Call me "biais" but Epoisses is one of the best French cheese, if you ask me…read more I've been to the Fromagerie in Burgundy, while on holidays (my daughter lives in Gevrey-Chambertin) and every time, we'll make a run to the Fromagerie to get cheese whenever we have guests over for dinner! BEST, BEST CHEESE! Ohhh, there are some good others too, of course, at Fromagerie Berthaut who does a great job, has very good products but where in France don't you find GOOD PRODUCTS DU TERROIR!!!

Epoisses is an extremely excellent cheese. However it is hard to find in my parts. Each time I've…read morefound it (Los Gatos, Napa and Truckee), it was from Fromagerie Berthaut. Are they the Epoisses mafia in California? Maybe but they do make a great product.

Epoisses is one of those specimines of cheese that is in the soft, runny and pungent categories…read more Not something that as I child I would have ever imagined loving. However on a trip in Greece I discovered it at a restaurant. Dubbed by Brillat-Savarin as the "King of Cheeses" I had to try it out. Sure enough it was one of the tastiest specimens I've put in my gaping maw. MMM unpasteurized cows milk ripened in pomace brandy...

This was an initial stop on a winery excursion from Paris. It was a country store (magasin…read morefermier), a cheese factory (formagerie) and farm, all for the purpose of making and selling cheese. We were able to see the cheese-making process and taste the final product. In the store was a wide array of other local farm products. Next door we could see the goats and a little more of the process. It was a pleasant stop and very informative, not to mention sampling the cheese and being able to buy local farm products. The proprietors do not speak English, so a bi-lingual tour guide would be very helpful.