I bet I’m not the only one who comes running if someone so much as whispers “French Wine and Cheese”!

You could simply say brie, but you’d have me doing a 400 yard dash for

• “Camembert” — a cow’s milk from Normandy
• or “Emmental” — a cow’s milk from Savoie
• or “Brillat-Savarin” — a cow’s milk from Burgundy
• or “Roquefort” — a sheep’s milk from the Pyrenees
• or “Delice” — a cow’s milk from Burgundy
• or  “St Augur” — a cow’s milk from Auvergne
• or Crottin de Chavignol — a goat’s milk or chèvre
• or “Morbier” or “Mimolette”  or …
• so many cheeses, so little time!

Major AOC cheeses: the size of the symbol equates to the size of production (from Wikipedia)

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