Call them crazy but Tillamook prefer to make cheese the same way we did over 110 years ago. Guided by expert cheesemakers, honest ingredients come together in a time-honored process. Add to that anywhere from 60 days to 5 years of natural aging and voila—award-winning cheddar bursting with flavor.

Extra Sharp White Cheddar

Tillamook Cheese Factory

In French, the name says it all--with a title that translates roughly to “ashed oval,” this unique cheese stands out among its chèvre counterparts for its eye-catching appearance and the historic caves from where it hails. Hervé Mons, the legendary French affineur, oversees the aging of this delicate round in the Mons Caves just outside Lyon, France, where this wrinkled, football-shaped cheese emerges as a fully formed goat cheese creation covered in vegetable ash. Underneath the charcoal colored rind lays an intensely silky creamline, which encases its dense, velvety center, creating a trio of textures that make for one luxurious mouthfeel. Bright and lemony with a quintessential lactic tang, this oval has a savory complexity that melts into notes of mushroom and fresh hay.

Ovalie Cendree

El Trigal Manchego is named for the Spanish region of La Mancha, also home of Don Quixote. The cheese is produced in the La Mancha region from pasteurised sheep's milk. It has a black gray or buff coloured rind with a crosshatch pattern, the paste colour is stark white when young, becomes yellowish as it ages. The fully aged cheese is usually smeared with olive oil and surface mould is removed. The cheese has holes throughout the paste with a mild, slightly briny, nutty flavour. It is sold at various stages of maturity: at the age of 13 weeks it is described as curado (cured) and, when over three months old it is referred to as viejo (aged). There is a peppery bite to cheeses that have reached a great age. It is best known of a series of sheep's cheeses and is similar to Zamorano, Cadiz, Calahora or Castelleno.

El Trigal Manchego

Spring Koe Goat Gouda is a five week old Goat gouda made exclusively for Whole Foods.

Spring Koe

Spring Fever

Black Pepper Bellavitano is a unique Cheddar-Parmesan inspired Italian farmstead cow's cheese hand-coated in premium coarse ground black pepper to impart a spicy zestiness. The salty-spicy punch of the black pepper contrasts the rich, nutty, creaminess of the BellaVitano. A Sartori-family original, this gourmet cheese is a celebrated silver-medal winner at the 2014 World Cheese awards. This artisan cheese tastes delicious with dried nuts, roast beef and crusty artisan bread.
Try pairing the cheese with wines such as Chianti, Light Red Wine and Chardonnay. You can also pair India pale ale, American pale ale or trappist style ale with the cheese for a great combination.

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