Ursula Heinzelmann, Wein- & Essenschreiberin
To fit with the season, for this month we selected two daiginjo sake, from Sogen and Ichinikura. Daiginjo means that the rice is polished to just 40 percent of the initial grain, leaving only the inner part. This inner part is full of concentrated aromas that make the sake taste quite full, but at the same time very elegant. » Weiterlesen…
Gouda is Gouda is Gouda – or isn’t it? No, of course it isn’t. And of course as a subscriber of this monthly series of cheese highlights you’re aware of that. But it might be a good idea to refresh your senses‘ memory about the real thing, and treat yourself to a mature, slowly ripened piece, like this gorgeously crumbly, complex 25 months old Buurenkaas (farmers‘ cheese) from Kaasboerderij Booij. » Weiterlesen…
Mimolette might crumble and flake when being cut, but on the palate it is never dry or even dusty, instead seducing reliably with an almost juicy smoothness. As intense as its orange glow is its citrussy, nutty aroma. Also, and that’s why I offer it to you for these last cold days, aged Mimolette truly loves wine. » Weiterlesen…
What a weekend – the Markthalle Neun was full of cheese, cheese makers, cheesemongers, cheese lovers – in short, you! For a whole, long day (11-19h), local, regional, national, international stuff was presented, sniffed, felt, tasted, discussed, sold, savored…
This fourth edition of Cheese Berlin was a very special happening – which Heinzelcheese celebrated with four (!) very special Heinzelcheesetalks.
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I was really happy to see Jan Dirk van de Voort again at the Berlin Slow Food Cheese fair in November. I met him during my extensive research trip on Gouda in 2009 (read about it in Effilee #13). Actually, to mention him together with what at least in Germany is mostly used as a vague collective term for firm cheese of the unexciting kind is not doing him any favour. The Remeker cheese he is producing near Utrecht in the western part of the Netherlands belongs to a completely different class. » Weiterlesen…