PDO, Yes / No?! Flashcards
Gorgonzola
Yes, a cow’s milk creamy blue produced in Lombardy and Piedmont.
Zamorano
Yes. Spanish sheep’s milk cheese. Akin to Manchego, but the Churra breed is used, not the Manchega sheep.
Manchego
Yes, from Spain, using milk from the Manchega breed sheep and produced in the La Mancha region.
Reblochon
Yes, also known as Reblochon de Savoie. It is a soft cow’s milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Comté
Yes, an alpine style, cow’s milk cheese, produced in the Jura region in the East along the border with Switzerland.
PDO? Yes/No
Gruèyre
No, but it does have PGI status.
Petit Basque
No, it is a semi-hard sheep cheese produced in the Basque region in southern France in the Pyrenees.
Delice de Borgogne
No, but this triple cream brie sure is yummy!
Humbolt Fog
No. To date, no U.S. cheeses have applied for PDO status, but they could.
Emmentaler
Yes, this Swiss cheese is a PDO, but not to be confused with Emmental de Savoie from France which is a PGI status cheese.
Fleur Verte
No, this is an artisanal chevre with red peppercorns and dried herbs on the rind.
Parmigiano-Reggiano
Yes, always raw cow’s milk. You know it. You love it!
Taleggio
Yes, yes, yes! Washed rind, cow’s milk.
Fontina Val d’Aosta
Yes, it’s a raw, alpine style cheese that the Italian’s use to make Fonduta!
Epoisse de Bourgogne
Yes, and it is an excellent match for Pinot Noir, natually!
Camembert de Normandie
Yes.
Stilton
Yes. It is England’s only name protected cheese!
Grana Padano
Yep!
Pecorino Sardo
Yes again. Also PDO…Pecorino Tuscany and Pecorino Romano.
Asiago
Yes. Famous cow’s milk cheese made in Venetao and Trentino-Alto-Adige region.
Brillat-Savarin
NO, but it does enjoy PGI status. French, soft-ripened and triple cream. A bloomy!
Roquefort
Yes, always a raw sheep’s milk blue cheese. EU law dictates that it must be aged in the indigenous caves at Combalou in Roqufort-sur-Soulzon located in southern France.
Tomme de Savoie
No, but it a very ancient cheese from the French Alps, made of cow’s milk. It has a very thick, natural rind. It does enjoy PGI status.
Kasseri
Yes. It is a semi-hard combination sheep-goat cheese from Greece.
Feta
Yes. A Greek, brined either 100% sheep, or sheep-goat mixed milk cheese.
Roncal
Si! A Spanish sheep’s milk cheese, semi-firm from the Valle de Roncal.
Havarti Denmark
PDO, yes / no?
No, but it is a PGI.
Valdeon - Spain
PDO, yes / no?
Not PDO, a PGI.
Raclette de Savoie
PDO, yes / no?
PGI only!
Ossau-Iraty
PDO, yes / no?
Yes, a semi-firm raw sheep’s milk cheese.
Valencay
PDO, yes / no?
Yes. A raw pyramid-shaped ashened goat cheese.
