Cheese

A Tasting of Ewe’s Milk Standouts

A tasting plate of eight sheep’s milk cheeses

A cheese plate with eight sheep’s milk cheeses of various styles interspersed with crackers, crostini, and cheese knives
From Spain’s soft, spreadable Wooly Wooly to Italy’s dry and punchy quasi-blue Pecorino Caggiano, sheep’s milk cheeses can take many delicious forms. (James Ransom)
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Some of the world's finest sheep’s milk cheeses are closer than you might think. David Gibbons tastes eight lively styles—from mild and inviting to funky and pungent—from Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and beyond. Learn more about these cheeses and where to buy them!

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