Gina Freize
While visiting her parents’ home in Austria while growing up, Gina often wondered why America didn’t have fabulous European-style cheese shops. Hence, Venissimo Cheese was born. In 2003 Gina launched a specialty cheese shop that intends on doing for cheese what Starbucks did for coffee. In other words, soon the crottin will be as well-known as the cappuccino.
In her quest to find the world's greatest fromage, Gina has compiled a knowledge-base of more than 1600 domestic and international c
In her quest to find the world's greatest fromage, Gina has compiled a knowledge-base of more than 1600 domestic and international c
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January 30, 2006
According to French cheese expert Pierre Androuet, “Man has yet to find a better companion to cheese than wine.” I must say, I concur!
From a chemical standpoint, wine contains acids that help to break down and digest cheese. Also the residual sugars in wine provide a perfect counterbalance to...
January 23, 2006
I recently returned from the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. It is an insane gathering of more than 5,000 exhibitors providing samples of roughly 80,000 products in a center that is the size of more than seven football fields!
My objective, as always, was to seek out the finest new cheeses and ...
January 13, 2006
Move over France - you no longer have a lock on the planet's finest cheese! American artisinal cheesemakers are churning out extraordinary delights and winning awards in prestigious competitions. At the 2005 World Cheese Awards in London, Rouge et Noir Brie (pictured), from Marin French Cheese Com...