Janet Fletcher’s Planet Cheese Database

Like all cheese nerds, I subscribe to a lot of cheese newsletters. The one I read EVERY week is Janet Fletcher’s Planet Cheese. For more than a decade Janet, who is a James Beard Award-Winning Writer, has been writing weekly articles about cheese. Along with her tasting notes on each cheese, she shares its story and history.

I created the following database of selected reviews and articles she has written (and, yes, I have read every one of these articles; some more than once). I chose cheeses and articles (more than 200 total) that I think are more likely to be included in ACS CCP® exam in some fashion. Please note, some of these articles were written several years ago and information may have changed over time. As I caution you in all documents and books you read; if you question information, do your homework and determine its validity. We all do our best to share correct information but none of us is perfect every time.

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My thanks to Janet for sharing her passion and knowledge and allowing me to share it with cheese nerds worldwide… Make Cheese Grate Again…

(I have another version of this list that includes Region of Origin and miscellaneous notes. If you’d like to have a copy of that document, send me an email – you can find my email on the About Me page – or contact me via our Facebook Cheese Study Group.)

Cheese	Country of Origin	Producer	Milk Type	Style	Raw or Pasteurized
Abbaye de Belloc	France	Benedictine Monks	Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Affidelice	France	Berthaut	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Aged Brick	USA	Widmer	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Alpha Tolman	USA	Jasper Hill Farm	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Ameribella	USA	Jacobs & Brichford	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw, Organic
Anabasque	USA	Landmark Creamery	Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Appalachian	USA	Meadow Creek Dairy	Cow	Thin Natural Rind overlaid with a white bloom	Raw
Appenzeller	Switzerland		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Ardrahan	Ireland	Burns Family	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Arpea	France	Fromagerie Agour	Sheep	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Ashbrook	USA	Spring Brook Farm	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Bayley Hazen Blue	USA	Jasper Hill Farm	Cow	Blue	Raw
Beaufort	France		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Beenleigh Blue	United Kingdom		Sheep	Blue
Bergamino di Bufala	Italy	Quattro Portoni	Bufala	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Berkswell	United Kingdom	Stephen and Tessa Fletcher	Sheep	Natural	Raw
Bermuda Triangle	USA	Cypress Grove Chevre	Goat	Double Rind – Ash-Ripened & Bloomy	Pasteurized
Big Rock Blue	USA	Central Coast Creamery	Cow	Blue
Big Woods Blue	USA	Shepherd’s Way Farms	Sheep	Blue
Bleu de Gex	France		Cow	Blue
Bleu de Basques	France		Sheep	Blue
Bleu des Causses	France		Cow	Blue	Thermized
Bleu d’Auvergne	France		Cow	Blue	Both
Boont Corners	USA	Pennyroyal Farmstead	Sheep and Goat	Natural Rind	Raw
Burrata	USA	Di Stefano Cheese	Cow	Fresh	Pasteurized
Butterkase	USA	Edelweiss	Cow		Pasteurized
Cabecou	France		Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Cabot Clothbound	USA	Cabot Co-op and Jasper Hill Farm	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Cabra Blanca	USA	Avalanche Cheese	Goat	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Cabra Raiano	Portugal		Goat	Semi-soft	Thermized
Cabricharme	Belgium		Goat	Washed Rind	Raw, Organic
Cabrales	Spain		Cow and Goat or Sheep	Blue	Raw
Caerphilly	United Kingdom	Todd Trethowan	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Camellia	USA	Redwood Hill	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Cameo	USA	Redwood Hill	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Camembert au Calvados	France	Graindorge	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Cana de Cabra	Spain	Lorenzo Abellan	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Campo de Montalban	Spain		Cow, Goat & Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Capricious	USA	Achadinha Cheese	Goat	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Carmody	USA	Bellwether Farms	Cow	Natural Rind
Cashel Blue	Ireland	Louis and Jane Grubb	Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Castelinhos	Portugal		Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Cave-Aged Marisa	USA	Carr Valley	Sheep
Celtic Blue Reserve	Canada	Glengarry Fine Cheese	Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Challerhocker	Switzerland	Walter Rass	Cow	Alpine	Thermalized
Cheshire	United Kingdom	Lance and Lucy Appleby	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Chevrot	France		Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized US – Raw France
Chimay	Belgium	Abbaye de Scourmont	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Comte	France		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Coolea	Ireland	Dickie Willems	Cow	Gouda-style	Pasteurized
Cornish Blue	United Kingdom	Philip and Carol Stansfield	Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Cornish Yarg	United Kingdom	Lynher Dairies Cheese	Cow	Leaf Wrapped	Pasteurized
Coulommiers	France	Rouzaire	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Crater Lake Blue	USA	Rogue Creamery	Cow	Blue	Raw
Crottin	USA	Redwood Hill	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Crottin	USA	Vermont Creamery	Goat	Fresh	Pasteurized
Devil’s Gulch	USA	Cowgirl Creamery	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Dunbarton Blue	USA	Roelli Cheese	Cow	Blue Cheddar	Raw – April to October and Pasteurized the rest of the year.
Durrus	Ireland	Jeffa Gill	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Essex Street Feta	Greece	3rd Generation Producer	Sheep	Fresh	Pasteurized
Estero Gold	USA	Valley Ford Creamery	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Etorki	France		Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Ewe’s Blue	USA	Old Chatham Shepherding	Sheep	Blue	Pasteurized
Face Rock Premium Extra Aged	USA	Face Rock Creamery	Cow	Cheddar
Fiore sardo	Italy		Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Flagship	USA	Beecher’s Handmade Cheese	Cow	Cheddar	Pasteurized
Flagship Reserve	USA	Beecher’s Handmade Cheese	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Flagsheep	USA	Beecher’s Handmade Cheese	Cow and Sheep	Cheddar
Fourme d’Ambert	France		Cow	Blue	Both
Freya’s Wheel	USA	Briar Rose Creamery	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Gabietou	France	Gabriel Bachelet	Cow and Sheep	Washed Rind
Gelso Toma di Bufala	Italy	Caseificio Moris	Bufala	Washed Rind
Ekte Gjetost	Norway		Goat	Rindless
Gorgonzola Dolce	Italy		Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Gorgonzola Picante	Italy		Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Grand Cru Surchoix	USA	Emmi Roth	Cow	Alpine	Pasteurized
Grayson	USA	Meadow Creek Dairy	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Great Hill Blue	USA	Tim Stone	Cow	Blue	Raw
Gubbeen	Ireland	Tom and Giana Ferguson	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Hafod	United Kingdom	BwlchwernenFawr	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Harbison	USA	Jasper Hill Farm	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Haystack Peak	USA	Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy	Goat	Bloomy and Ash-ripened	Pasteurized
Heublumen	Switzerland	Stadelmann Family	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Hoch yBrig	Switzerland		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Holey Cow	USA	Central Coast Creamery	Cow	Alpine	Pasteurized
Hornbacher	Switzerland	Michael Spycher	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Hubaner	Austria		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Ibores	Spain		Goat	Natural and Rubbed with Oil/Paprika
Inverness	USA	Cowgirl Creamery	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Jeffs’ Select Gouda	USA	Jeff Wideman & Jeff Jirik	Cow	Gouda
Kasseri	Greece		Sheep & Goat	Pasta Filata
Katherine	United Kingdom	White Lake Cheese	Goat	Washed Rind	Raw
Keen’s	United Kingdom	Keen’s	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Kinderhook Creek	USA	Old Chatham Sheepherding Company	Sheep	Bloomy
Kinsman Ridge	USA	Landaff Creamery	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Kunik	USA	Nettle Meadow Farm	Goat & Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Ladysmith	USA	Samish Bay Cheese	Cow	Fresh	Pasteurized
Laguiole	France		Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
L’Amuse Gouda	Holland	Beemster	Cow	Gouda	Pasteurized
Lancashire	United Kingdom	Kirkham	Cow	Natural Rind	Unpasteurized
Landaff	USA	Landaff Creamery	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Langres	France		Cow	Washed Rind
Ledyard	USA	Meadowood Farms	Sheep	Washed Rind; leaf-wrapped	Pasteurized
Leyden	Holland		Cow	Gouda
Lincolnshire Poacher	United Kingdom	Simon Jones	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Lionza	USA	Fiscalini Farms	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Little Mountain	USA	Roelli Cheese Company	Cow	Alpine	Heat-treated
Lorelei	USA	Briar Rose Creamery	Goat	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Lou Bren	France	Bergers du Larzac	Sheep	Washed Rind	Heat-treated
Manchego	Spain		Sheep	Waxed	Both
Manchego Artisan	Spain		Sheep	Waxed	Raw
Manouri	Greece		Sheep & Goat	Fresh	Pasteurized
Matos St. George	USA	Matos Cheese Factory	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Menuet	USA	Dancing Cow	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Mimolette	France		Cow	Natural Rind
Mona	USA	Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Co-op	Sheep & Cow		Pasteurized
Monterey Jack	USA	Schoch Family	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Monte Enebro	Spain		Goat	Ash-ripened	Pasteurized
Montegrappa	Italy		Cow	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Montgomery Cheddar	United Kingdom	Montgomery	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Morbier	France		Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Moser Screamer	Switzerland	Ueli Moser	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Mozzarella di bufala	Italy	Gustosella	Bufala	Pasta Filata	Pasteurized
Munster	France		Cow	Washed Rind	Both
Mutton Button	USA	Old Chatham Sheepherding Company	Sheep	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Nancy’s Hudson Valley Camembert	USA	Old Chatham Sheepherding Company	Cow & Sheep	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Nicasio Square	USA	Nicasio Valley Cheese Company	Cow	Washed Rind
Oakdale Gouda	USA	Oakdale Cheese	Cow	Gouda	Pasteurized
Old Quebec Vintage Cheddar	Canada		Cow	Cheddar	Thermalized
Oma	USA	Von Trapp Farmstead	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Pecorino Pepato	Italy		Sheep	Natural Rind
Perail	France		Sheep	Bloomy	Pasteurized for USA
Persille de Rambouillet	France	La Ferme de la Tremblaye	Goat	Blue	Pasteurized
Pepato	USA	Bellwether Farms	Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Petit Agour	France	Peio Etxeleku	Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Petit Vaccarinus	Switzerland		Cow		Thermalized
Piave	Italy		Cow	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Pico Melero	Spain		Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Picon	Spain		Cow and Sheep or Goat	Blue
Pleasant Ridge Reserve	USA	Uplands Cheese	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Promontory	USA	Beehive	Cow	Cheddar-style	Pasteurized
Providence	USA	Goat Lady Dairy	Goat	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
PsycheDillic	USA	Cypress Grove Chevre	Goat	Fresh	Pasteurized
Pt. Reyes Original Blue	USA	Pt. Reyes Creamery	Cow	Blue	Raw
Purple Haze	USA	Cypress Grove Chevre	Goat	Fresh	Pasteurized
Queso de la Serena	Spain		Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Queen of Quality	USA	Grafton Village Cheese	Cow	Cheddar	Raw
Reading	USA	Spring Brook Farm	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Red Hawk	USA	Cowgirl Creamery	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Red Witch	Switzerland	Christian Oberli	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Ricotta Salata	Italy		Sheep	Rindless
Roncal	Spain		Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Roquefort	France	Gabriel Coulet	Sheep	Blue	Raw
Rush Creek	USA	Uplands Cheese	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Salva Cremasco	Italy	Ciresa
San Andreas	USA	Bellwether Farms	Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Secret de Compostelle	France	Fromagerie Agour	Sheep	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Selles-sur-Cher	France	Jacquin	Goat	Ash Ripened	Pasteurized for USA
Sharpham Rustic	United Kingdom	Sharpham Estates	Cow	Bloomy	Thermalized
Shropshire Blue	United Kingdom		Cow	Cheshire Blue	Pasteurized
Silver Mountain	USA	Bravo Farms	Cow	Cheddar
Sleeping Beauty	USA	Cascadia Creamery	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw, Organic
Sottocenere al Tartufo	Italy		Cow	Ash Ripened	Pasteurized
St. Albans	USA	Vermont Creamery	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Stichelton	United Kingdom	Partnership with Neal’s Yard	Cow	Blue	Raw
Stilton	United Kingdom	Colston Bassett	Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Stinking Bishop	United Kingdom	Charles Martell	Cow	Washed Rind	Pasteurized
Tarentaise	USA	Spring Brook	Cow	Alpine	Raw
Teleeka	USA	Tomales Farmstead	Cow, Sheep and Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Tete de Moine	Switzerland		Cow	Alpine	Raw
Tetilla	Spain		Cow	Natural Rind	Pasteurized for US
Tomino	Italy	Guffanti	Cow	Fresh	Pasteurized
Tomme Crayeuse	France		Cow	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Tomme Dolce	USA	Andante Dairy	Goat	Washed Rind
Tomme de Savoie	France		Cow	Natural Rind	Both
Torta del Casar	Spain		Sheep	Washed Rind	Raw
Truffle Tremor	USA	Cypress Grove Chevre	Goat	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Tumbleweed	USA	5 Spoke	Cow	Natural Rind	Raw
Tulare Cannonball	USA	Bravo Farms	Cow	Edam-Style	Raw
Tunworth	United Kingdom	Hedges & Spence	Cow	Bloomy	Pasteurized
Vacherin Mont d’Or	Switzerland		Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Valdeon	Spain		Cow	Blue	Raw
Valencay	France		Goat	Ash-Ripened	Both
Vermont Shepherd	USA	David Major	Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
Vully Rouge	Switzerland	Ewald Schafer	Cow	Alpine	Thermalized
Wagon Wheel	USA	Cowgirl Creamery	Cow	Natural Rind	Pasteurized
Wensleydale	United Kingdom	Hawes	Cow	Cheddar style	Pasteurized
Winnimere	USA	Jasper Hill Farm	Cow	Washed Rind	Raw
Windsor Blue	New Zealand	Whitestone	Cow	Blue	Pasteurized
Zamorano	Spain		Sheep	Natural Rind	Raw
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