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 Tisket a tasket - We are your holiday basket headquarters!!!
Don't forget the party platters for your office parties & gatherings.
Cheesy Happenings December TBA - Wine & Cheese Cruise aboard Maui Dive Shop's prized gem, The AliiNui, a 65' sailing catamaran. Saturday, December 19th (10am-4pm) & Sunday December 20th (10am-2pm) -Maui Wedding Cakes Gingerbread BakeHouse at Who Cut The Cheese:
Sunday December 27th, 3-5pm - Monthly Tasting at Stella Blues: Sizzling Sparklers & Crackling Champagnes. This month's tasting will be $40 inclusive, so we can provide a few more Champagnes over Sparklers!
 Holiday Truffle Cheese Treats Brillat triple creme with black truffle by J. Cange. This is another Belguim beauty, just as Fourme au Sauterne Bleu which originates in Belguim, then is fined in Sauterne, France. It is also bathed in Sauterne while it ages, so it makes for a succulent and slightly fruity blue. A must for any holiday treat! We represent all animals! The J. Cange Truffle Brillat triple creme is one of the cow's milk black truffle cheeses orquestrating this quartet in the cheese case! Here are the others....
Please get your orders in early as this will sell out! Ph. 808.874.3930
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Monthly Cheese & Wine Tasting!
 5 wines paired with 5 cheeses
This Month: Sizzling Sparklers & Crackling Champagnes When: Sunday, December 27th, from 3-5pm Where: Stella Blues Cafe (in same center as Who Cut The Cheese) Cost: $40 per person, including tax Call for reservations: 808-874-3930 ~ Seating is limited. 2009/2010 Tasting Calendar - Last Sunday of most months
Wine & Cheese Cruise aboard the Alii Nui November was the inagural wine and cheese cruise aboard Maui Dive Shop's prized gem, The Alii Nui, measuring an impressive 65' from stem to stern and 36' port to starboard, it is truly the premiere sailing catamaran on Maui. The wines were global, the cheeses were French, the tasty tidbits were bountiful, and the crowd was thrilled!!! And let's not forget the awesome sunset tour delivered by Captain Chris and his professional crew. It was such fun we may just have to start offering a monthly wine and cheese cruise!
New Libations!
This is 100% Grenache from Southern Australia with bubbles! It's just a fun sipper, nothing too serious, and won't "hurt" you with the low alcohol of 11%. It tends to be on the fruity side, but not too sweet. Hints of strawberry, tangerine, and peach are on the nose and palate. Just good fun... like us! We're quite sure you can come up with a girlfriend or three who needs to receive this for the holidays! Calvados A fun alternative to cognac, Calvados is made in the same fashion as cognac and Armagnac, but it’s made from apples and sometimes pears may be mixed in. The premium calvados carry the French AOC label — appellation d’ origin. To be an AOC designate the calvados must be aged a minimum of two years. VSOP (very special old pale) requires 4 years aging. By law, at least 48 varieties of apples must be in the blend, and again, sometimes pears. One producer, Boulard, uses 120 varieties of apples. None of these are eating apples, and they can be categorized as bitter, bitter-sweet, sweet and tart. The apples are pressed into a cider then are fermented naturally. It becomes a spirit once the cider under goes distillation which is still done in copper pots or kettles. Calvados must be aged to be in the “quality and prestige” levels. Young calvados will have the most fresh apple flavors with delightful lightness. Lightness is of course in relation to alcohol content.
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