Cheese & Chocolate Pairing Gift Box
Conduct your own cheese and chocolate tasting at home with this expertly paired kit of three artisan chocolates from Milène Jardine Chocolatier and three seasonal artisan cheeses from Cheese Grotto. Served with Olina's Crackers and packaged in our beautiful gift box.
Cheese & Chocolate Pairing Gift Box
What's Included
Made with fruity Peruvian beans and toasty notes from Ecuador’s Cacao Arriba the blend leaves you with a balanced taste of dried fruit and sweet spices. Milène Jardine makes a dark chocolate bar rich in cocoa butter resulting a smooth, full-bodied chocolate that pairs excellently with cheese.
Customize your box to be gluten-free if needed!
Each gift box includes:
• Award-Winning Cow's Milk Brie, 5oz: Pairs with Milène Jardine Chocolatier 70% Dark Chocolate, 3oz
• Award-Winning Cow's Milk Natural Rind, 6oz: Pairs with Milène Jardine Chocolatier 70% Pistachio Dark Chocolate, 3oz
• Award-Winning Cow's Milk Clothbound Cheddar, 6oz: Pairs with Milène Jardine Chocolatier 70% Toasted Coconut & Kaffir Lime Leaf Dark Chocolate, 3oz
• Olina's Crackers, 3.5 oz
Award-Winning Cow's Milk Brie, 5oz
Highlighting the best of American artisan brie-styles, we'll select what is seasonally available and tasting its best. You'll be receiving a pasteurized, bloomy-rind cow milk cheese with notes of white button mushrooms, grass-fed butter, crème fraiche, cauliflower, and baked bread. This cheese category is a crowd-pleaser and pairs wonderfully with Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Riesling, and Sparkling Brut.
Award-Winning Cow's Milk Natural Rind, 6oz
One of our favorite table cheeses, a natural rind style has an edible, ruddy rind with notes of buttermilk, brown butter, cured meat, nuts, and brown mushroom. Semi-firm and aged a minimum of two months, we'll hand select what is seasonally available and tasting its best. Pairs beautifully with a Chardonnay or Pinot Noir.
Award-Winning Cow's Milk Clothbound Cheddar, 6oz
Clothbound cheddars have become a distinguished American cheese category. Unlike their block cheddar counterparts that are sealed in wax or plastic, the milled curd is carefully wrapped in cheesecloth and then brushed with butter. Clothbound cheddars boasts flavors of bright pineapple and lemon curd, roasted nuts, caramel, and olives with a minerality closer to the rind. We'll select the best tasting wheel we have for this gift set. Pair with a light to medium-bodied red with low tannins, such as Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Franc or Syrah.
Milène Jardine 70% Dark Chocolate
New York Times-featured chocolatier Milène Jardine makes a dark chocolate bar rich in cocoa butter resulting a smooth, full-bodied chocolate that pairs excellently with cheese. Made with fruity Peruvian beans and toasty notes from Ecuador’s Cacao Arriba the blend leaves you with a balanced taste of dried fruit and sweet spices. Pair with a delicate Bordeaux like Chateau Viaud-Laland, Lalande de Pomerol (2014) and our Brie. The rich and creamy texture of the cheese paired with the dark chocolate, and long finish of the Bordeaux make an indulgent combination.
Olina's Crackers
These deliciously thin crackers are made in Australia, from wheat flower and a touch of umami-rich cheese, making them an excellent match for your at-home cheese tasting experience.
Shipping
• Your shipping charge is based on your zip code location.
• Place your order by Sunday to ship Tuesday via Express Shipping.
•All cheese orders must ship Express due to their need to stay cold during transit.
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About the Producer
A variety of specialty food products curated by Cheese Grotto.
Serving Suggestions
After you’ve assembled your board, pour one of these pairings to enjoy with your cheese and chocolate.
Wine: Seek out full-bodied, fruit-forward red wines that will play well with the dark chocolates and flavorful cheeses in this box. Zinfandel, Merlot, Petite Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon are great places to start. Bubbles (think Champagne and Prosecco) as well as dessert wines like Vin Santo and port work well too.
Beer: Sip malt-forward beers like amber ales, red ales, brown ales, dark lagers, barleywines, porters, and stouts with cheese and chocolate.
Cocktails: Aged spirits like bourbon, Scotch, rum, and tequila tend to go well with the caramel-y, nutty, and fruity notes in craft chocolate while complementing a variety of cheese styles.
Ingredients
Ingredients are variable as we occasionally we substitute one artisan product for another, or one artisan cheese for another, depending on seasonality and availability. Please mark your allergies in the checkboxes provided above the Add to Cart button.
The Cheese Grotto is fantastic - it keeps my blocks of cheese fresher for longer periods of time, unwrapped in all their glory.
It really does extend the life of cheese over time. Aside from the functionality, the Cheese Grotto looks great and is easy to maintain.
The Cheese Grotto is a must have for anyone who loves cheese. Looks stunning and keeps all of your cheeses in perfect condition.
Great insulated packaging arrived with cold packs still partially frozen. My favorite aged cheese.
Excellent quality and service. Everyone was pleased with their gifts. Thank you.
Too good for words!
I ordered 2 more for the holidays.
We splurge once a year on very fine cheeses - the Rogue River Blue is regularly on the top of the list. It arrived in excellent condition, taste, texture, and aroma, all sublime. Rave reviews/comments from our friends (they seem very willing to appear for a cheese and wine gathering, hum....) Thanks to the folks at the Cheese Grotto for making such wonderful wedges available. cheers, Fred
I will always buy this cheese. It’s one of my favorites and has been for years! Take it out of the fridge about an hour before serving it so it’s room temperature and super creamy when serving. It’s really good on apple slices or on crackers. I sometimes eat it on Triscuits and the added salt is soooo good with the woody flavor of the cheese. 10/10
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Great insulated packaging arrived with cold packs still partially frozen. My favorite aged cheese.
Excellent quality and service. Everyone was pleased with their gifts. Thank you.
Too good for words!
I ordered 2 more for the holidays.
We splurge once a year on very fine cheeses - the Rogue River Blue is regularly on the top of the list. It arrived in excellent condition, taste, texture, and aroma, all sublime. Rave reviews/comments from our friends (they seem very willing to appear for a cheese and wine gathering, hum....) Thanks to the folks at the Cheese Grotto for making such wonderful wedges available. cheers, Fred
I will always buy this cheese. It’s one of my favorites and has been for years! Take it out of the fridge about an hour before serving it so it’s room temperature and super creamy when serving. It’s really good on apple slices or on crackers. I sometimes eat it on Triscuits and the added salt is soooo good with the woody flavor of the cheese. 10/10
Great cheese
A great gift that everyone enjoyed… thanks!
I’ve heard about the wonderfulness of Harbison, so when I had the change ordered a couple small wheels - it lives up to it’s reputation - creamy, flavorful, totally enjoyable.
I recently received my Cheese Grotto selections of Wagyu Bresaola, Wild Rosemary from Goat Rodeo, Marin French Cheese Petite Camembert and Sour Cherry Pomegranate Conserve. At a small dinner party they were so popular I worried guests would want to skip dinner and just dwell on the charcuterie offerings! It was wonderful to have a unique goat cheese offering for my guest who limits dairy. The conserve has enhanced meat, cheese, and bread at my table. I recommend all of these items from Cheese Grotto.
While the service accommodations were awesome and the chocolates were divine, they were much smaller than expected. I am not sure I could afford them again given the size of the chocolates with that price.
I’ve been enjoying this with flax and poppy seed crackers. Not too sharp and has a subtle nutty flavor that the crackers being out.
Lisa, we love this cheddar so much haha! We're so happy you also enjoy it, it is wonderfully complex and nuanced without being too aggressive. And the flavor just lasts and lasts.
Outstanding customer service: prompt, responsive, and helpful communication about products and shipping. I appreciate the professionally packed: no small feat in order to get perishables clear across the country; shipping information and links promptly emailed so I can keep an eye on delivery status.
I appreciate the professionally packed: no small feat in order to get perishables clear across the country; shipping information and links promptly emailed so I can keep an eye on delivery status.
Cheese delivered cold, with cold packs.
Delicious and still cold
I look forward to this cheese every year. It is a show-stopper on any cheeseboard and its pairings-- don't even get me started! This cheese is my excuse to keep potato chips in the house. It is so good, I have to ship my parents a wheel as well each season! Cannot wait to dig into a wheel this year.
This is heavenly… oozy and creamy as soon as it is tempered, unlike supermarket varieties. I purchased this at Lakewood Winery (I think! We visited several that day) and I regret not buying several! Obviously I’m online looking for more…
Though I'm not a fan of stinky cheese, I purchased this package for a small, socially-distanced cheese night with some friends. The Appalachian and Mountaineer were "crowd" favorites. They're absolutely delectable. Even the Mini-Grayson found its small fan club. I will definitely be buying this again!
We couldn't resist and ate everything last night. Insanely yummy! The Cooper Creek was our favorite! It paired so well with the pears and salami we had. <3
I loved these three cheeses! The clothbound cheddar pairs so well with dark chocolate. Would buy again!
I’m not one for stinky cheeses, so when initially plating, Foxglove was daunting. However, after pairing it with some of the suggested foods from the pairing literature, I think I’m in love! This set was complex, creamy, and worth every penny!
This cheese was super creamy! We followed all of the pairing literature, made sure to let it temper at room temp before serving, and it was so delicious!
This is the best goat cheese I've ever had! If you like goat cheese and hard cheese this is for you. The pairing notes were amazing also!
I really enjoyed this selection.
We're so glad, thank you!
Cheese delivery arrived in excellent condition! It tastes wonderful,
Thank You