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Italian Cheese Sampler (2 pound) by igourmet.com | 
 enlarge | Brand: IGOURMET
Category: Gourmet
Buy New: $31.99
Rating:  8 reviews
Country: italy
Media: Misc.
Size: 2 pound
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Assortment of four Italian cheeses | | • | Toma Piedmontese, Piave Vecchio, Mountain Gorgonzola and Pecorino Toscano | | • | Each cheese is an 8 ounce package | | • | Imported from Italy |
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Product Description
This sampler features four cheeses that are typical of four distinct regions of Italy:- Toma Piedmontese - This simple mountain cheese has a thin rind with a custard-like interior, pierced by small pores.
- Grana Padano Stravecchio - The original hard Italian cheese, Grana Padano is a firm, dry, fruity cheese from the Po Valley of Northern Italy. Stravecchio is aged for an optimal 20 months. Grate it over pasta, vegetables or soup, or serve it as a table cheese drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.
- Mountain Gorgonzola - Italy's famous blue cheese comes from Lombardy. Made from cow's milk taken from local herds that graze on beautiful rolling pastures, no Italian Cheese Assortment would be complete without a cut of authentic Gorgonzola.
- Pecorino Toscano - This soft, sheep's milk cheese is made in the hills of Tuscany. It is young, sweet and springy. We find that this combination well represents the wide variety of flavors and textures found in Italian cheeses.
- Please note that any item temporarily out of stock will be substituted with a similar item of equal value.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Wonderful and different - We loved it. January 8, 2009
Osage (U.S.A.)
This is one of the nicest samplers I have ever received. Each variety was excellent. I served it at a party and received rave reviews. The quality of the cheese was excellent, well packed, and for the price, worth every penny. Like another reviewer here though, I would have appreciated it if the cheese had been accompanied by an explanation just what it was, what area it was made in and that sort of information. I am certainly not an expert on cheese from this country and was rather clueless as to what I was eating. Other than that it was great and I am not going to mark down the rating simply because of my own ignorance of the subject as there it is all taste matters.
I plan to order several of these samplers for friends this year.
What a treat March 4, 2008
J. Wood (Minot , ND United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I ordered this sampler as a special treat, and now we are hooked! The cheese was incredible with our favorite wines, and made for a fun and beautiful late dinner (i.e. the kid was in bed) with warm olives a baguette and some prosciutto! We also ordered some asiago to go with it. DELICIOUS.
Go to the Store December 20, 2007
K. Robison
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was on a buying spree and I picked this up, if you have a good gourmet grocery store nearby you would be better off just going there, I paid for shipping and I regret it.
 Very good overall November 17, 2007
Mommaofthree (central Arkansas)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this item with a gift certificate. I used the cheese in a cheese tasting party with good friends. The cheese arrived quickly and in good shape. There was a substitution in my order which was fine since there was a disclaimer about substitutions if the exact cheese wasn't available. My only complaint was that there was no information about the cheese. For my tasting, I had to do all the leg work to get information so I could tell my guests what they were eating. Thank goodness for the internet! Nevertheless, I would buy this again. This was the perfect combination, I believe, for the cheese novices I had at the party, nothing too strong or stinky. Each had a distinct flavor and it was enjoyable to get everyone's reaction on the different cheeses.
Nice cheese May 17, 2007
Ryan L. Johnson
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was pretty wary to order cheese over the internet and to see how fresh it would arrive, but this stuff was great. A wonderful assortment of fine cheeses at a very nice price.
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