Advices from our experts...
Cheese degustation is really simple; not more than 4 services of approximately 3 or 4 cheeses. This choice is necessary to make sure taht everyone can appreciate each cheeses with wine taste. Calculate around 200g of cheese per person half a bottle of wine.
Cheeses by course
Cheese suggestion
| 1st course |
| Le Chèvre de Gaspé with herbs fromFromagerie la Ferme Chimo à Douglastown |
| Le Mamirolle de la Fromagerie Éco-Délices from Plessisville |
| 2nd course |
| Le Saint-Isidore from Fromagerie Ruban Bleu at St-Isidore |
| Le Pied-de-Vent from Fromagerie du Pied-De-Vents at Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
| Le Sir Laurier D'Arthabaska from Fromagerie Fromage Côté at Boucherville |
| Le Riopelle from Société Coopérative Agricole of l'Isle-aux-Grues at l'Isle-aux-Grues |
| 3rd course |
| Le Chèvre noir from Fromagerie Tournevent at Chesterville |
| Le Sorcier de Missisquoi, from Dépendances du Manoir at Brigham |
| Le Cru du Clocher from Fromagerie La Ferme au Village at Lorraineville |
| Le Victor et Berthol from Fromagerie du Champs à la Meule à at Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
| 4th course |
| L'Emmental Bio from Fromagerie l 'Ancêtre at Bécancour |
| Le Ciel de Charlevoix from Maison d'affinage Dufour at Baie St-Paul |
| Le Bleu Bénédictin from Fromagerie de l'Abbaye St-Benoît at St-Benoît du Lac |
| Le Bleu de la Moutonnière from Bergerie la Moutonnière at Ste-Hélène de Chester |
It is always tastefull to mix cheese and bread, crackers, fresh fruits and nuts. For the bleu cheese, why not mixing it with dark chocolate? It will bring you a new tasting experience with our quebequer cheeses.
Tip...
Taste your wine before tasting cheeses! You will be able to observe how cheese and wine act together
Visual aspect
To begin, spin a little bit of wine into the wine glass to have a look at it color wich help to know what kind of raisins the wine is made of.Then, have a look at the tears; the slides on the glass. It gives a good idea about the alcool's quatity and glycerin into the wine. Few sildes means a skinny wine and long slides means a fat wine.
Notice: Those informations do not mean that the wine is good or bad, it is just some criterias to keep in mind while you are evaluating a wine
The Nose
Let spin the wine again, this time to let some oxygen get iinto the wine. Put your nose into the glass and inhale deeply while trying to identify known smells. Take a second inhale to discover other smells.
Notice: Do not try to find to many perfumes because it can disturb your smell sens for the next wines.
Taste
It is not your tongue that helps you anilyse a wine as much pas your palate. Tongue only taste sweet, salty, acid and bitter. Palate ihelps develop flavor. Take a wine sip and make it spin into your mouth while you are letting air coming in wich will help diffusing flavors of the wine. Flavors are in categories: floral, fruity, vegetal, herby, spicy and others. Here we are trying to put the wine into a category. That is the final aspect of the evaluation.
Notice: Remember that the real standar to the wine that your are drinking is your own taste and appreciation. It is only this way that you will really enjoy your wine experience.
In every good cheese diary you can find quebec's products. For the wines you can find tham at the Old Port Market in Québec city or Flavor Marquet in MontrealPour ce qui est des fromages, vous les trouverez dans toutes bonnes fromageries. SAQ has also some local product branch office
| Marché du Vieux-Port de Québec 160 Quai St-André Québec Téléphone : (418) 887-3789 | SAQ Terroir d'ici, Marché Atwater 110, avenue Atwater Montréal Téléphone : (514) 937-2068 Site Internet : www.saq.com |
| Rose Drummond 210 Boulevard Lemire Ouest RR6 Drummondville Téléphone : (819) 474-3488 Site Internet : www.rose.ca | Marché des saveurs du Québec, Marché Talon 280, Place du Marché Nord Montréal Téléphone : (514) 271-3811 Site Internet : www.lemarchedessaveurs.com |
| Marché des Caburons 496, route 132 La Pocatière Téléphone : (418) 856-5885 | L'Épicerie des Halles 145, rue St-Joseph St-Jean-sur-Richelieu Téléphone : (450) 348-6100 |
