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Cheese is nothing new when it comes to pairing it with wine, but are your sure which cheese works best with which wine? With the first post in cheese and wine pairings I touched on the most common forms of cheese and wine that work well together, and here are some others that are a bit more extreme. Of course, all of these wines work best when the cheese compliments the wine and doesn’t over-take the taste.

1. Goat Cheese: This cheese has a mild taste and is very soft and earthy in its form. It works best with Sauvignon Blanc and any other wine that is high in acidic taste.

2. Gouda Cheese: Make sure the any Gouda cheese you purchase has been aged. This cheese has a salty taste and at times a sweet taste to some as well. This cheese works best with Pinot Noir, Zinfandels and even a few Rieslings.

3. Munster Cheese: This cheese has a mild flavor when it is younger and a bit of an assertive and stronger taste when aged longer. This cheese works best with Rieslings, Gewurztraminer, Zinfandels and even a wine that falls under the title of Beaujolais.

4. Jarlsberg Cheese: This cheese has a mild nutty type of taste to it and it works before with light red wines and even some forms of wine.

5. Parmesan Reggiano Cheese: This cheese has a hard texture and some forms can even be found that have a granular texture. This cheese works best with salty foods and with wine it works best with Chianti and some forms of Chardonnay as well.

6. Pecorino Cheese: This cheese is hard and has the taste of a salty nut. IT works besot with Merlots, and Zinfandels.
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Earthly Eating Recipe

Sesame-Peanut Dip
Serves: 20

1 container (16 oz.) Sour Cream
1 envelope (1.2 oz.) Good Seasons Asian Sesame Salad Dressing and Recipe Mix
1/2 cup dry Roasted Unsalted Peanuts, chopped

Mix ingredients until well blended.

Happy Eating!