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Mission Hills @ West Washington - Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4 - 619.491.0708 - missionhills@venissimo.com

Del Mar @ Flower Hill Mall - Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4 - 858.847.9616 - delmar@venissimo.com
Belmont Shore @ Long Beach - Tues-Fri 11-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4 - 562.433.4986 - belmontshore@venissimo.com

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September is bountiful in the world of cheese...

Not only are many spring-milk cheeses now ready for release, but fall fruits like figs, apples, plums & quince make September one of the best months to enjoy your favorite formaggio.  From Germany, we introduce Rhinette, a cheese washed in apple cider.  Not to be outdone, Camembert Calvados from the Normandy region of France is washed in calvados, the region's famous apple brandy.  And if you haven't tried Nana Mae's Fig & Apple Mostarda, now is the time - paired with Vlaskaas gouda, it literally tastes like a slice of apple pie!  And we all know that, "Apple pie without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze."      

 

 

Look at all the cheeses we've had...

Below is a complete list of every gourmet cheese we have ever carried (more than 2000 of them)!  Having a wine & cheese party & need cheese pairing advice?  Contact any of our shops & we can make recommendations.  If we don't have it today, just ask the Cheese Wiz if we can get it tomorrow.  Our selection changes daily, so check back often (hopefully, our inventory will never be as light as in this infamous Monty Python cheese shop sketch):

 

abbaye de belloc - abbaye de citeaux - abbaye de tamie - abbaye de timadeuc - abondance - abrigo - acapella - accasciato - adelegger - affidelice au chablis - affinity - afuega'l pitu - aisy cendre - allgauer bergkase - alp drackloch - alpine shepherd - alpkase - amadeus - amarelo - amour - amsterdam reserve - angel feat - anise lavender wheel - anton's liebe blond - appalachian - appalachian spring - appenzeller - applewood cheddar - apricot chevre - apricot pistachio torte - apricot stilton - aragones - ardi gasna - ardrahan - arina - ascutney mountain - asher blue - asiago - aspen log - aspenhurst - aurora - autumn oak - aviateur - avonlea - azeitao - bababloo - backsteiner - baked ricotta - balarina goat gouda - balfeam - ballyoak - baluchon - bamalou - bandaged cheddar - bandon vale - banon de chalais - banon feuille - bardwell's manchester - barely buzzed - basajo blue - basque d'argental - bassigny au porto - bastelicaccia - bastognette - bavaria blu - bayley hazen blue - beaufort - beemster classic - beenleigh blue - beigua - beira baixa - bel paese - bella serenita - bella sorella - belle fleur - belle tomate - belletoile - bellevue - benning - berger du rocastin - bergkase - berigse witte - berkshire blue - berkswell - bermuda triangle - besace du berger - bethmale - bianco sottobosco - bica - bierdeckel - bierkase - bijou - billy blue - bishop's blessing - bishop's gold - bitto - black butte reserve - black diamond - black mountain - blacksticks blue - blanc bleu du rizet - blanca bianca - blarney castle - blaues wunder - bleating heart holiday - bleubry - bleuchatel - bleu de gex - bleu des causses - bleu d'auvergne - bleu de basque - bleu de brebis - bleu de laqueuille - bleu de sassenage - bleu de termignon - bleu du bocage - bleuet - blissful buffalo - bloomsday - blu delle alpi - blu del moncenisio - blu di bufala - blu di langa - blu roomkaas - blue beard - blue castello - blue orchid - blue paradise - blueberry stilton - bobolink - bocconcini - boerenkaas - boilie - bonde de gatine - bonifaz - bonne bouche - bonrus - boschetto - botana - boucheese - boule du perigord - boulette d'avesnes - bourboule - bouree - bourguignon - boursault - bra - brandywine - branzi - braukase - brebicet - brebichon - brebiou - brebirousse d'argental - brebis - brescianella all'acquavite - bridgewater round - brie de meaux - brie de melun - brie de montereau - brie de nangis - brillat savarin - brillat raisins - brillat truffe - brillo pecorino di vino - brillo di treviso - brin d'amour - brinata - brindisi - brique des flandres - broncha - bruder basil - brunet - bucaneve fresco - buche arome - buche noir - bucheret - bucherondin - buchettes - burrata - butterkase - buttermilk blue - c2 - cabecou - cabecou feuille - cabot clothbound cheddar - cabra al romero - cabra pimentao - cabrales - cabri ariegeois - cabricharme - cabriejo - cacio de roma rustico - caciocavallo - caciotta al tartufo - caciotta caprina - cadenza - caerphilly - cahill elderberry wine - cahill porter - cahill whisky - caldwell crik chevrette - california crottin - calva d'auge - calvados camembert - cambozola black label - camellia - camembert - campo de montalban - campobello - cana de cabra - cana de oveja - cancoillotte - canestrato - cantal - cantalet dore - cap gris nez - capra fresca - capra valtellina - capretta - capricho cabra - capricious - caprini - caprino cremosa - cardinal sin - carmody - carre du berry - carrigaline - caruchon - cashel blue - casolet - caspian - castellano - castelmagno - castellot - castelrosso - castlebelbo - cathare - cavatina - cave-aged cheddar - caveman blue - cayuga blue - cazelle - celtic promise - cendre de lune - centrovalli - chabichou du poitou - chabis feuille - challerhocker - champignon brie - chaource - chaparral - charolais - chartreux - chaumes - cheshire - chevre boit - chevre d'argental - chevre des cremier - chevre noir - chevre round - chevrotin des aravis - ciabot - chiantino - chimay - chipotle cranberry cheddar - chocolate stout cheddar - chueflada - ciambella all'aglio - cimonino valsassina - cirrus - clacbitou - clarines - clayburne - clementine fruit twist - clisson - clochette - clothbound cheddar - coach triple creme wheel - cocoa cardona - coeur cendre - coeur du berry - colorouge - comte - comte saint antoine - condio - constant bliss - coolea - cooleeney - corleggy - cornilly - cornish blue - cornish yarg - corse aux herbes - corsica - corsu vecchio - cotswold - cougar gold - coulommiers - coupole - couronne lachoise - couserans - cow pie - cranberry chevre - cranberry walnut torte - crater lake blue - cravanzina - creme de calvados - creme fraiche - crescenza - crimson fire viking - crocodile tear - croghan - crottin - crottina - crozier blue - crutin - cumberland - curds - cure nantais - dallenwiler wychas - dante - daru - delice cassis - delice d'argental - delice de bourgogne - delice des cremiers - delice nostalgie - delice pommard - demon du midi - desperado - devil's gulch - diabolic - dill garlic viking - dobbiaco - doddington - doights de chevres - dom villas - dominoes - dorset drum - double gloucester - doux de montagne - drunk monk - drunken goat - dry jack - dubliner - duet - duke of sussex - dunbarra - dunsyre blue - durrus - dutch blue - echo mountain - echouargnac noix - eclipse - edam - edelpilz - edwin's munster - el cantu - emmenthaller - epoisses - erborinati val puster - esrom - estivo - etivaz - etorki - etude - evangeline - everona piedmont - evora - ewe's blue - ewephoria - explorateur - exquilor - extra sharp cheddar - farmhouse cheddar - fat bottomed girl - fenacho - fernwood - feta - feta in oil - feuille du chevre - ficcachio - figaro - figgy fromage - filibuster - fin briard - fior di langa - fiore sardo - fiorito - firehouse cheddar - fiscalini smoked - flagship reserve cheddar - fleur - fleur de lis - fleur de teche - fleur des alpes - fleur du maquis - fleur verte - flor de esgueva - flor di capra - florette - flower marie - fog light - fol epi - fontal - fontina val d'aosta - foothills blue - ford farm cheddar - forsterkase - fougerus - four corners round - fourme au maury - fourme au sauternes - fourme d'ambert - fragolino - french dream - friscu pepperoncino - frolic - fromage a'trois - fromage blanc - fromage de clon - fromage de savoie - fromager d'affinois - fumaison - fuzzy wheel - gabietou - galet de la loire - gallego - galloway - gamonedo - gaperon - gardunha - gariotin - garrotxa - georgia gouda - giana - gigha apple - gigha pear - gippsland blue - gjetost - goat blue - goat sage cheddar - goat tomme - golden bear - gorgonzola - gorgonzola dolce - gorgonzola piccante - gorgonzola torte - gotes catalanes - gottardo - gour noir - gourmandises soreda - goutte d'auge - grafton cheddar - grafton truckle - grain d'orge - gran canaria - grana padano - grand coursier - grande mogol - graskaas - gratte paille - gravenstein gold - graviera - grayson - great hill blue - great ocean road cheddar - green hill - green mountain gruyere - gres des vosges - grevenbroecker - grimbister - grinzing - grise des volcans - grotte del tufo - gruyere - gruyere de savoie - gubbeen - habanero cheddar - habanero jack - hafod - halloumi - hannahbells - harbourne blue - harlech - hartwell - harvest moon - haystack peak - hazelnut chevre - herbed chevre - herbed d'affinois - hereford hop - heublumen - hexagone au grenache - hirtenkase - hittisau - hoch ybrig - hoja santa - holly springs - honey bee goat gouda - hook's 10-year cheddar - hook's 12-year cheddar - hooligan - hopeful tomme - hopscotch - horsefeathers - hubbardston blue - hudson valley camembert - humboldt fog - huntsman - iberico - ibores - idaho goatster - idiazabal - illahee tomme - innerschweizer reblochon - invernia - inverness - irish cheddar - island stream - isle of mull - jalapeno chevre - jean de brie - jean grogne - jean-louis - jensen's red - jeremy river blue - jessanne - jindi brie - juni - kashkaval - kasseri - keen's cheddar - killorglin - king ludwig beer cheese - krummenswiler - kunik - la baguette - la beola - la bourboule - la corte - la cueva llonin - la leyenda - la luna - la mancha - la peral - la roche - la rosa - la serena - la tarte de vache - la tur - lagrein - laguiole - lake's edge - lambchopper - lancashire - langherino - langres - late harvest wheel - latteria sesto - laura chenel tomme - lavender cheddar -  lavort - le biquet - le cabecou - le cendrillion - le chatzely - le chevrot - le coeur - le marechal - le montagnard - le pavin - le petit chevre bleu - le provencal - le roule - le sarlet - le tato - le welsche - l'edel de cleron - leerdammer - legende de terroir - legendairy gold - legendairy blue chevre -  lekker gouda - lemon stilton - les freres - leyden - lighthouse blue brie - limburger - lincolnshire poacher - lingot - lionza - livarot - livingstone gold - llangloffan - lord of the hundreds - los beyos - lou picadou - lumiere - maccagnetta - mad river roll - madrigal - mahon reserva - majorero - malvarosa - manchego - manchego in oil - manchego rosemary - manchester - mandalay - mandriano di zambla - mango ginger stilton - manouri - marble mountain - marbre de pusigny - marin french blue - marinated feta - marisa - maroilles - marzolino rosso - mascarpone - massipou - mato del pirineu - mature cheddar - maytag blue - medallions of chevre - melodie - memoire - merlemont - merry goat round - mezzo secco - midnight moon - mille trois d'ariege - milleens - millefoglie al marzemino - mimolette - mineshaft blue - minuet - misty cove - miticapra valtellina - miticrema - mixed emotion - mobay - moeraki bay blue - mogol - moliterno - mona - mondrian - monet - monje blue - monk's house - monocacy ash - mont briac - mont d'or - mont des cats - montagnolo - montcabrer - mont saint francis - montasio - montasio festivo - montcabrer - monte cristo - monte enebro - montegrappa - monte's reserve - montgomery cheddar - moon dust - morbier - morimoto soba ale cheddar - moss end blue - mothais d'antan - mothais sur feuille - mouco camembert - moulis - mount lassen - mountain tomme - mountain top bleu - mountaineer - mozzarella di bufala - mt domet - mt mckinley - mt tam - muffaletta - muffato - munster - muntanyola - murazzano cora - murcia al vino - murcia curado - murol - mutton button - myrtlewood - myzithra - naked goat - nancy's camembert - napa wrap - nevat - new moon - nisa - nocetto - nocturne - noord hollander - northern gold - nuits - o'banon - oen - oka - old apple tree tomme - old kentucky tomme - old world portuguese - oldwick shepherd - ole - olivade soreda - olivet au foin - oma - ombra - oregon blue vein - oregonzola - ossau iraty - oud brugge - ouray - paillot de chevre - palhais - pan di caccio - panino - pantaleo - parlick fell - parmigiano reggiano - parrano - passendale - pata cabra - pata du mulo - pau - pave blesois - pave d'affinois - pave du mineur - pave sauvage - pear apple stilton - pecan chevre - pecorino al tartufo - pecorino brisighella - pecorino calabrese - pecorino casentino - pecorino crotenese - pecorino di fossa - pecorino di pienza - pecorino fogli di noci - pecorino fresco - pecorino ginepro - pecorino lucano - pecorino majori - pecorino nocino - pecorino reserva - pecorino romano - pecorino sardo - pecorino senese - pecorino stagionato - pecorino toscano - pee wee pyramid - pentu l'etang - pepato - peppercorn pyramid - peppered shepherd - perail brebis - pere joseph - perlagrigia - persian fetta - persille de tignes - persille du beaujolais - petit agour - petit billy - petit fiance - petit frere - petit fuxeen - petit sapin - petit vougot - pevrin - piacentino - piave verona - piave vecchio - picandou frais - pico affine - picodon - picolo - pie d'angloys - piedmont - pierce point - pierre doree beaujolais - pierre robert - pilota - ping pong balls - pio vecchio - pistachio tricotta - pitchounet - pitxun - plaisir - pleasant ridge reserve - plin di capra - point reyes blue - poivre d'affinois - polder gold - polverosa - pondhopper - pont l'eveque - ponte de bique - port salut - poudre puff - pougny cendre - pouligny saint pierre - pozo tomme - prattigauer beeler - prima donna - provolone piccante - p'tit basque - puits d'astier - purple haze - purple moon - putney tomme - pyrenees - pyrenees tomme - quadrello di bufala - quark - quatre feuilles - quebec vintage - queso clara - queso leonora - queso de mano - queso de oveja - quicke's oak smoked cheddar - raclette - reblochon - red cloud - red darla - red dragon - red hawk - red heart - red leicester - red square - red windsor - regal de bourgogne - rembrandt - renate - ribafria - ricotta salata - riley's coat - roaring forties blue - roasted garlic round - robiola - robiola alla cannella - robiola bosina - robiola di capra incovolata - robiola due latti - robiola fia - robiola incovolata - robiolina quercino - robiola tre latte - robiola vecchia - rocamadour - rocbleu - roccaverano - rocchetta - roccolo - rochefort - rocher nantais - rogue river blue - rollingstone blue - romao - roncal - roncari - rondin - rondo - roomano - roomkaas - roquefort gabriel coulet - roquefort papillon - roquefort de carles - ros - rosemary cheddar - rossini - rosso di langa - roteli - roth kase surchoix - roucoulon - rouelle cendre - rouge et noir - rousette - roves des garrigues - royal windsor - rustic blue - rustico - sable du boulonnais - saenkanter - sage cheddar - sage derby - saint agur - saint albray - saint andre - saint fellicien - saint george - saint killian - saint loup - saint marcellin - saint maure caprifeuille - saint maure de touraine - saint nectaire - saint pat - saint paulin - saint pete's select - saint simeon - saint vernier - salers - sally jackson goat - sally jackson guernsey - sally jackson sheep - salva cremasco - san andreas - san joaquin gold - san marello - san martino nebbiolo - san martino nero - san mauricio - san simon - san tumas - santa christina - sao jorge - sarl soreda - sauvageon - saveur de maquis - savory feta - sbrinz - scamorza - scharfe maxx - schloss - schwarz und weiss - scimudin - scrumpy jack - seahive - seal bay triple creme - seastack - secret du couvent - seirass del fen - selles sur cher - selun - serena - serpa - serra da estrela - shaft's blue - shaker blue - sharp cheddar - sharp gouda - shasta greenfield - sheepish blue - shelburne farms cheddar - shepherd's purse - shepherd's wheel - shropshire - sierra mountain tomme - signature camembert - silver mountain - sir francis drake - sir laurier d'arthabaska - sire de scey - six pans du lauragais - slack ma girdle - smoked cheddar - smoked chevre - smoked grafton - smokey blue - snow goat - snow white cheddar - snowdrop - sofia - sola val casotto - solvita - somport - sottocenere - soumaintrain - soureliette du fedou - spenwood - speziato al tartufo - spicherhalde - stanser flade - stanser schafkase - stichelton - stilton - stinking bishop - stokes smoked cheddar - stony man - stracchino - strachitunt - stagionato - strathdon blue - strawberry peach stilton - sublimity - sunlight - sunset bay - swedish biscuit - sweet clover - synergy - taleggio - tarago river triple creme - tarentais - tarte de vache - tartufo - taupiniere - teifi - teleme - telford tomme - tenerella al tartufo - tessiner geisskase - testun barolo - tete de moine - tetilla - teton tomme - thomasville tomme - thurblau - ticklembleu - ticklemore - tilsiter - tilston point - timanoix - timbre - tintern - tintus - tipperary - thurblau - toggenburger - toledo - tom - toma biellese - toma blu alle erbe - toma capra - toma della val maira - toma fontinata - toma oropa - toma piemontese - toma valle antigorio - toma valsesia - tomato basil torte - tome au fenouil croix de sulens - tome baigura - tome de bordeaux - tome de recollets - tome des bauges - tome noir - tomini - tomme ailine vignes - tomme aydius - tomme brulee - tomme de cabrioulet - tomme crayeuse - tomme de corse - tomme de fedou - tomme de savoie - tomme des bauges - tomme dolce - tomme du berger - tomme du bonhomme - tomme du levezou - tomme grand-mere - tomme montagne - tomme noir - tomme vaudoise - tommette brebis basque d'argental - tommette chevre - tommette de yenne - tomette des alpes - torta de canarejal - torta del casar - tortambros - totara cheddar - toussaint - trailhead - trifulin - trio - trois laits - tronchetto - tronchon - trou du cru - truckle - truffle tremor - tuada - tulare cannonball - tuma trifulera - tuma valle antigorio - tumalo tomme - tumin rutulin - tumon cora - tumbleweed - ubriaco - ubriacone - unterwasser - vacherin fribourgeois - val pusteria - valdeon - valencay - valromey - van goat - vare - variation #1 - vasterbotten - veigadarte - velvet rose - venaco - venezuelan beaver cheese - vento d'estate - verdecapra - vermont brabander - vermont dandy - vermont shepherd - vezzena - vieux lille - vignelait - vinot - vintage gouda - vintage van gogh - virgin pine native blue - vlaskaas - wabash cannonball - wasabi capri - wavremont - weinkase - wensleydale - westcombe red - weston wheel - weybridge - whisky cheddar - white buck - white pearl - whitestone - widmer cheddar - wild wasabi - wilde weide - winchester gouda - windsor blue - winnimere - wrinkled paglierina - wynendale - yellow buck - yerbera - zamorano - zuleta Venissimo Cheese shops in downtown San Diego, Mission Hills, Del Mar & Long Beach share the goodness & glory of cheeses from all over the world, including other gourmet specialties like fresh-baked bread, artisinal crackers, salumi, olives, honeys & more.  Learn all about cheese & cheesemaking at the AoC (Academy of Cheese).  Venissimo is Southern California's answer to Zingerman's, Murray's, Artisinal, Aniata, Formaggio Kitchen, Q'uel Fromage, Cowgirl Creamery, Foster & Dobbs, Beechers, Dean & Deluca, DeLaurenti & DiBrunos.  Every receipt includes wine & cheese pairing suggestions along with a complete description of each cheese.  You'll find our cheeses at the finest restaurants & wine bars, including Cafe Chloe, Bice, Counterpoint, Tipsy Crow, Firefly, JRDN, Addison, Neighborhood, Tango Wine, The Barrel Room, Nine-Ten, Quarter Kitchen, La Velencia, Keg N Bottle & Waters Catering, just to name a few.   

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