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Joe

Lover of strong flavours and interesting experiences.

Cheddar (Black Bomber – Snowdonia Cheese Company Extra Mature)

Cheddar (Black Bomber – Snowdonia Cheese Company Extra Mature)

POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 12, 2020

This cheese has a somewhat mythical reputation among the writers at gratemycheese. It is held as a kind of gold standard of artisanal cheddar, a cheese to compare all other cheese to when determining ...

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Purchase Price£4.50
Purchased AtMarks and Spencer
Country of OriginUnited Kingdom
Price Per 100g£2.25
Our Rating
9.5
Comte (Marks and Spencer)

Comte (Marks and Spencer)

POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 8, 2020

There are many strong traditions when it comes to French cheesemaking, and very few French cheeses are held in higher regard than Comte. As the second type of cheese to receive AOC designation and pro...

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Purchase Price£3.50
Purchased AtMarks and Spencer
Country of OriginFrance
Price Per 100g£1.75
Our Rating
8.5
Ossau-Iraty (Marks and Spencer)

Ossau-Iraty (Marks and Spencer)

POSTED BY JOE ON DECEMBER 1, 2020

When we started preparing the more in-depth and regularly scheduled cheese reviews for the website, prior to my first shopping trip, I took the opportunity to look back at my cheese scores over the ye...

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Purchase Price£3.50
Purchased AtMarks and Spencer
Country of OriginFrance
Price Per 100g£1.94
Our Rating
9.2
Doux de Montagne (Marks and Spencer)

Doux de Montagne (Marks and Spencer)

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Despite what the name may suggest to those such as me who are uneducated in the French Language, this is not in fact a French version of a popular carbonated beverage, but is instead a particularly de...

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Purchase Price£1.91
Purchased AtMarks and Spencer
Country of OriginFrance
Price Per 100g£1.34
Our Rating
9.0
Boursin (Garlic & Herbs)

Boursin (Garlic & Herbs)

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Boursin Garlic and Herbs is in my opinion a ‘staple cheese’; I have consistently eaten it since I was a child and will continue to do so. I find that the flavour focuses more on garlic and less on chi...

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Purchase Price£2.00
Purchased AtSainsburys
Country of OriginFrance
Price Per 100g£1.33
Our Rating
9.0
Cheddar (Sainsbury’s British Mature)

Cheddar (Sainsbury’s British Mature)

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Of the varieties of cheese to review, cheddar is by far the most popular and most competitive. At any tasting evening we are likely to have multiple different varieties to compare and contrast. My fir...

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Purchase Price£2.00
Purchased AtSainsburys
Country of OriginUnited Kingdom
Price Per 100g£0.50
Our Rating
6.5
Port Salut

Port Salut

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Port Salut has the much esteemed accolade of being my personal favourite cheese that is available off a supermarket shelf. It was originally devised by monks in the Port-du-Salut Abbey, but they sold ...

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Purchase Price£2.05
Purchased AtSainsburys
Country of OriginFrance
Price Per 100g£1.11
Our Rating
9.0
Pairing Wine with Cheese, from the Cheese Perspective

Pairing Wine with Cheese, from the Cheese Perspective

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 16, 2020

There are many articles online regarding cheese and wine pairings, but I find that most of these are written by wine-lovers and are written primarily so that the cheese can augment and improve the exp...

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33 Books – 33 Pieces of Cheese

33 Books – 33 Pieces of Cheese

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 14, 2020

This is a delightful looking little book, designed for cheese enthusiasts to record their thoughts on cheeses. The book itself is very nicely made, if a little rudimentary. It is small enough to fit i...

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Yorkshire Wensleydale with White Chocolate, Raspberries and Prosecco (Aldi ‘Specially Selected’)

Yorkshire Wensleydale with White Chocolate, Raspberries and Prosecco (Aldi ‘Specially Selected’)

POSTED BY JOE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Generally I am not a fan of fruit or chocolate in cheese. I would much rather have one or the other. I have tried various chocolate and fruit cheeses at various Christmas cheese evenings with limited ...

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Purchased AtAldi
Country of OriginUnited Kingdom
Our Rating
7.0