Pairing Cropwell Bishop cheese with wine and other beverages:

Cheese Wine Other Drinks
Blue Stilton Port or Sauternes Barley wine (ale) or most beers
Blue Shropshire Red wine or Orange Muscat
Beauvale English sparkling wine Real cider 

Pairing Cropwell Bishop cheese with condiments:

Cheese

Sweet

Savoury

Fruit

Off piste!

Blue Stilton 

English honey    

Walnuts

Apples     

Bacon or dark chocolate

Blue Shropshire   

Quince jam

Celery

Pears

Mango chutney

Beauvale

Blueberry jam

Watermelon   

Figs

Cranberry sauce 

What drinks should you pair with blue cheese? Are there alternative options to the traditional Port? Cropwell Bishop Creamery’s Robin Skailes gives us his guide to pairing cheese with other food and drink. Watch our short videos and discover both traditional and some more unusual drinks choices that work exceptionally well with our Stilton, Beauvale and Blue Shropshire cheese. 

 

More top tips from Robin:

There are no set rules when it comes to pairing cheese, so experiment, and if you find something special that works, we’d love to hear about it!