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Cheese from Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits

 

CW Cheese in Springfield

 

Cheese from Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits

We visit Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits often: it’s within walking distance, and the cheesemongers let you try it all. The prices are good, too,  with great La Cheeserie specials, every Wednesday – Saturday. (They are closed on Sundays.) See the 140 cheeses listed.

The cheesemonger has even suggested the best cheese to take when I travel to Springfield, IL and Burlington, NC (you don’t want anything too stinky on the train or plane).

It’s rare to see local cheeses there, and you are more likely to get them at Cowgirl Creamery or Whole Foods.

Cheese from old receipts:
Fromager D’Affinois France; Saint Nectaire, France; Parrano, Holland; Tomme Des Pyrenees, France; Belletoile 70% Brie, France; petite Basque Cheese, France; Maytag blue cheese, USA; Caprini Robiola 2 Latti, Italy (cow and sheep milk).

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Cheeses from our Past

Just another cheese plate

Cheeses from our Past

When we first started the cheese blog, we were detailed and whether we liked them or not. And now that we have tried so many, we are always trying to remember if we tried them or not.

Here’s are a few from a tasting years ago — I think Melissa and I went to at Whole Foods, Clarendon — free and utterly delicious:

Firefly Farms MD: Merrygoat Round & Buche Noir – goat so Wendell wouldn’t be a big fun, but recommended for people who are new to goat in the SlashFood blog.

Cherry Glenn MD: Monacasy Ash — Goat. Fun ash line through the center.

Old Chatham Sheepherding Co., NY: Nancy’s Camembert — black sheep cheese — because the kind of sheep make a difference. I like there slogan: “Fresh from a ewe near you.”

Meadow Creek Dairy, VA: Grayson — “Reminiscent of the Italian Taleggio”