Ep 468: Comté Cheese PDO and Its Striking Similarities to Wine

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Comté is an ancient cooked and pressed cheese made from raw milk. It's made using special breeds of cows, and in designated places with historic and cultural significance. The high quality is well regarded, as evidenced by the fact that Comté is the most consumed AOC/PDO cheese in France.

I welcome communications director for Comté, Aurélia Chimier, and Jean-Louis Carbonnier of Carbonnier Communications who does communications for Comté in the US, along with other clients – he has been on the show before talking about (Chateau Palmer).

We dig into this wonderful cheese that has striking similarities to wine in terroir, craftsmanship, and cultural significance. This was a nice stroll into another, related part of the culinary world. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Please visit https://comte-usa.com/ for more information

Here is a link to the podcast I did with the cheese master that I mention in the show.

Full show notes are now exclusively available on Patreon! Become a member today!

_________________________________________________________

I could not be happier to announce my partnership with Wine Access, once again. The best, wine the best selection – this is where people in the wine industry shop for wine! Go to www.wineaccess.com/normal to sign up for my wine club with WA or go to www.wineaccess.com/wfnp to see my latest favorite wines and get 10% your first order. Support Wine Access – their support allows you to keep listening to the show at no cost! Click here to sign up!

If you think our podcast is worth the price of a bottle or two of wine a year, please become a member of Patreon... you'll get even more great content, live interactions and classes!

www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople

To register for an AWESOME, LIVE WFNP class with Elizabeth go to: www.winefornormalpeople.com/classes

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery
0:12.6	that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and certified
0:20.0	wine dork.
0:21.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.1	This podcast is sponsored by Wine Access, Wine ACCES.com slash normal is how you will get
0:30.6	lots of wow moments from the wine club shipment that I select.
0:35.5	Your fellow wine lovers have discovered the wine club and are loving it.
0:39.8	You don't want to miss out.
0:40.8	Wine access.com slash normal, listen in the middle to show for more detail.
0:45.8	Comte is an ancient cooked and pressed cheese that's made from raw milk.
0:51.5	Comte is made in the Zura Massif of France.
0:54.6	We may recognize that from wine.
0:56.7	It's a region of medium elevation mountains that covers the department of the Zura and
1:01.9	the Dobe in Borgon, French Comte region.
1:05.8	We are going to talk about the special breed of cows that make the cheese from the 2400
1:11.3	small dairy farms.
1:12.8	Comte is made by people.
1:14.2	It is not made in factories.
1:15.8	It is very high quality.
1:18.1	You don't have to believe me.
1:19.6	Know that Comte is the highest-consumed PDO cheese in France.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wine for Normal People, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wine for Normal People and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.