Ursula Heinzelmann, Wein- & Essenschreiberin
One of the most exciting Heinzelcheese highlights this year was the great Turkey tasting during the Cheese Berlin, and that’s why I’d like to serve you a little reminder here in the form of a fantastic artisanal cheese from the Kars region in eastern Anatolia, with the poetic name Angels Hair or Turcoman Tassel: Türkmen Çeçil. » Weiterlesen…
The wild and wide Alentejo in southern central Portugal is exactly what you need when November finally settles on our shores with its chilly darkness, and shelves begin to be invaded way too soon and aggressively by gingerbread and chocolate Santas. The small sheep cheeses from Évora evoke the light and the aromas of the austere, sun drenched garrigue pastures roamed by the shepherds and their animals. » Weiterlesen…
Skyr has long fascinated me. However, Iceland not being exactly around the corner and not in the just-hop-over-to-find-out flight ticket, it took me a long time to figure it out for good. The final reckoning took me by surprise and happened a few weeks ago at the Slow Food Cheese in Bra/Piemont on a Sunday morning… and what I tasted made me almost jump with joy: it was quark! » Weiterlesen…
Once again the continually growing Heinzelcheese network provided the cheese of the month, from cheese shores far away I have never been to (and now want to visit urgently, better sooner than later…). My friend Paula returned from a family trip to Croatia with a wheel of cheese that spoke of sheep in a stony karst landscape, with macchia shrubs instead of lush pastures; the whole setting surrounded by the blue Adriatic sea. Brač is the third largest islands off the Croatian coast. » Weiterlesen…
The height of summer in Heinzelcheese country calls out for something on the cheese plate that transports me to lush mountain pastures, to the symphony of bells, little streams, the wind swishing, animals munching… That’s why this month’s cheese comes from the Pyrenees. Or, to be more exact, their French-Atlantic side which divides up into the Basque country (bordering the sea) and the Béarn (inland). » Weiterlesen…
Yes, that’s right, the cheese of the month is a museum… because HeinzelCheeese right now is in Aberystwyth in the west of Wales and Ceredigion Museum with its display of working implements offers a fantastic insight into the butter and cheese history of this totally beautiful corner of Wales.
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They warned me: in late May, up in the Northeast Kingdom, it could be hot summer weather, or it could snow. I packed another layer, and off I went, finally, to visit the Cellars at Jasper Hill in Greensboro, Vermont. To give you an idea of place: Upper Vermont is green, lush, hilly and situated almost four hours drive north of Boston,so close to the Canadian border that my phone started to feel confused. And it was worth every mile, for so many reasons. The most unexpected I offer you here, at least virtually: Harbison. » Weiterlesen…
The Heinzelcheese Network is growing constantly, and that makes me very happy. Because this is how I (and therefore you) get to know about cheeses and cheese makers in corners of the world I had no clue even existed. The Young Buck from Michael Thomson reached me courtesy of my Berliner food and wine friend Florian Minzlaff who right now is studying in Belfast. Would I be interested in Northern Ireland’s only raw milk cheese? You bet… » Weiterlesen…
The eastern Baltic Sea keeps calling out for HeinzelCheese: not long ago a very friendly Lithuanian gave me a „Parmesan“ from his home country (which was quite good, but reminded me more of an aged Gouda), now a friend brought back this cheese from Estonia. Nopri Sõir comes from the the Nopri Talumeierei, a dairy farm and creamery in the very south of the country, near the border with Lithuania and Russia. » Weiterlesen…
At the Heinzelcheese headquarters in Berlin the March sun still tends to be a little wobbly on its warming wintergrey-chasing feet. The after dinner cheese program is therefore much inclined towards reliably friendly, blissful, bright-white-wine-welcoming stuff such as this very poignantly named „Schneeweißer“ from Obere Mühle, an organic creamery in Bad Hindelang in the Allgäu/Bavaria. » Weiterlesen…