NEW: HAVE YOUR CHEESE & DRINK IT TOO!

Everyone loves stinky cheese, but there is nothing quite like the perfect cheese paired with the perfect wine. We just added a wine flight option with our fromage, a trio of three tastings with each selection (dinner only).

This week's essentials include:

- MT TAM, Cowgirl Creamery, San Francisco Bay Area: Named after Mt. Tamalpais, this triple-cream cow cheese is so smooth, creamy & elegant, it's no wonder it's the creamery's signature cheese, incidentally winning first prize at this year's American Cheese Society Competition. Fun Fact: it's also made with organic milk from a nearby dairy farm & has a firm, yet buttery, mellow, earthy flavors reminiscent of white mushrooms.

Paired with: Rudolf Muller 2004 Riesling Eiswein (Hainfelder Ordensgut, Germany)

- Dante, Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Co-Op: Rich and nutty, this sheep cheese has a slightly dry but fabulously firm texture & is also a prize winner, taking home second place at the same competition. Fun Fact: The Co-Op is comprised of 12 farms, each boasting fluffy frocks between 100-400 ewes.

Paired with: Domaine Le Goeuil Cairanne 2005 'Cuvee Marie Rouviere' (Cotes du Rhone, France) 

- Great Hill Blue, Great Hill Dairy, 50 miles south of Boston: Made with raw Jersey milk inoculated with penicillium roqueforti (coaxes a complex flavor out of the cheese), this blue cheese is golden-hued, rich and caramelly.

Paired with: Fonseca Bin No. 27 Porto (Douro Valley, Portugal)