Happy Father's Day!

Cheers to Dad on Father's Day, June 17th!

Treat your favorite boys of summer with some cutting edge gear from Who Cut The Cheese!

He'll slice and dice and cut everything nice with an assortment of cool knives and a manly "Ironwood" cutting board.

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Tempt his taste-buds with 15% off these savory cheeses!

Wynendale or Chimay from Belgium

Cahill Porter from Ireland - great with Maui Brewing Co. Coconut Porter Stout

Malt Whiskey Cheddar from England - try with Maui Brewing Co. Indian Pale Ale

Cotswald, England (we call it the "twice baked potato cheese"...yum!)

You can also pair 1/3 lb of the above cheeses with a 6 pack of Maui Brewing Co. beers for only $17.99.

- Friday, June 29th @ 5 pm-

Monthly Tasting at Tip-Ups Tavern hosted by Who Cut the Cheese.

This month:  Maui Brewing Company! www.mauibrewingco.com The flavors of beer and cheese complement and enrich each other. So we're welcome the hot summer nights with some chilly brews and a hunk of cheese!  

Featuring: Maui Brewing Co. Big Swell IPA, Bikini Blonde Lager, Coconut Porter (a shop favorite) and a few choice others paired with some of our bolder cheeses to be announced.

5 cheeses, 5 beers, 5pm. Call us for reservations as it fills up quickly!

5 Cheese 5 Wines

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Tasting Calendar

June 29th - Maui Brewing Co.

July 27th - Rosés are hip and not to be skipped!

August 31st - Sauvignon Blancs for the hot days of summer!

September 28th - Rhone Ranger Review

October 26th - Caly-Italy

December 7th - Old World and New World Meritage Wines (Bordeaux Blends)

December 28th - New Year's Preview - Champagnes and Sparklers

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The Big Cheese, Ann Tuomela, is back from her travels and has stories to share. First stop for this issue, is her whirlwind tour of the Windy City. Chicago is an awesome town with fantastic food! Here are a few of her favorite restaurant stops to highlight:

Avec is absolutely a must visit! They are so busy that they don't even have or need a sign and the entrance is almost a secret. Once in though, the fabulous & fun atmosphere and clean architecture unfolds with an eclectic menu and extensive wine list. Not to be overlooked are sixteen cheeses to choose from to design your own cheese course. We dined on a new Italian, Tomini, a soft cow's milk cheese with herbs, Persille du Beaujolais, a raw cow's milk from France, and Amanteigado, a raw ewe's milk from Portugal... all were completely mouthwatering and delicious. We'll see what we can bring here for you! http://www.avecrestaurant.com/

Bin 36is the major wine and cheese restaurant in "Chi-town". They offer flights* of cheese and wine to make any kasephile or wine aficionado flip! A grand selection of 49 cheeses with lots of homegrown, American, artisan cheeses which was fun and refreshing. We're working on some of those as well! http://www.bin36.com/restaurant.html

*What is a cheese flight or a wine flight some might ask (as some of us here asked the Big Cheese)?

A "Flight" is a taste of several wines that are related to one another by grape varietal, geographic region, or style. The wines are poured into 2 or 3 oz quantities. The experience allows a progression or comparison, for example, from lighter to fuller in weight or wines of the same varietal but from different regions of the world. We salute the idea of wine flights with cheese flights, which as you may have guessed, is a group of several cheeses from the same, a contrasting, or a complimentary category, served together, so the nuances and flavor differences can be appreciated.

The idea of such "flights" is what we do during our monthly wine & cheese tastings, so if you haven't experienced it, you must come try and join in the fun!

Featured in the Cheese Case:

St. Maure (1/4 lb for $8), is a classic Loire Valley chevre in the shape of a small log with a stick of straw running through its middle. This cheese comes from the center of France in the goat fields around the Loire river. This small log enters a cave young, fresh, and wet, yet emerges drier, denser, while remaining yound and acidic, but also buttery and smooth.

Featured in the Wine Cellar:

Ménage à Trois Rosé ($12.99), California Rose Wine, a madcap blend of Merlot, Syrah, and Gewurztraminer. The winemakers at Folie a Deux who make this Rosé feel that three varietals is better than one or two in your blend. The two red grapes received a 24-hour cold soak on the skins to give the wine its suggestive pinkness and luscious body. The Gewurztraminer was cold fermented to preserve the exotic spice and naked fruit. Just a fruit-laden roller coaster ride of raspberries, strawberries, lychee nuts, and flowers with a silk smooth sweet finish. Ménage à Trois examines what happens when you put three attractive, single, young grapes in one exquisite bottle. It's fun; it's exciting; it's legal in most states.

Check out our Ascot picnicking accessories!

 New styles are arriving soon, like this contemporary piece from "The Bahamas Collection"!