Saturday, January 26, 2008

Cheese: GrandVewe

To celebrate Australia Day we'll be kicking back, watching the cricket and enjoying some good Australia Cheese and I found one that is just perfect for the day. Made by Tasmania's Grandvewe it is called...

grandvewe ewe bewety

Ewe Bewety!

grandvewe ewe bewety

When I saw the name I just cracked up - Australians and those that understand our vernacular should get a chuckle out of it - other people will just look at you strangely.


grandvewe ewe bewety

Ewe Bewety (You Beauty) is a vine wrapped sheep milk cheese - the sticker on the packet helpfully tells us that the moulds are normal and part of the maturation process. There's a pleasant smell of damp vine leaf - nothing overpowering in the aromas. It is about 9 days from peak maturation so I would imagine the moulding would envelope more of the external leaf as time passed.

grandvewe ewe bewety

To slice, it is a firm cheese, and you should be able to see a lighter coloured core around the centre of the cheese. This is a visually representation of the maturation process as cheese matures from the outside in.

We found the cheese to be quite creamy with a pleasant bite that you would associate with a blue or a vintage cheddar. It's best eaten without the vine leaf. We were most impressed with this cheese and it will certainly be on our cheese board again.

For those in Melbourne, this was found at Leo's Kew.

The details:
Cheese Maker: Grandvewe Cheese
Cheese Name: Ewe Bewety
Location: 59 Devlyns Road, Birchs Bay Tasmania
Open:
September - June: 10am-5pm, 7 days excluding Christmas day
July - August: 10am-4pm daily except Tuesdays
Web

Other Grandvewe Cheese:
Grandvewe Primavera
Grandvewe Birchs Bay Blonde


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4 comments

  1. mmmm looks divine! Especially love the very Australia name.

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  2. Thanks Syrup - it is a fabulous name!

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  3. Aww what a cute cheese! And it looks very tasty too. Have yet to see it around in Sydney.

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  4. Thanks Y - I do believe that you can order the cheese directly from Grandvewe and they will post it out to you.

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