ABOUT EPOISSES CHEESE

Epoisses, a French cow's milk cheese, is known to be one of the best cheeses in the country. Epoisses is a finely textured, washed-rind cheese with a very pungent scent. It is soaked in brine, dried for four weeks, and then bathed regularly in Marc de Bourgogne, a liqueur that is a by-product of the nearby wine industry in Burgundy.

Epoisses is valued and respected for its good flavor and fragrance. Perhaps most famous for its pungency, the law in France actually prohibits people from bringing Epoisses on board while switching via mass transit. The genuine French cheese has an edible reddish-brown rind that masks a deep creamy inside. Epoisses is packaged and offered in a small wooden box with an elegant yet rustic design.

It is claimed that the Cistercian monks first produced Epoisses in the Burgundy region of France in the 1600's. Recipes have been passed down to farmers in the area who have managed to produce the most pungent cheese for hundreds of years. 

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