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Thank you for visiting us at the Swiss Festival on Sunday!
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** It was great to see you at the Swiss Festival on Sunday!
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Hi Cheese Friend,

http://swissfestivalaustralia.com/about-us/about/Thank you for visiting us on Sunday at the Swiss Festival and for signing up to our newsletter.

We surely had a lot of fun and met many new Swiss cheese lovers like you. If you bought some of our cheese on the day, we hope you enjoyed it. Rest assured you will be kept up-to-date with our future events & product updates through our regular newsletters.

Other information, for example where you can buy our lovely raw milk cheese (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-buy/) you can always find on our website (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/) . Remember though that not every retailer carries our full range. If you’re after a particular cheese, you can always drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) and we’ll be happy to tell you where you can find it.

Thanks again and talk to you soon!

The Red Cow
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The annual Swiss Festival takes place this Sunday in Melbourne!
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** Don’t forget:
the Swiss Festival takes place this Sunday in Melbourne!
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Hi Cheese Friend,

http://swissfestivalaustralia.com/about-us/about/This is just a quick reminder to refresh your memory about the upcoming Swiss Festival this Sunday as the annual festival returns to Queensbridge Square in Melbourne for the second time. On Sunday 6 April 2014, Swiss groups, organisations (such as the Swiss Folk Dance Group (http://swissfestivalaustralia.com/swiss-community-groups/swiss-folk-dance-group-alpenrose/) pictured) and companies representing all four national languages and 26 states of Switzerland are part of the Swiss Festival 2014. This is where the whole Swiss community showcases its unique culture, traditions and food.

https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/We are of course part of it and will have a cheese stand offering you the opportunity to buy our cheese off the wheel (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/) or savour one of our specially crafted Swiss artisan cheese tasting boxes. We’re also bringing some specials with us, such as the stunning Rolf Beeler fondue mix (pictured). Just ask us!

Plus this year we’re partnering with ED’s Breads (https://www.facebook.com/pages/EDS-Breads/219270271560939?ref=ts&fref=ts) . Ed will be selling his delicious Swiss style breads like the Walliser Roggenbrot (rye bread) or the newly developed Basler Ruchbrot (Basle dark wheat bread) along side us. It will be heaps of fun!

Swiss Festival, Melbourne
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11am to 5pm
Queensbridge Square, Southbank
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See you on Sunday!

The Red Cow
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Autumn is here and with that some attractive cheese events!
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** Autumn means cheese is back on the menu!
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Hi Cheese Friend,

In many States around Australia March marks the start of the leaves changing colour, shorter days and lower temperatures. Whilst many of you might fear the end of beach weather, autumn actually is a brilliant time; with moderate temperatures allowing for a wonderful a combination of indoor and outdoor entertaining and – in our view most importantly – the official return of the cheese as a fixed part of the meal. Whether it’s an apéro with a combination of bubbly and our Rolf Beeler Sbrinz (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-alp-sbrinz/) , a kipfler potato gratin with our raclette cheese (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-raclette/) as a side dish or a selection of our artisan Swiss cheese (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/) for dessert, the choice is yours!

Here at the headquarter of The Red Cow, March also marks an important preparation month for some exciting, upcoming events. So, if you’re based in Melbourne, two are definitely worthwhile marking on your calendar:

** Swiss Festival, Melbourne
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http://swissfestivalaustralia.com/about-us/about/The Swiss Festival returns to Queensbridge Square in Melbourne for the second time. On Sunday 6 April 2014, Swiss groups, organisations and companies representing all four national languages and 26 states of Switzerland are part of the Swiss Festival 2014. This is where the whole Swiss community showcases its unique culture, traditions and food. We are of course part of it and will have a cheese stand offering you the opportunity to buy cheese off the wheel or savour one of our specially crafted Swiss artisan cheese tasting boxes. Plus this year we’re partnering with ED’s Breads (https://www.facebook.com/pages/EDS-Breads/219270271560939?ref=ts&fref=ts) . Ed will be selling his delicious Swiss style breads like the Walliser Roggenbrot (rye bread) or the Basler Ruchbrot (Basle dark wheat bread) along side us. It will be heaps of fun!

Swiss Festival, Melbourne
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 11am to 4pm
Queensbridge Square, Southbank
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Then there’s the German Film Festival where the Swiss Consulate organises a special evening adeptly called “Swiss Soirée”: Indulge in a Swiss feast and meet two charming ladies from Switzerland: Lovely Louise and Rosie, two Swiss films shown on the night. During the interval, a Swiss DJ will spin “Alpensounds” and – wait for it – authentic, delectable specialities will be offered. Yes, you guessed correctly, The Red Cow will be providing some of our specially selected Rolf Beeler cheese for everyone to taste.

Swiss Soirée at the German Film Festival
Monday, 7 April 2014
Cinema Como, South Yarra
Details and tickets can be found via the Goethe Institute (http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/prj/fia/ffg/dat/en12450447.htm)

Finally, in other news, we’ve recently updated our website and updated some key information on where to buy (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-buy/) or eat (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-eat/) our wonderful Swiss cheese. Newly on board, we welcome The Boatshed Market in Cottesloe/Perth and Vue de Monde in Melbourne.

Have a fantastic start of autumn and see you at one of our next events. And of course, happy artisan cheese munching!

The Red Cow
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Our cheese is now available in Western Australia & we launch a new video
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The Red Cow is going to Western Australia!

** In February The Red Cow goes west
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Hi Cheese Friend,

This is an exciting month for The Red Cow and even more so for everyone in Western Australia with an appetite for high quality, artisan Swiss cheese. Why? Well, we are proudly launching our Rolf Beeler range in Australia’s biggest state this week! With our local distributor, Blue Cow, there is definitely a natural synergy between the two companies. So, watch this space as we will be updating our ‘where to buy (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-buy/) ’ and ‘where to eat (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-eat) ’ pages online to include a full list of Western Australian stockists.

This month also marks the official launch of our new video, ‘The story of artisan Swiss cheese’. In it Tom reports directly from the Toggenburg in Switzerland where he explores the production of our Rolf Beeler Toggenburger (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-toggenburger/) and gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of true artisan cheese. He also gives some insight into just how the Swiss like to shop and eat this national favourite. So, why not give yourself a 5-minute cheese-break and watch the video?

https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/video-story-of-artisan-swiss-cheese/

Did you like that? On a different note, many of you have asked us about our connection to Rolf Beeler. We have now finally updated our about-us pages (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/home/about-the-red-cow/) to provide you with the these answers.

And – to finish off – we thought we would open the Red Cow photo album and share a few happy snaps from the past few weeks. Enjoy!

Shannon Bennett & Tom Merkli
Shannon Bennett from Vue de Monde and Tom at the private client’s event during the Australian Open

Our cheese station in the marque at the Tennis
Our cheese station in the marque at the Tennis

The Red Cow’s popular stall at Fromage a Trois on 2nd February in Werribee Park Happy cheese munching! The Red Cow Exclusive Importer of the Sélection Rolf Beeler Cheese
The Red Cow’s popular stall at Fromage a Trois on 2^nd February in Werribee Park

Happy cheese munching!

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Cheese, Cider & You event at Werribee Park on 2nd February & more
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Hi Cheese Friend,

They say it’s either great weather or cheese weather. We mostly prefer the latter, but then who doesn’t like a nice, hot summer? Well, we certainly got a taste of that last week here in Melbourne – our Raclette cheese didn’t need an oven to do its melting trick, that’s for sure.

But summer is also great as we see an increase of fabulous events. With the Australian Open here the town is a buzz with excitement and The Red Cow is now part of the action. We are immensely proud to be partnered with Shannon Bennet of Vue de Monde and to be able to offer our wonderful cheese to the VIP guests of a high profile, Swiss tournament sponsor.

While sadly we can’t influence the guest list of that event, there is another event coming up soon which we’d love to see you at: the inaugural “Fromage a Trois” Festival at Werribee park (http://www.fromageatrois.com.au) . With a tagline of ‘Cheese, Cider & You’ it was impossible for us not to jump at the opportunity. The one-day event takes place on Sunday, 2^nd February at the picturesque and super-family-friendly Werribee Park (pictured). Mark the date, bring your friends and families along and celebrate the day with us in this beautiful surrounding together with delicious food & beverage. We will be located right next to our dear friends from the Ciderhaus and be offering a selection of our finest raw milk cheese paired with bread from EDS Breads (https://www.facebook.com/pages/EDS-Breads/219270271560939) – all in a handy picnic box for you to consume right there and then.

So, see you at one of our retailers or at “Fromage a Trois” on the 2^nd February!

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3 brilliant cheese platter suggestions from Melbourne’s most influential cheesemongers & more.
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Hi Cheese Friend,

Firstly we wanted to proudly announce our first Sydney retailer and welcome them to The Red Cow family. From this weekend the newly opened Gourmet Life Shop (http://gourmetlife.com.au/) at 52-60 New South Head Road in Darling Point, Sydney will stock the beautiful, raw milk Sélection Beeler Vacherin Fribourgeois (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-vacherin-fribourgeois-aoc/) and Gruyère AOC Extra (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-gruyere-aoc/) . So if you’re in Sydney this silly season, head to Gourmet Life for your cheese platter essentials – if not, tell someone who is in Sydney! We would certainly appreciate it!

Okay the festive season is here, so it’s definitely time we talk cheese platters for your Christmas and NYE functions!

This year we have asked three of Melbourne’s most influential cheesemongers to give us their personal recommendations for what would make a knock-out cheese board. Their task was simple: pick any three of our cheese and two ‘wild cards’ to create a superb Christmas or NYE cheese platter.

So, let us present, the cheese platters:

Bill
Bill’s Farm, Queen Victoria Market

clockwise from top left:
Sélection Beeler Vacherin Fribourgeois (raw milk, 7 months matured, washed rind, Fribourg/Switzerland), Sélection Beeler Hagebuttenkäse (raw milk cheese with dried rose hips, Toggenburg/Switzerland), Mountain Goat Blue (mild goats milk blue by Red Hill Cheese Company, Mornington Peninsula/Victoria), Sélection Beeler Gruyère (raw milk, 18 months matured, Gruyère Region/Switzerland), Boosey Creek Cheese Boosey Soft (creamy, handcrafted camembert, Boosey/Victoria).

https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/downloads/theredcow_xmas_platter_bill.pdf
Anthony
Spring St Grocer, Melbourne

from top to bottom:
Colston Bassett Stilton (animal rennet Stilton, Nottinghamshire/England), Bachtelstein (morning milk, walnut & brine treated raw milk cheese, Switzerland), Ossau Iraty (Ewe’s milk cheese, Basque region/France), Sélection Beeler Hagebuttenkäse (raw milk cheese with dried rose hips, Toggenburg/Switzerland), Sélection Beeler Hoch-Ybrig (raw cow’s milk, 10 months matured, washed in a salt & white wine solution, Central Switzerland)

https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/downloads/theredcow_xmas_platter_anthony.pdf

Bernard
Leo’s Fine Food & Wine, Kew

clockwise from top left:
Büffel Trüffel (buffalo cheese, Swiss black truffles, Lichtensteig/Switzerland), Sélection Beeler Raclette (3 month matured artisan cheese, Central Switzerland), Organic L’Etivaz (12 months matured, certified organic, summer raw milk production, L’Etivaz/Switzerland), Xavier David Epoisses (washed rind artisan cheese, France), Rogue River Blue Special Reserve (pear brandy soaked grape leave covered blue cheese, USA)

https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/downloads/theredcow_xmas_platter_bernard.pdf
And before we go, there’s this: If you’ve already christened your 2014 calendar, we have a special date for you to reserve: Mark Sunday, 2nd February 2014 red as The Red Cow we will be setting up shop at the inaugural “Fromage à Trois” – cheese & cider event in beautiful Werribee park. More information and tickets can be found here (http://www.experiencewyndham.com.au/attractions/fromage_a_trois/masterclassestickets) .

This leaves us to thank you for your support in 2013 and to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas, filled with laughter, happiness and plenty of artisan cheese!

The Red Cow
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Two tales aboutf the little red cow, new artisan cheese made from buffalo milk & more
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Lost Cow – help find our little red cow!

** November brings tales about the little red cow
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Hi Cheese Friend

First of all we’d like to welcome a tonne of newly subscribed cheese fans from the Taste Festival. Wow, what a festival it was: We served over 1,500 cheese boxes to the VIP ticket holders and made lots of new friends. We also gave away six unique cheese knives to the lucky winners of our Taste competition.

The Red Cow at Taste of Melbourne 2013

Before we introduce the newest cheese to our family of artisan Swiss cheese, we’d like to tell you two tales of our little red cows. The first incident happened at the Taste Festival when Tom thought it would be a great idea to have a ‘Red Cow’ representative standing proud on the VIP bar during the event. He placed one excited little Red Cow next to the Laurent Perrier display on the bar and – gee – she looked lovely. Half way through the day, Tom wanted to check on the well-being of the little Red Cow, only to discover she had disappeared. Outraged, we now believe someone nicked her! Can you believe it!?

The little Red Cow swimming in the Yarra A matter of days later, once again Tom had a great idea: He wanted to have another little Red Cow stand in for a creative Christmas photo shoot. He placed her on a bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne and started shooting her at various angles. He thought she looked good, but wanted to try a few more adventurous poses so placed her even closer to the edge of the railing. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere a wind gust took her up into the air and blew the poor little Red Cow straight into the cold, brown Yarra. Well, some lucky fisherman will end up with a new toy now!

Luckily for Tom and for you all, we do have a few more of the little Red Cows available. Bill’s Farm, Walmas and Delicatess, for example, are selling them now, just in time for Christmas. They make great toys (or floating devices in Tom’s case!).

** Our newest arrival: Büffel Trüffel
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But now to what we’re actually here for: artisan Swiss cheese! November brought a new shipment and with that a new and exciting cheese to Australia. One we have been watching very closely and are very excited to introduce is the glamorous ‘Büffel Trüffel’ from master cheese maker and friend of Rolf Beeler, Willi Schmid. Translating to ‘Buffalo Truffle’, you might guess that it’s made from buffalo milk and contains truffles. But not just any buffalo milk or any truffle, no, no, no, it’s artisan Swiss buffalo milk from a small herd of Rumanian breed water buffalo, located not far from Zurich and black truffle from the Neckertal (Necker Valley), located close to the cheese maker in the Northeast of Switzerland. The cheese is creamy and teeming with that amazing black truffle flavour. It’s a real knock out! Mouth-watering for sure with a price tag to match. But hey it’s Christmas only once a year, right? This one will make you the star of any Christmas party.

Willi Schmid’s Bueffel Trueffel (buffalo milk and black truffle)

You can find the Büffel Trüffel at Leo’s Fine Food & Wine in Kew, Spring St Grocer in the Melbourne CBD and Bill’s Farm at the Queen Victoria Market.

We also received new stock of the Sélection Beeler Vacherin Fribourgois, Gruyère, Hoch Ybrig, Alp Dräckloch, Toggenburger and Raclette so there’s plenty to go around this Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Check out our tasting schedule (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-events/) for details of where you can taste some of these varieties first hand! And as always, our extensive list of Victorian stockists can be found at landingwww.alpineexpress.com.au/where (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where) .

Happy cheese munching.

The Red Cow
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Artisan Swiss cheese news from The Red Cow
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The Emme Valley – origin of the Emmental cheese in Switzerland

** Welcome artisan Swiss cheese lover!
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Hi Cheese Friend

Thank you for providing us your details at Taste of Melbourne. This year’s Taste of Melbourne is over, but ‘Taste of Life’ continues. It certainly was a fabulous four days in beautiful Albert Park. Whilst some of you had to battle the elements during the earlier days, others were rewarded with beautiful sunshine towards the second part of the event. The one thing in common was everyone had a really great time.

Rolf Beeler Selection Box We had a blast and appreciated all your amazing feedback about our artisan Rolf Beeler cheese box. From what we heard our included cheese, the 18-month matured Rolf Beeler Gruyère and the 3-month pre-alpine, Rolf Beeler Raclette really hit the spot!

Thank you for entering our competition to win an artisan Swiss cheese knife, we can now happily announce the winners.

Congratulations go to:
* Paul O.
* Simone R.
* Ann T.
* Peter W.
* Lisa M.
* Jackie W.

** Get another chance to win Swiss Army Cheese Knife!
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If you missed out this time, don’t worry – we have decided to give you another chance! Go to one of our retail outlets (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-buy/) and take a Selfie with one of our cheeses and post it to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/theredcowoz) . The best 3 entries submitted before 15 December will receive a knife; perfect timing for Christmas.

** What artisan cheese range do you offer?
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https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/
You can find several more varieties (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/) from our Sélection Rolf Beeler range of premium, artisan Swiss cheese, be it the highly acclaimed Toggenburger (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-toggenburger/) , the 18-month matured Emmental (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-emmental-aoc/) , the white wine treated Hoch Ybrig, the over the wood fire cooked Alp Dräckloch (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-alp-drackloch/) or the washed rind Vacherin Fribourgeois (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/selection-rolf-beeler-vacherin-fribourgeois-aoc/) , the choice is yours!

Whatever variety, all of our artisan cheese comes from supreme Swiss alpine pastures, most located at altitudes higher than 800m above sea level guaranteeing the freshest and most nutrient rich raw milk*, the base ingredient for all our cheese. Following a careful, artisan and mostly small-batch production method, all of our cheese is matured to perfection by acclaimed Maître Fromager Rolf Beeler. Rolf guarantees personally for the quality of each of the wheels by working closely with the individual cheese makers. Watch this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmTjmwQmTL4) to find out even more about our cheese.

** Where can I find it?
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Finding a retailer couldn’t be easier: check out the full list on our website (https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/where-to-buy/) or simply go to our Google Maps collection (https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=213881586781750533463.0004c4be750072f59ea50&msa=0&ll=-37.77777,145.059357&spn=0.306094,0.617294) to see a more graphical view of where to find the best artisan Swiss cheese.

Happy cheese munching!

The Red Cow
Exclusive Importer of the Sélection Rolf Beeler Cheese

*Australia allows the production, import and selling of raw milk cheese providing strict criteria is met. Import permits and stringent quality and microbiological controls are in place by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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The Emme Valley – origin of the Emmental cheese in Switzerland

** Taste of Melbourne starts this Thursday!
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Hi Cheese Friend

This is a quick reminder that in less than 48 hours the annual Taste of Melbourne festival (http://www.tasteofmelbourne.com.au) returns to Albert Park. As you might have already heard, this year we are once again the official cheese supplier for the Laurent Perrier VIP area and, in addition to last year, we are offering each VIP ticket holder a free artisan cheese box containing two of our finest Sélection Beeler, alpine cheeses.

Our festival organizer friends have now provided us with a special VIP ticket offer for you: Get 2 VIP tickets for $170. These tickets not only include our special Rolf Beeler tasting box, but also come with $30 worth of Crowns (the festival currency) and 2 complimentary glasses of Laurent-Perrier champagne.

To book, visit www.ticketek.com.au/TasteofMelbourne and enter FOODIEVIP

Whilst the Thursday VIP session is already sold out, there are still tickets available for all other sessions. But be quick! Taste of Melbourne runs from 14^th to 17^th November in the stunning surrounds of Albert Park.

See you at the festival!

The Red Cow
Exclusive Importer of the Sélection Rolf Beeler Cheese

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The Emme Valley – origin of the Emmental cheese in Switzerland

** October – it’s still cheese weather!
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Glancing outside, it looks more like the October we know from Switzerland: off and on rain and relatively cold temperatures. Well, that’s Melbourne in spring for you. But then they say there are only two types of weather: nice weather and cheese weather. So, it’s actually perfect!

** Taste of Melbourne is back!
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In less than 3 weeks the annual Taste of Melbourne festival returns to Albert Park. This year we are once again the official cheese supplier for the Laurent Perrier VIP area and, in addition to last year, we are offering each VIP ticket holder a free artisan cheese box containing two of our finest Sélection Beeler, alpine cheeses.

You can benefit too because as a partner of the Taste of Melbourne festival we can offer you a ticket special: Book your tickets through www.ticketek.com.au/tasteofmelbourne and enter PARTNER in the promotional code box to get 2 tickets for $40 (safe $10). You may then consider using the extra money to upgrade to the VIP ticket on the day in order to enjoy our wonderful Rolf Beeler cheese box.

Plus, because we love our newsletter subscribers, we give away 2 tickets valid for either the Thursday 14^th November, 5.30 to 9.30pm, Friday, 15^th November, 12 to 4pm or the 5.30pm to 10pm session. The first person to respond to this email address with subject line “Taste Festival” (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Taste%20Festival) will get the tickets.

Taste of Melbourne runs from 14^th to 17^th November in the stunning surrounds of Albert Park. See you there!

** What red cow?
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Some of you might have spotted our lovely, wooden red cow at our events. Many people asked us whether they can buy one of these hand-crafted Swiss beauties, so we decided to ship some over.
You can now get them directly from our online shop (http://store.landingwww.alpineexpress.com.au/products/swiss-red-cow) . Also some of our retailers (e.g. Delicatess in the Prahran market or Walmas in Bayswater) stock a few. The red cow retails for $19.95.

** Our Toggenburger cheese maker
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Last but certainly not least, we would like to introduce you to another one of our cheese makers from Switzerland: Stephan

Name: Stephan
Region: Toggenburg (northeast Switzerland)
Cheese produced: Toggenburger, Hagebuttenkäse

Stephan, pictured above cutting the curd, and his wife Bettina run a small cheese production in the picturesque Toggenburg. He gets his milk delivered twice a day from the surrounding farmers. Some deliver it by tractor, others in the back of their car. One thing is sure, the wonderful raw milk is as fresh as it gets and is of course the key ingredient for Stephan’s creations.

Stephan produces the Hagebuttenkäse and the Toggenburger for our Sélection Beeler range. The former, a newer cheese, we introduced in our 1st August newsletter (http://eepurl.com/C5mdL) . To recap, Hagebutte is German for rose hip, the fruit of the rose plant. The dried and shredded rose hip is added to the milk during production and is then rubbed on the outside before it is matured for 4 months. Rolf Beeler then adds a white mould to the outside, making the rind dry and giving it a rustic look.

The Hagebuttenkäse is currently available on the dessert menu at the newly opened No. 8 by John Lawson at the Crown Casino at the cheese room at Richmond Hill Café & Larder.

So, enjoy the rest of the cheese weather, think of Stephan and his artisan cheese production high up in the Toggenburg when you taste his cheese and don’t forget to put the Taste of Melbourne festival into your dairy.

Happy cheese munching.

The Red Cow
Exclusive Importer of the Sélection Rolf Beeler Cheese

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