Like many centuries-old dairy operations in New England, Taylor Farm in Londonderry, Vermont, fell to cheesemaking as a way to boost margins. The Wright family, which has farmed the site for the last three decades, rotates a herd of two dozen Holstein-Friesians and Jerseys around the pastures, making plain and flavored Gouda-style cheeses and offering other pantry products, educational activities, and sleigh rides. Farming is sustainable, and much of the land has been conserved by the Vermont Land Trust.
Taylor Farm Cheese Gouda is a raw milk cheese made with vegetable rennet and finished with a red wax rind. It has a mild, buttery scent, and its light yellow paste is pricked with small eyes. The texture is springy and melting, and the flavor is mild and nutty, more buttery than tangy, and lightly salted.
Pairing Wine And Other Foods With Taylor Farm Cheese Gouda
This cheese’s mildness makes it a good partner to salty accompaniments like crackers and cured meats, or to delicate fruits and vegetables, which it will not overpower. It’s a good melting cheese, useful for sandwiches or for broiling atop steamed vegetables, nachos, or burgers.
For wine pairings, pick wines that work with buttery sauces: oak-aged whites, fruity reds, and nutty sparklers. This cheese is also rich enough to stand up to structured wines like Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Rhône blends, Tempranillo, and Sangiovese.
Taylor Farm Cheese Vermont Farmstead Gouda
About $20/lb.
Taylor Farm Cheese
Londonderry, Vermont
That looks like awesome cheese… For another great gouda, check out the award winning Marieka Gouda cheese from Wisconsin. Highly recommended, especially their Cumin variety.
Thank you! I’ll look for it. I’m usually not a fan of flavored cheeses, but your recommendation is persuasive.
Thanks for providing the web link. I dearly love Northern New England cheeses, but distribution is so limited. It’s always nice to know when I can just order!
You’re welcome!