The Taste of Ridgefield, 2013
Thank you all for coming out to The Ridgefield Community Center and supporting Ridgefield today. We hope you enjoyed all of the amazing food from this great town and continue to support all of it’s vendors. Did you know that the Rotary Club uses all of the profits from this event for scholarships and grants in our community?
Please continue to support your local restaurants and specialty shops, we all really appreciate it!
Below you will find all of the cheese and wine pairing from todays tastings with tasting notes.
Remember to Shop Local.
Thank you always,
Monica & Todd
Wine & Cheese Pairings
Monica & Todd’s Table, Front Hall
Pfaffenheim pinot gris, Alsace, France 2010 $19
This pinot gris is wonderfully aromatic and fills the glass with bountiful fruit and honeysuckle notes, yet is brilliantly crisp, and finishes bone-dry.
Castelinhos, Cow’s milk, Azores, Portugal $8.75 ½ lb
Produced on Terceira Island, a mild buttery semi firm cheese. Great for breakfast.
Clos de Haute-Combe Julienas, France 2010 $22
Julienas is reputed to have been named by the legions of one J. Caesar. 100% gamay; light bodied with spicy richness; floral, and bursting with fresh red fruit.
Bianco Sardo, Sheep’s milk, Italy $ 9.25 ½ lb
Matured in reed baskets, firm, with nutty, earthy notes. Try grated on pasta.
Patty & Terence’s Table, Back room, left side
El Pedrosal, Rivera del Duero, Spain 2009 $21
The vineyards of Ribera del Duero run through the high plateau of northern Spain; made from the tinto fino, (tempranillo) the wine is full bodied and ripe, with bright cherry aromas, full fruit, and hints of vanilla and toast.
Jasper Hill Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, Cow, Vermont $12.99 ½ lb
Traditionally bandaged with muslin and aged a minimum of 10 months in the cellars of Jasper Hill. A classic English style cheddar with earthy herbal notes, robust, savory and nutty.
Il Fauno di Arcanum, Tuscany, Italy 2007 $26
A merlot and cabernet blend; the rolling hills and warm sun of Tuscany produce an appealing, round wine full of black fruit and cassis, minerality, and lushness, with a long finish.
SarVecchio Parmesan, Cow, Wisconsin $ 8.40 ½ lb
Award winning, American style parmesan, but we find it too be more in the aged gouda style but a wonderful cheese for snacking or grating. Sweet, crumbly, slight caramel notes, salty.
Today’s “Cookbook Thursday with Cheesemonger Patty” featured recipe is “Easter Egg Radish Crostini with Herbed Goat Cheese”. 
The recipe instructs on making herbed goat cheese, but why complicate things? Fleur Verte, our French herb-coated chevre, allows you to skip that step of the recipe, making this an even simpler Easter brunch nosh. 
Patty loves clean, fresh and easy as much as she loves cheese! The featured book is “Roots” and does not feature Kunta Kinte but does have some amazing recipes. Come on down and check out all of our amazing cheeses and great books. 
All of us at 109 would love to see you!
Today is small business Saturday. Come out and taste some cheese, taste some wine and let us show you why small business and personalized service is the way to go. We are very proud of our store and our staff and hope you enjoy shopping with us as much as we enjoy doing our job.
Monica and I love a picnic! We launched our 
