Donnhoff Riesling 2019 & Stony Pond Farm Swallow Tail Tomme
We are well into the second month of our Pairing Series, and eager to introduce you to some new selections. We’re also delighted by how well this program has been received thus far. But for this week, we’re gonna circle back and shine more light on one of the cheeses from our first week’s selections. In 2007, Tyler and Melanie Webb, of Stony Pond Farm in Fairfield, Vermont, began producing milk for the farmer-owned cooperative, Organic Valley. Then, in the summer 2019, they transitioned to making cave-aged farmstead cheese with the milk from their blended herd of pastured cows. Their cheeses have found a home in our case, and our team of cheesemongers has fallen in love with them. Our latest wheels of their Swallow Tail Tomme possess a rich and creamy paste, forward salinity, and the rustic character expected of a tomme-style cheese. With the slightest kiss from an earthy bitter note, we found this cheese to pair nicely, albeit differently from the first time around with Donnhoff’s 2019 Riesling. An off-dry, medium-body wine with subtle effervescence, this Riesling has the proper balance of rich fruit and acidity to make this pairing memorable.