Corks and Curds

Reflections on Wine and Cheese

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Dancing Buffalo Apple Icewine

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Carl Schmitter of Chateau Buffalo and Dancing Buffalo Cidre recently released an incredibly unique and tasty concoction that you won't...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Toronto Wine and Cheese Show

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The 2009 Toronto Wine & Cheese Show is coming up March 20-22, 2009. Attendees can sample thousands of wines, spirits, cheeses and other...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Raw Milk Cheeses Now Permitted in Quebec

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According The Globe and Mail , Quebec is now going to allow the sale of raw-milk cheeses that have been aged for less than 60 days. The US D...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Winter Wine Day at Niagara University

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Following upon the success of their first Wine Day last summer, Niagara University has decided to host a Winter Wine Day on Sat., Feb. 28t...
Monday, February 2, 2009

Heartland Chèvre

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My local cheese shop, Premier Gourmet , recently started carrying a new line of chèvre from Heartland Creamery . The Heartland lineup inclu...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

An Easy Way to Remove Wine Labels

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In the following video Richard Hayes demonstrates an easy technique for removing and saving wine labels that does not require the purchase o...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Midnight Moon

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The superior quality of the Cypress Grove Chevre (no, they don't use the accent grave ) product line is probably unmatched among Americ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Cooleeney Irish Farmstead Cheese

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The second installment of the video partnership between Corks and Curds and iFoods features iFoods chef Niall Harbison interviewing Breda ...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

2009 Niagara Icewine Festival

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The 2009 Niagara Icewine Festival will be held Jan. 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th in the Niagara region of southern Ontario. (The event is list...
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Friday, January 2, 2009

Smokey Blue

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Rogue Creamery's Smokey Blue is the world's first (and only?) smoked blue cheese and is one of the most interesting blue cheeses I...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Moderate Drinking May Decrease Brain Size

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According to a recent study published in Archives of Neurology , even moderate drinking can decrease the size of your brain. A team of resea...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Cashel Blue and Crozier Blue Cheese Videos

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Corks and Curds is proud to announce a new partnership with iFoods . In the coming weeks we will feature some of iFoods' Irish Farmhouse...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Insect Sushi, Anyone?

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The following story has nothing to do with wine or cheese, but I couldn't resist including it. The insect sushi platter pictured above w...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Hot Chili Wine: A Spicy New Treat

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After enjoying samples of several New York wines at Chateau Buffalo a couple of weeks ago, Carl Schmitter (owner of Chateau Buffalo) invite...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Alfred le Fermier

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The best Canadian cheese I managed to obtain on my Ontario Cheese Adventure was Alfred le Fermier , produced by Fromagerie La Station in C...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ontario Cheese Adventures

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Last weekend I drove from Buffalo, NY, to Ottawa, ON, to attend the Canadian Society for Epistemology's conference on New Directions in...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Domaine de Givaudan

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I recently opened a bottle of Domaine de Givaudan's Cuvée Léa , which is made from 70% Grenache Noir, 30% Syrah, and is aged 12 months ...
Friday, November 7, 2008

NY Farmstead Cheese

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A growing number of New York cheesemakers are creating high quality handcrafted cheeses. Six NY farmstead cheesemakers had cheeses place in ...
Friday, October 31, 2008

Cheese Boot Camp

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Murray's Cheese (NYC) recently held its first Cheese U Bootcamp --an intense 3-day course filled with lectures, demonstrations and tast...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Tumbleweed: A Bloomy Cheddar

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Premier Gourmet , my local cheese shop, has begun carrying some new raw milk cheeses. One is Tumbleweed , an aged (8-9 months), bloomy rind ...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Taste the Season at Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Taste the Season is a wine and food extrava-ganza hosted by the 18 wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake (just across the border from Buffalo on...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Deco Chocolate Port

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Deco Chocolate Port from Sonoma Valley Portworks is made from a blend of Californian and Australian ports and is infused with essences of ...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

New York Wine & Culinary Center

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The New York Wine & Culinary Center describes itself as "an educational and experiential gateway to New York State's incredibl...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Honey Lavender Fromage Blanc

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Nettle Meadow Farm's Honey Lavender Fromage Blanc is one of the most delicious cheeses I've tasted. Made from pasteurized goat mil...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Find Local Wine Events

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To find wine events in your area, take a look at LocalWineEvents.com . It's a calendar of food and drink events all over the world. Ther...
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