Village Cheese Shop

My name is Michael Afertado and I'm the owner and operator here at the Village Cheese Shop on Love Lane in Madness, New York in the heart of Long Island wine country. The Village Cheese Shop has been here for nearly 18 years and we're proud to be one of the best sources in New York for We have 11 employees here and we are passionate about what we do and we love the ambiance and the connection that we have with our clients and we love to expose them to new items coming in w It's t We are also a full service cafe and a wine bar with about 35 different wines to choose from. In addition to t If people want to come out here for a day trip they will not be disappointed the cheese shop is really a wonderful part of Madness and Love Lane.

Hey all, happy Thursday. Today I am here at the Village Cheese Shop and I am here with the owner Sabina and she will be bringing us through a fun wine and cheese pairing. Welcome. As Today we've got two examples for you here and you can go through some of the basic principles of cheese and lime pairing after work very quickly. It is spring, it's a gorgeous beautiful day today and it is beginning to be the season of fresh goat cheeses and fresh cheese. So first example here is H It is runny at the brine and has a line of ash in it and a line of ash on the outside as well. It's a very traditional t Goat cheeses are fresh, they're tangy, they're milky, lemony and they pair beautifully with a couple different wines. A very classic pairing for that is going to be a Sauvignon Blanc, more so a French or Le Mour restrain Sauvignon Blanc. The acidity in there of the wine, the acidity of the goat cheese pair beautifully and it really cleanses the palate of that wonderful goat flavor. Also, rosu00e9s and I'm very excited we got in our first move into rosu00e9s. Several of them, one of them right here, the Azul rosu00e9 from Spain. Rosu00e9 is very diverse in what it goes with in terms of pairing the cheeses and with goat cheese similarly. It has a wonderful acidity just The second cheese that we are talking about today is definitely our favorite of the village cheese shop. It's Malika Gouda from Wisconsin. Malika is a Dutch woman who came here and started to make cheese and really wins huge awards for all of her cheeses. We carry the Fennigreek w It's a beautiful contrast to the Gouda and the cheese. There are a couple wines that I There's a fruitiness nonetheless even though it's dry and that fruitiness really compliments the Fennigreek and the cheese and the tang. It's a wrong milk cheese so that tang, that bite that you get, the beautiful bite that you get with wrong milk cheeses and it really flavors complement another and just have that flavor go on and on. So two of my wonderful favorites right here. When you're pairing wines and cheeses there'some t So we're looking to match textures really. So when we talk about the Scope cheese here w Another other side example would be Cheddar and Cabernet. Cheddar being a fuller cheese, a richer cheese, Cabernet being a fuller wine, a richer wine. And certainly when you talk about an aged Cheddar with an aged Cabernet, it's a beautiful combination. Intensity is another important characteristic. You don't want to have t You want to have kind of an equal balance between the intensity of the cheese and the intensity of the wine. Comparable flavors would be RC. So we've got texture, intensity and comparable flavors. Really a great analogy there is, a great example I should say, is a green cheese w Goes beautifully with a Chardonnay with similar flavor. So a classic carrying there as well and that touches on the comparable flavors being a great match for cheeses and wines. And lastly, contrasting flavors. A little bit with the Maraca, Femme, Great Buda and the Reese t It's really, again, we're always finding balance so we can find balance in many different ways and having a spicy flavor with a sweeter flavor ends up being a beautiful harmony and a beautiful balance. So TICC, texture, intensity, comparable flavors and contrasting flavors are great. Those are great tips for pairing cheese and wine. If you'd But we are doing some fun classes, have been and now we're going to do some of them virtually. We are going to have our spring will you pick up your items here and we'll do a live class with you. That's going to take place on April 29th, so feel free to give us a call about that. And I can tell you about some other ways to support the Village Cheese Shop. Is that okay to do, Michelle? Yes, please do. Call us and place your order for cheeses, for meats, for wine, all these t We can talk to you about the phone on the phone, the curbside pickup. You can stop in quickly, but curbside pickup is a great way to go. I'm signing for a newsletter. Every week I've been doing new items in the store on sale items. It's a great way to kind of show you what we have here in our shop. Recently we'll have our online store in a couple weeks, w Also, cheese a month. People really enjoy learning about new cheeses. You can learn more about that on our website as well. Do you have friends and family far away who miss their Wisconsin cheeses, who are isolated? I'm really happy to send them some Wisconsin cheese. Just give us a call. We can give you information about that and arrange that for you. And yeah, I mentioned our online class as well. I have some customers who are doing virtual get-together with friends, where you're purchasing cheeses, meats, and wines from here, and everyone gets the same at home, and they're having a virtual party. It's a great way to continue friends Wow, what a great idea. I'm going to steal that. Yeah, it's a great idea. My daughter wanted to also say thank you for supporting the Lilitz Chees Shop. Right? Can I say thank you? Thank you for supporting the Lilitz Chees Shop. Yeah, I have a little cheese there. It's a cheesy day though. Considering We are sticking to the hours we had before, w So 11 to 7. We will make sandwiches to go, curbside pickup, as long as we have bread to do that. So that's pretty much all the time. Fridays, 11 to 8. Saturdays, 10 to 6. And Sundays, 11 to 4. So our regular hours are made closed on Monday. Great. So everybody, if you are in need of some great wine and cheese, now Thank you, Sabina.