Cheese Expertise

Improve your cheese expertise

We do know it's difficult; resisting the temptation to pop a piece of cheese into your mouth the moment it's put in front of you. But if you're really interested in cheese it's well worth trying, because there’s a lot more you can learn if you take a little longer to enjoy it.

In much the same way as connoisseurs enjoy wine, you can savour cheese by getting to know the characteristics and nuances of different varieties. An expert such as Cathedral City's Head Cheese Grader Mark Pitts-Tucker evaluates all of our cheeses according to APPEARANCE, BODY, TEXTURE, AROMA and FLAVOUR. You can do the same using little more than your senses of sight, touch, smell and taste. While not strictly a sense, a love of cheese will also come in handy!

Take a close look

What a cheese looks like gives the first clues as to what it will taste like. You’ll be looking at its overall appearance, its colour and how even that colour is.