Bleu de Termignon
Charlemagne and later Charles V already sang the prises of this cheese even
though it was still not well known. Records from the French revolution kept
by the priest of Termignon contain its history. Made in the small village
of Lanslebourg, in the valley of the Arc in Savoie, by only three or four
families, it was discovered in the 1980s by Jacques Vernier, a cheese maker
originally from Savoie but who had moved shop to Paris.Made from milk of
the herds of brown cows grazing on mountain pastures at over 2,500 metres
of elevation, it retains its fragrance and richness during the long months
of ripening, and develops a more or less pronounced blue colour.Its mild,
slightly sweet flavour in its light coloured portion enables it to go well
with light white wines as well as with the heaviest reds.
