Our first experience with Cheese-Online.com ( the US site for Fromages.com ) was this past New Years when we decided to order cheese for our Millenium Dinner number two ( 2001 ). I found the Fromages.com site based on a reccomendation from another wine lover. However, when I got to that site and clicked on their "English" version I was taken to Cheese-Online.com. I was worried that what was really happening was that they were shipping bulk cheeses to the U.S. and then this site would be cutting and sending them out. Well I was in for a great surprise !!

We placed an order for one of their chees trays, along with a separate order for some Roquefort and waited to see what would happen. Our first impression came when their customer service took the time to tell me the day on which it was shipping and the day that I could expect it so that I could insure that someone was at home. When the package arrived, we found, much to our amazement, it bore the custom stamps for France. They had indeed shipped the product next day air directly from France !! ... and .. the cheeses were the hit of the evening !!

The cheeses were pefectly wrapped, and shipped along with wonderful documentation on them

Now both Betsy and I were hooked !!

We then found out that they offered a Cheese Course for those of us that were unfamiliar with the breadth of the cheeses of France. This 4-month long course consisted not only of the cheeses .. but also suggestions for wines to match with the cheeses. The following is our diary of this course ... we hope that you enjoy reading it.

Note: Strat's Place has been approved to be an affiliate of Cheese-Online.com thus you can help to support our site by ordering via the Links that are around our site. As in Amazon.com, there is no addtional cost to you, however we do receive a ( small ) percentage commission for your order.

You can view / order cheeses by simply clicking on any of the Cheese-Online Logos
that you will see sprinkled throughout our site.

Now sit back, pour some wine and enjoy our diary about our Cheese Studies

Preparation Suggestions

Cheese Study Course Number 1 ( Soft Cheeses )

Cheese Study Course Number 2 ( Hard Cheeses )

Cheese Study Course Number 3 ( Blue and ewe's mik cheeses )

Cheese Study Course Number 4 ( Goat's Cheeses)