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I have purchased some cheese over the week-end:

Three blues (a small slice of each, well, a large slice of Gorgonzola, and a small slice of each of the other two):

Gorgonzola Dolce (a mild blue cheese from Italy), and Birbablu, a washed rind (with beer) blue cheese from Italy, and a small slice of Roquefort - a sheep's milk cheese - from France.

Soft, semi-soft cheese took the form of a small slice of three cheeses: Reblochon and Camembert Rustique (both from France), and a small slice of Taleggio, from Italy.

As I still have plenty of extra mature Gouda (not to mention, some Comte), hard cheese took the form of a small slice of young Gouda with fenugreek, (from the Netherlands), and some Queso al Romero (a goat's cheese from Spain, with a rind that has been generously rubbed with rosemary).
 
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I think I may have a source for Montgomery cheese in Hannover. I’ll let someone who lives there investigate. Until then, I’ll have another Snowdonia cheddar, this time the port wine one.

With chilli mustard, apricot mustard, pear mustard, fig mustard - and Bock beer. :)

The port wine is very obvious in this one. Lovely.
 

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I purchased some cheese today:

Two are blues: Gorgonzola Dolce (from Italy) and Roquefort (a sheep's milk cheese from France).

A further two are timeless classics from Normandy: A slice each of Brie de Meaux, and of Camembert Rustique, both gloriously ripe.

And two hard cheeses were also purchased: Comte (from France) and a small slice of mature goat's Gouda, from the Netherlands.
 
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Enjoying Robiola Bosina from Italy.
Now, this is a cheese that I had never, ever heard of (let alone laid eyes on, or tasted), prior to reading your post, hence a quick spot of research to find out some more about it, (and thank you, Google, not least because much though I deplore elements of the online world, it cannot be beaten for sheer convenience when one wishes to engage in a spot of some rapid research), before venturing to reply.

Wow.

This sounds absolutely delicious.
It's tastes like ... heavenly bliss.
Wonderful.

Do enjoy.
 
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A few cheeses were purchased this morning:

Comte, from France, along with one blue, Gorgonzola Dolce from Italy, plus two classics from Normandy, a small slice each of both Camembert Rustique and a gloriously ripe Brie de Meaux.

And, finally, a goat's cheese, dusted with ash,- a cheese that also hails from France - the legendary, pyramid shaped, Valençay.
 
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I haven’t ever heard of this! How is it?
Delicious.

At the moment, as it is in season, and is thus, gloriously ripe (not quite liquid, while, also, the actual goat flavour - while present - is not too pronounced, or, over-powering), it was recommended to me.

Not all cheese is equally good throughout the year, and - personally - I like to buy cheese when it is at its best.
 
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I visited the cheesemonger's today, as well as the French bakery, for fresh, French, bread.

The cheeses that I purchased were:

Three blues: Some creamy (and divinely delicious) Gorgonzola Cremosa (from Italy), Bleu d'Avergne (exquisite) from France, and Shropshire Blue (which was absolutely gorgeous), from the UK.

Young Comte from France, (actually, the cheesemonger stocked three different Comte cheeses, which differed by age; normally, my preference would lie with the most aged - mature - cheese, but today, - as it happened, I tasted all three - the young Comte was superb), a small slice of Ossau-Iraty from the Basque country, and a slice of goat's Gouda from the Netherlands comprised the hard cheeses.

Langres and Brie de Meaux - both from France, and both excellent - completed my selection.
 
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I do not know why I spent the best part of an hour last night (slowly) reading - with absorbed and rapt attention - a piece by TasteAtlas entitled "79 Best Blue Cheeses In Europe".
Reading is one thing, experiencing is something else. Real world experience is always necessary (except when it comes to say military history).
 
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When I visited the cheesemonger this week-end, the Gorgonzola (which is what I had planned - or intended - to buy) looked very sorry for itself, and not remotely appealing.

Thus, the two blues bought were: Forme d'Ambert, and Bleu d'Auvergne (both from France).

Hard cheese was the classic 12 month old Comte (divine, and from France), and a cheese that I had never come across until this week-end, an Austrian alpine cheese that goes by the name of Bergkäse.

A small slice of Brie de Meaux, and another of Brillat-Savarin (both French) completed the selection.
 
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