Article: Appetizing guide is all over the map on Italian cheese

Appetizing guide is all over the map on Italian cheese

By RUSS PARSONS

Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, March 7, 2001

People keep saying that cheese is going to be the next wine. Bolstering that argument is the sea of varieties that confront the curious. Just when you've sorted out the various crus of Beaujolais, know the difference between DOC and VDT or master the geography of California's Sonoma coast, up pops another level of refinement -- which end of the Dry Creek Valley? What clone of Pinot Noir? And you start all over again. So it is with cheese.

The best cheeses, like the best wines, come from specific places and reflect specific civilizations and cuisines. As a result, in some ...

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