Crossing Pairs With igourmet.com at Mohegan Sun Casino in Pocono Downs
Crossing Vineyards Wine and Cheese Shop is one of only six retail outlets selected for “Project Sunrise,” a $208 million, 300,000 square-foot gaming and entertainment complex at Pocono Downs. Among the shop’s offerings will be multi-level flights of wine and cheese, paired to complement the flavors of each. Customers can build their own pairings, based on their cheese preferences, with wine suggested by a staff knowledgeable about both products.”Crossing Vineyards and igourmet.com are the perfect pairing, two Pennsylvania based companies that value quality and service,” says Christine Carroll, one of the owners of Crossing Vineyards.
Crossing will feature a wide range of its award-winning wines - they’ve earned nearly 70 prizes in national and international competitions - including limited quantities of its Library Wine Series, which has been held in reserve. Quality wine accessories, Reidel glassware, wine gifts such as decanters and wine bags, wine books, games, wine-related dishes and giftware, and seasonal gift items such as wine-themed Santas also will be available.
The wine and cheese shop will also offer igourmet.com’s line of gourmet food products exclusively. Headquartered in West Pittston, Pa., igourmet.com is the nation’s leading online gourmet food and gift retailer. Lauded by Forbes magazine as the best gourmet food Web site for the past seven years, its product line includes more than 850 imported and domestic specialty cheeses along with an award-winning line of exquisite gifts baskets.
What to serve on game day.
The dawn of the new year heralds the coming of the most watched spectacle on American Television. Make this year’s Super Bowl gathering a memorable one by offering your group an assortment of the world’s best snacking foods. Might we suggest a man-sized tin of Italian Truffle Almonds?
Our specialty at igourmet.com is cheese. We sell over 800 varieties from around the world, each with its own personality. Our British Aisles Blues Assortment, served with beer and pretzels, certainly splits the uprights. If blue cheese isn’t your speed, try one of our other fantastic Game Day assortments. Whichever you choose, it will be sure to make the highlight reel! Click here to browse our picks for Game Day!
Welcome to the initial post of As the cheese turns! As you can probably guess, the contributors to this blog got together from a shared love of gourmet food, and especially cheeses. This is something that’s important to all of us (and we assume you too, if you’ve read past the first two sentences), for reasons of family traditions, heritage, and the simple way food enriches our lives.
Probably one of the most amazing aspects of gourmet food is the unique way it becomes part of your life. An often used line in advertising copy is “this (coffee/chocolate/blue cheese) is so good, you’ll never be able to go back to your regular brand!” While this line has probably been tacked onto more products than it should have been, there’s still some fundamental truth in it. Exceptional food has a way of sticking with us and haunting our memories with its delicious ghosts. In light of these gems, regular food seems to pale, lacking that extra oomph! that really opens the palate with its flavor.
Cheeses especially seem to fall in this category. You could look at it from a scientific perspective, explaining how the higher fat content allows cheeses to carry bigger flavors, but that doesn’t seem to be the entire story. The extra care invested into what’s basically a bucket of raw milk, making it into cheese, and the attention and precision given during aging seem to be reflected in the cheese’s character as well. But, as we spoke among ourselves, we wanted to put these thoughts out there, to share our passion with others who were similarly affected by exceptional food.
