April Showers bring
May Flowers...

...and we present our Spring Honey & Cheese Plate

This plate includes three cheeses we have masterfully paired with our local made honey. They include: Manchego, Spanish raw sheep's milk; Chevre Noir, goat's milk cheddar from Canada; and Sottocenere, Italian cow's milk cheese with black truffle and a spice rind. The cheese are paired with a wedge of honeycomb from the Tropical Apiary in Wailuku, dried fruit & nuts and a sleeve of crackers. This plate is just $19.99 and is a great snack while sitting on your lanai and watching the sun go by or taking on a picnic with a friend.

This plate would pair wonderfully with Treana Viognier & Marsanne blend from Paso Robles, CA or even our new light easy drinking red blend from Portugal, Periquita 

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We are slowly building on our shop page, so stop by our page, become a fan, post pictures or stories and spread the word!  www.facebook.com/getcheese

Local Event to Attend: ZAP Zinfandel Advocates & Producers are putting on a Zinfandel Grand Tasting & Cookoff Friday May, 21st at the Maui Culinary Academy 310 West Kaahumanu Avenue, Kahului from 6-8:30pm. For information or tickets go to zinfandel.org or call 530-274-4900

Check our our New Artisinal Bread!

If you have been in the shop lately you might have noticed our new bread for purchase. It is an artisianal bread made locally by Eric Mitchell of The Outrigger Pizza Company. This bread has such a great crust which we link his mobile wood burning pizza oven. This oven is used to bake his french bread and it comes out crunchy on the outside and delicate and soft on the inside. We are selling the demi-baguettes and the round loafs, which are both perfect with our cheeses.

Eric will be at the shop with his pizza oven in tow on May 7th from 1-4pm for our Anniversary bash so come on down and check out his baked delights!

Wine & Cheese Cruise Highlights

We hope everyone had as much fun as we did on our the Wine & Cheese Cruise we did on Alii Nui's newest sailing catamaran. It was a beautiful evening full of wine, cheese and laughter! For those of you who were lucky to be aboard we would love to hear your stories or see any pictures, they can be posted on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/getcheese). We are trying to coordinate more events and will make sure to keep you all updated on future cruises aboard the Alii Nui.

Tasting Highlight   
 
Bah Bah Beautiful Sheep tasting highlight...We have to say we loved bringing in a few new wines for this tasting. The Arretxea red blend from the Basque region was paired with the Ossau Iraty raw sheep's milk cheese from the same area and brought out wonderful flavors in each other. Also new were some items from our Italian gourmet food line, featuring La Piana potato gnocchi, Roasted pepper & eggplant spread and Tarallini tortellini shaped crackers from Apulia. Stop in the shop to see the entire line of new products! 

Important Notice: Shop closed May 4th

We will be CLOSED Tuesday May 4th and possibly Wednesday May 5th. We will be doing a major spring cleaning session and apologize for any inconvienience! Please call on Wednesday for shop hours, mahalo!

This Month:  Old World & New World Whites

When:  Sunday, May 30th, from 3-5pm

Where: Stella Blues Cafe (in same center as Who Cut The Cheese)

Cost: $30 per person, including tax

Call for reservations: 808-874-3930 ~ Seating is limited.

2010 Tasting Calendar - Last Sunday of most months

February 28, 2010 - Cordially, Cheese (Portos & other dessert wines)	March 28, 2010 - A toast to the Irish! Beer, Cheese and Whisky
April 25, 2010 - Bah, Bah Beautiful Sheep!	May 30, 2010 - Old World & New World Whites
June 27, 2010 - Sake to me with some cheese!	July 25, 2010 - “Won’t you let us take you on a Mediterranean Sea Cruise!?” Ooh, wee, baby!
August 29, 2010 - Pretty in Pink	September 26, 2010 - Holy Cows!
October 31, 2010 (date subject to change based on a group vote) - “Spirit-full” Cheese Tasting	November 30, 2010  - Let's do Argentina!
December 27, 2010 - The sweeter side of sparklers!

Come Celebrate our 7th "Cheeseaversary"

Well, so much has happened in the last seven years and we want to thank everyone who has been a part of making the shop such a huge success. We definitely could not have done it without such loyal and wonderful customers, who really have become friends over the years! Thank you so much for your continued support and love of wine & cheese...Many Mahalo's!

Anniversary Sale!

In honor of our Anniversary we want to reward all of you and are having a huge sale! On May 7th, to celebrate 7 years we will have a shop full of $7 specials! We will have select items discounted to $7 including wines, t-shirts, merchandise and much more! There will be some nibbles for all of you to enjoy while shopping.

Also, The Outrigger Pizza Company will be out front from 1-4pm tasting and selling bread and pizzas!

So come down and pick up some great discounted items, and maybe find a last minute Mother's Day gift or two!

Aperol is an Italian apertif originally created in 1919 in Padua, Italy but didn't gain popularity until after WWII. It consists of bitter orange, rhubarb, cinchona and gentian among other herbs and roots. It is bright orange in color, as you can see in the picture, and has a bitter-sweet flavor with a light alcohol content of 11%.

Recipe: Aperol Spritz

1 1/2 oz. Aperol Liqeuer
2 oz. Prosecco 
Splash of Seltzer or Soda
A couple Ice Cubes 
Lemon or Orange Slice
and a
Cerignola Olive for Garnish