BellaVitano Cheese
BellaVitano is a cow's milk cheese made by the Sartori Company of Antigo, Wisconsin. Introduced in 1999, BellaVitano Gold is one of a number of different cheeses made by the company. It is a hard cheese with a nutty, fruity flavour and is also available in a number of flavoured varieties.The cheese, in its various forms, has won a number of international, national, and state awards.
Varieties
- The original variety, BellaVitano Gold is inspired by traditional Italian farmstead cheese. Starting out like Parmesan, it has a creamy, rich texture with light fruity notes and a sweet and tangy finish. The crunch comes from calcium crystals that form as the cheese ages. Gold was named Grand Champion at the 2013 World Dairy Expo. All BellaVitano varieties are based on this cheese.
- Balsamic BellaVitano is immersed in imported 6-year-old Italian balsamic vinegar. Further aging allows the light fruity taste of the cheese to marry with the sweet and tangy balsamic vinegar to delivers a sharper taste with some hints of raisins.
- Black Pepper BellaVitano is hand-coated in premium coarse ground black pepper. The salty-spicy bite of the black pepper contrasts the creamy fruitiness of the BellaVitano.
- Merlot BellaVitano is immersed in a fine Merlot wine which adds additional fruitiness to the cheese.
- Raspberry BellaVitano is immersed it in a tart raspberry ale giving the cheese a distinctive fruity taste.
- Chai BellaVitano is hand-coated with a BLEND of Chai spices including black tea, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
- Espresso BellaVitano is hand-coated with fresh ground Italian roast espresso beans to give the cheese the sweet, slightly smoky, roasted flavors of an Italian-style espresso CoFFEE.
Other limited EDition varieties of BellaVitano Gold are made available from time to time.