leans goaty and lactic up front, bright and a touch citrusy, before the leaf pulls in hazelnut, herbs, and a little bark on the finish. When it's nice and ripe it runs a little, and that's how I like them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's one of the more sophisticated goats out there, a cheese where the wrapping isn't a gimmick, it's the recipe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731148791977,"sku":"11664","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Mathais.jpg?v=1767197715"},{"product_id":"petite-saint-maure-dantan-170g-each","title":"Petite Saint Maure D'Antan (170g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA traditional log-shaped goat cheese from the Loire Valley in France, hand-ladled in the old way, sometimes with a straw run through the center to hold the shape as it ages. This is a small-format version of the classic Sainte-Maure, all goat's milk, soft and chalky in the center with a thin natural rind starting to bloom on the outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste breaks softly under the knife, a little crumbly in the middle and creamier just under the rind as it ages. On the palate it leads with a bright lactic tang, citrusy and clean, the signature fresh goat-milk note, then pulls into a soft hazelnut finish with a quiet cellar earthiness from the rind. Younger pieces lean fresh and yogurty, older ones get nuttier and a touch more vegetal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic Loire chèvre done right, in a small format that's perfect for a single board or a quiet evening. One of those cheeses that reminds you why goat milk done well is in a class of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731164160169,"sku":"12810","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/StMaure1.jpg?v=1767552067"},{"product_id":"capriole-obannon-6-oz","title":"Capriole O'Bannon (6oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapriole O'Banon is a hand-ladled fresh goat cheese from Greenville, Indiana, wrapped in chestnut leaves that have been soaked in Kentucky bourbon. It's Judy Schad's American answer to the French Banon, with bourbon standing in for eau-de-vie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is bright and tangy, soft and almost spoonable under the leaves, with a chalky lift through the middle that goes creamier as the cheese settles. The chestnut leaves do real work here, pulling a sweet, woodsy, slightly boozy note into the rind that runs right up against the lactic snap of fresh goat's milk. Peel a leaf back and you can smell the bourbon and the damp leaf together before you even taste the cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a small cheese with a big sense of place, a fresh chèvre that picked up a Kentucky accent on its way through Indiana. Unwrap it at the table so people can see what they're getting into.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731279798441,"sku":"705171410008","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Carpiole.jpg?v=1766417990"},{"product_id":"crottin-champcol-aged-3oz","title":"Crottin Aged (3oz)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA traditional aged Crottin from the Loire Valley, the little wrinkled puck of goat's milk cheese that the region is built on. Crottin is one of those cheeses that changes character entirely depending on when you catch it, and the aged version is a different animal from the young one, denser, drier, and a lot more pronounced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste tightens up as the wheel ages, going from soft and chalky to firm and slightly flaky, with the rind wrinkling and pulling in around it. On the palate it leads with that bright goat-milk tang you expect from a Loire chèvre, then opens into a real toasted-hazelnut nuttiness through the middle, with a quiet mushroomy note coming off the rind. The finish is clean and dry, more savory than sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the version for people who already love young goat cheese and want to see where the recipe goes once it's had some time. Small format, big character, the kind of cheese that anchors a board without taking it over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731295002793,"sku":"14131","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/https_cdn.shopify.comsfiles1066760278185filescomingsoon_578abbce-d3f8-4004-9ef3-26c1194a896b.png_v_1736256689.jpg?v=1755180894"},{"product_id":"la-dama-sagrada-lbs","title":"La Dama Sagrada","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Dama Sagrada, the Sacred Lady, is a raw Murciana goat's milk cheese from Spain, aged at least six months to land in that hard, savory register where the paste tightens up and the flavor concentrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is dense and firm, pale ivory, breaking into clean shards under the knife with the occasional crunch of protein crystal from the long aging. On the palate it opens with a real sweetness, almost caramel and toasted coconut, then pulls into toasted hazelnut and a savory grassy depth through the middle. The finish lifts with that distinctive goat's milk tang, a gentle bite that keeps the sweetness honest and lingers well past the swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix months in, this is right in the sweet spot. Long enough to develop the caramel and the crystals, young enough to still carry the fresh goaty lactic note that sets it apart from a sheep's milk Manchego. 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The shape gives it a lot of surface area, so it ripens from the outside in, the paste right under the rind turning soft and creamy while the center stays a touch denser and brighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the palate it leads with a bright lactic tang, fresh cream and a little yogurty pull, then settles into a gentle mushroomy note from the bloomy rind. It's not a stinky goat cheese, more the approachable, fresh-milk side of the family, soft and mousse-like at room temperature with a clean finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlice it into thick coins for a salad, warm it briefly and let it slump over toast, or just lay a few rounds on a board with honey and figs. 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It's one of those small-format chèvres that does a lot with very little, a wrinkly bloomy rind wrapped around a paste that's somewhere between creamy and fudgy depending on how ripe the wheel is when you get to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rind is that classic geotrichum wrinkle, soft and a little mushroomy, and it ripens the cheese from the outside in. Younger wheels stay a touch chalky in the center with a creamy line under the rind, riper ones go almost fully smooth and fudgy across the paste. Flavor is gentle and bright, sour cream and fresh bread dough up front, a clean lactic tang in the middle, and a soft finish that doesn't push any goaty funk. It's a polished, award-winning chèvre that reads as elegant rather than rustic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the kind of goat cheese to reach for when you want the tang without the barnyard, and it's perfectly ripe right now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731348054185,"sku":"3417881241915","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Screenshot-2025-04-25-142020.png?v=1745867870"},{"product_id":"delice-des-deux-sevres-cendres-150g","title":"Delice des Deux Sevres Cendres (150g)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDélice des Deux-Sèvres Cendrés is a soft-ripened goat cheese from the Deux-Sèvres region in western France, coated in a layer of edible vegetable ash that gives it its dark, dusted oval shape. 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