109 Cheesemonger Selection’s Passover / Easter Platters & Wines

109 Cheesemonger Selection’s Holiday Platters Highlighting our new Spring Favorites $95 for 10-15 people $75 for 6-10 people – Green Hill Camembert, Sweet Grass Dairy, Georgia Cow’s milk, buttery creamy, silky, thin edible rind. – Saulnois, Reserve France Cow’s milk washed in a Mirabelle plum brandy from Lorraine, nutty, sharp, a great melting cheese. – […]

Time to celebrate! Merry Christmas & A Happy Hanukkah

Wow, we can’t believe that the 2014 holiday season is upon us.  We have been crazy busy stocking the shelves with great foodie gifts, amazing new cheeses, charcuterie and all of our usual seasonal favorites. Gift certificates are plentiful, chocolates are begging to be consumed, our new ordering platform is live on our website (order in […]

Roccheviberti 2006

  The list of time-honored, truly great vineyards in Barolo is limited to about 15 places. Ranking these sites precisely is very difficult and equally as subjective, so I won’t even attempt. But I doubt that any knowledgeable expert on the subject would not put “Le Rocche di Castiglione Falletto” in the top 5. It […]

A new cheese & wine find from Alsace

A new cheese find from Alsace made in La Lorraine, produced by the monks of the Abbaye de Vergaville, the milk is sourced no more than 10 miles away. Known for having one of the last artisan and locally produced munsters in France. This beautiful cheese named for father Antoine “Tome du Pere Antoine aux […]

Fairfield County Chef's Table by Amy Kundrat

Fairfield County Chef’s Table Book Signing with Amy Kundrat

Join us with author, CTbites partner, and food lover Amy Kundrat for a book signing of her latest book, Fairfield County Chef’s Table. Barbara Nevins from Southwest Café and Sarah and Bernard from Bernard’s will also be in attendance. We will be pouring wine and offering up tastes of our wild mushroom grilled cheese, stay […]

Mother’s Day at 109

Mother’s Day is Sunday! This is the one you don’t want to forget! Did you forget? Don’t worry, we have answers. Cheese, Wine, Platters, antique gifts, cheese boards, vintage picnic baskets and if you can’t choose we have gift certificates available too. We are open Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 10-4.  

April is National Grilled Cheese Month

April is National Grilled Cheese Month Ever since I can remember, a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup was my mom’s perfect answer to a bad day.  It most likely was made with something other than real cheese back then, but it was the though that counted.  Today, Neal’s Yard Cheddar, local […]

Our Valentines Day Special Class

Join 109 along with Chef Paul,  Executive Chef of Ridgefield Academy or some of you might know him from his wonderful restaurant Cello, formerly in The Marketplace. Chef Paul and Monica will be demonstrating a simple menu paired with a wine tasting. Come enjoy a casual meal and learn a few Chef tricks. – When: […]

The Upcoming Class Schedule

I can’t believe it is already February 2014.   We just completed or Spain class it was awesome!  Thank you Emily for a great presentation and passionate explanation of the wines!  The cheese and wine pairings were some of the best we have had to date.  Coming up next is our journey to Burgundy on […]

New Years 2013 – Champagne & Caviar please

As the holidays pass through our lives and the New Year approaches, we find ourselves trying to figure out what caviar to savor and what Champagne to drink.  As luck may have it, we at 109 have the perfect solution. This year, our caviar selection includes Alaskan Salmon Roe, American Hackleback (Mississippi & Missouri River), […]