FISCALINI CHEESE
MODESTO, CALIFORNIA

When you first taste Fiscalini cheeses you will know that you are experiencing something special.

Flavors burst in your mouth, the aromas are heavenly, and the texture is just what you would expect from the best old-fashioned raw-milk cheeses produced in Europe. They literally melt in your mouth. So go ahead, treat yourself to something luxurious, and be responsible to the environment at the same time. Our aged cheeses are made by hand from the finest milk in California - produced from our very own contented cows, and aged in our special aging rooms, then watched over by our master cheesemaker Marino Gonzalez. Mariano's passion is to make clothbound cheddar in the rich tradition of the United Kingdom. Our Bandage Wrapped Cheddar won Best Extra Mature Traditional Cheddar in the World at the 2007 World Cheese Awards in London. It would seem that Mariano's passion has paid off. In addition to our clothbound cheddar, we make flavored and smoked cheddars, San Joaquin Gold (our "gold medal mistake"), Lionza, and fresh and smoked Mozzarella. All our cheeses are made as they would be in Europe. Each wheel is a labor of love, delicately made by hand in open vats, where the talented cheesemakers' dedication and experience determine the outcome of the final product. All our cheeses are produced on our almost 100 year-old family-owned dairy farm, and we produce the electricity to run our entire farm with an anaerobic digester which produces methane as a fuel, from cow manure and other waste products.