The Best Wine And Spirit Pairings With Stilton Cheese

Forbes ^ | April 15th 2023 | Joseph V Micallef

[Jacquerie]

Stilton is among the world’s best-known cheeses. An after-dinner stalwart, Stilton pairs brilliantly with a wide assortment of fortified and dry wines. Little wonder that it is nicknamed the “King of Cheeses.” Here’s a quick primer on the history and diversity of England’s Stilton cheeses and the wines and spirits to pair with them.

Stilton has two forms. Inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti, a blue variety exhibits the characteristic blue veining and Stilton's traditional smell and taste. There is also an uninoculated white form.

The cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton in Cambridgeshire. Ironically, the town is outside the designated production area, so Stilton cannot be made in its namesake village.

A creamy character with varying saltiness and tanginess characterizes Blue Stilton cheeses. Flavor notes can range from fruitiness to herbal notes of cut grass and straw. On average, Stilton cheese has a fat content of 35% and a protein content of 23%.

Recently, I sat down with Dominick DiBartolomeo, an expert on all things cheese and owner of the Cheese Store of Beverly Hills, a Los Angeles institution for over 50 years and one of the first bona fide cheese stores in the county.

[Jacquerie]

Great info. Thanks!

[bert]

Here’s the real poop on Stilton Cheese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM102CO8JL0&t=980s&ab_channel=ClaudiaRomeo

My wife won’t allow it in the house

[cyclotic]

Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t heard of Stilton Cheese before. My wife wanted some specialty food from Whole Foods so we stopped there today. (I wore my Trump hat (and CCW))

They had some Stilton Cheese and I bought some. It’s incredible.

[Jacquerie]

Yum yum!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

My very favorite is white Stilton with mango and ginger.

That stuff rocks.

[Allegra]

The Cheese Family loves them some holiday Stilton. And the zoo. They like the zoo.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDmKyp8J_Y