Ursula Heinzelmann, Wein- & Essenschreiberin
Those of you who know me well will certainly remember that my great cheese awakening moment occurred in the US. At the 2001 Slow Food Cheese in Bra/Piedmont I attended a class with American goat and sheep milk cheeses, moderated by Rob Kaufelt of Murray’s Cheese in New York. Full of arrogant prejudice I thought it would be a joke… » Weiterlesen…
You say Gouda, I say Chowda… Is there a cheese that is more misunderstood than this Dutch fellow? For some it’s the ultimate, mass-produced boredom of cheese, reduced to a marginal existence on breakfast buffets and sandwiches, for others it means a sophisticated, aged farmer’s wheel full of concentrated, caramelly goodness. The truth, as usual, lies in both as well as in between. We explored it. » Weiterlesen…
Für die einen ist es der vielleicht langweiligste Käse der Welt, in Masse produziert, zum ewigen Dasein auf Frühstücksbüffets und Schulstullen verdammt. Für die anderen… ja, die anderen, die bekommen glänzende Augen, wenn sie an die Höfe denken, die die handgefertigten runden Laibe lange reifen lassen, bis sie karamellig duften und mit kleinen Kristallen auf der Zunge ein käsiges Feuerwerk entfachen. Und die Wahrheit, die liegt wie immer bei beiden und überall dazwischen! » Weiterlesen…
It might not always seem to be the case in HeinzelCheese country, but I assure you, even here life is more than cheese and wine… Therefore I’d love to see you at this event in Berlin, on Saturday April 11. I am honored to be in the company of all those awesome artists. And, just in case you wondered: there will be wine and cheese involved.
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So many cheeses, so many wines, so many of you so interested – therefore we crunched up our rhythm a bit in HeinzelCheeseTalk land. And yes, that’s right: we had Scharlachberg! Germans mostly associate a not very exciting (to say the least) brandy with that name – but actually and mostly it designates a great and steep vineyard on the very northern edge of Rheinhessen, directly on the river Rhine, opposite the Rheingau. » Weiterlesen…