Great Wine Deserves Great Cheese

Great wine and great cheese may cost more than the ordinary stuff, but there is a reason.

Both milk and grapes go through fermentation to become something more sublime. Anna Puzatykh/Shutterstock

The phrase “wine and cheese” suggests one of the world’s most enduring pairings, due in no small part to the amazing similarities between the two.

Not only do both emanate from mundane products (grapes and milk), but both are also elevated to the sublime by undergoing a similar process to achieve a higher status: fermentation.