Tag Archives: Cheese
Credit crunch? Use cheese as collateral!
Italian cheese producers use Parmesan cheese wheels as collateral to get credit from their banks Continue reading
Gruyère Biscuits or how to use protected designation labeling to market industrial foods
How Gruyère AOC label is used to market industrial foods like cheese biscuits highlighting the provenance and authenticity of cheese used in its elaboration Continue reading
The Gruyère war
The European Union has settled the dispute for the concession of an AOP label to French Gruyere. The ruling rejects the French claim for the Gruyere cheese AOP. Continue reading
Visiting the Pals Wine and Cheese Fair in Catalonia
The “Fira del Vi de PAls” (Pals Wine Fair) takes place every August in the medieval town of Pals, in the Costa Brava, in Catalonia. Visitors can taste Catalan wine and cheese. Continue reading
Tesco’s Danish Blue cheese: flying the flag
Tesco is highlighting the origins of cheese across all product ranges. Danish Blue comes with protected designation of origin. Continue reading
Enjoying “Cheese” by Patricia Michelson
“Cheese”, by Patricia Michelson, is one of the best books written about cheese. GourmetOrigins.com got a copy after getting the second position in a blogging contest. Continue reading
GourmetOrigins gets 2nd place at Vive le Cheese best blog post competition!
GourmetOrigins.com got 2nd place at Vive le Cheese blogging competition because of a story about Brie cheese Continue reading
Two ideas to pull Greece out of the crisis
Greece produces high quality olive oil, cheese and other dairy, but they do not have a good presence in other countries stores. Could the food sector help pull Greece out of the recession? Continue reading
Monte Veronese DOP
Monte Veronese is an Italian cheese that is produced in the foothills of the Alps just North of the city of Verona. The producing region reaches the shores of Lake Garda. Continue reading
the Cheese of the Kings…or the King of Cheeses!
Brie Cheese has a very long tradition, it used to be the favourite cheese of the French kings, and therefore was called also the king of cheeses Continue reading
