Tutored Tasting Fizz & Fromage

Perfect marriage of artisan cheese and sparkling wine

PairingsbyJackieArmet

PhotosbyJaneChurchill

The tutored tasting at this year’s Great Canadian Cheese Festival saw wine critic Michael Pinkus and cheese expert Jackie Armet guide participants through pairing five Ontario sparkling wines and two Ontario craft beers with seven Canadian artisan and farmstead cheeses:

• Comox Brie, Natural Pastures Cheese, with 2013 Dea’s Cuvée, Casa-Dea Estates Winery;

• La Pyramide, The Farm House Natural Cheeses, with 2010 Peter F. Huff Cuvée, Huff Estates Winery;

• Champlain, Fromagerie F.X. Pichet, with Tortured Path Cider, County Cider Company;

• Zacharie Cloutier, Fromagerie Nouvelle France, with Pixie, Rosehall Run;

• Lindsay Bandaged Goat Cheddar, Mariposa Dairy, with 2013 Sparkling Riesling, Grange of Prince Edward County Vineyards & Estate Winery;

• Gold Gouda, Mountainoak Cheese, with Lug Tread, Beau’s All-Natural Brewing;

• Urban Blue, Blue Harbour Cheese, with Mad Tom, Muskoka Brewery.