January Wine and Cheese Pairing

Jonesy Tawny Port $15 750 ml

A sensational value wine made by respected Trevor Jones in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. This dessert wine is a blend averaging 46 years in age with a light to medium ruby color. Flavors of caramel, butterscotch, maple syrup, hazelnuts, raisins with a distinct earthiness on the palate. Aromas of roasted marshmallows and caramel on the nose with a nice, long finish. At this price point, it simply blows the competition away while offering plenty of pleasure. With the higher alcohol content (18%), you only need a little for a perfect pairing with our double cream cow’s milk cheese, Green Hill. Can keep up to a month if stored in your refrigerator. Number 70 on the Wine.com top 100 wines of 2007.

Green Hill $9 each

Green Hill is our pasteurized, soft-ripened, cow’s milk cheese. A Camembert-style, bloomy-rinded cheese, Green Hill is the shining star of the Sweet Grass Dairy line. We have received numerous awards for this cheese including two first place finishes at the American Cheese Society Annual Competitions in 2007 and 2008. Our success is rooted in our grass-based milk. Our artisan modes of production and use of double cream milk yield a thin rind with a rich, unctuous paste and a sweet, buttery flavor.

The Tasting Notes of the Pairing

This is the perfect answer to either offering a cheese course or dessert course at your next dinner party. The sweet and bold caramel flavors of the port will fulfill anyone that has to finish on a dessert note, and the creamy, buttery flavors of the Green Hill will satisfy anyone that loves a good cheese course. Neither one of these overpowers the other, but both allow the other to shine. The earthiness in the Jonesy is really accented by the grassy flavors in the Green Hill. As a food columnist in Chicago pointed out, this pairing is like snuggling up with your softest blanket in your favorite chair in front of a fire. It’s all about comfort!

Come to the Marketplace to taste our most popular cheese Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.