by Bob Lipinski | Mar 21, 2025 | Cheese, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, President of France, 1962 speech According to popular legend, Emperor Charlemagne first tasted Brie in around 774 at a monastery and fell in love with...
by Bob Lipinski | Dec 6, 2024 | Cheese
By Bob Lipinski As the weather turns colder and days become shorter, thoughts of sitting around a roaring fire come to mind. Although freshly roasted chestnuts and large mugs of mulled wine or even hot chocolate satisfy, I enjoy dipping some crusty bread into a pot of...
by Bob Lipinski | Apr 20, 2024 | Cheese
By Bob Lipinski Cheddar, a cheese made from cow’s milk, originated in the sixteenth century near Somerset, England, and is now made worldwide, including in the United States. The first American Cheddar was made not long after the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth. By 1792,...
by Bob Lipinski | Jan 18, 2024 | Cheese
By Bob Lipinski Feta, America’s favorite Greek cheese, has been made in Greece for over 3,000 years. Although some claim the first written mention of feta appears in Homer’s Odyssey, dating to the end of the eighth century B.C. The word feta comes from the practice of...
by Bob Lipinski | Aug 24, 2023 | Cheese, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “The only way to learn about cheese is to eat it.” (Ernest Oldmeadow, English Gastronome) Monterey Jack, a cow’s milk cheese, was developed in the 1880s in Monterey by a Scot merchant named David Jacks. He derived the name, “Monterey Jack,” from the...
by Bob Lipinski | Jul 21, 2023 | Cheese, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “A waltz and a glass of wine invite an encore.” (Johann Strauss 1804-1849, Austrian Composer) Although archeological evidence dates winemaking and grape-growing in Austria back thousands of years, its wines have always been overshadowed by those of...
Bob Lipinski, author of 10 books; writes, consults, and conducts training seminars on Wine, Spirits, and Food and is available for speaking engagements.
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