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We have now defined our Christmas and January dispatch dates as per below: December/January Dispatch Dates

Watch Tom Merkli explain the 2023 version of the popular Alpine Express Christmas Platters: All cheese platters can be found on our dedicated Christmas cheese page.

Watch Tom Merkli explain the core cheeses included in this year’s popular Alpine Express Christmas Cheese box

We’ve always offered the option to slice our raclette cheese into ca. 4mm thick slices, ready for your melted cheese party. Now, however, we have improved the packaging further: starting from this week every order of sliced raclette cheese will be supplied with greaseproof paper layers in between each slice, making it even more convenient… Read more: Sliced Swiss Raclette: Even Better!

See which 2 amazing soft cheeses Tom picked for this year’s Christmas Cheese Box. Orders are now available and packs come in 3 sizes, starting at $60 plus shipping.

We promised you something exciting and here it is: our new Alpine Rewards Program. With our new loyalty rewards program you earn  whenever you spend money with us. For every $1 spent on cheese and other foods you earn 5  and for every $2 spent on non food products you earn 5 . There are also other ways you can… Read more: Meet our new rewards program

As a business striving for high customer support, we always try to improve all aspects of our business with a customer centric view. For a number or reasons until now we were not able to dispatch cheese early in the week, leaving some of our customers with shipments getting stranded over the weekend. We’re happy… Read more: Shipping Changes | New Day of Dispatch

Join Tom on an 11-day cheese discovery of Switzerland! Meet expert local cheese makers, learn about their production processes and enjoy cheese degustations throughout the spectacular cheese producing regions of Gruyère, Emmental and Toggenburg. Travel date: 2021 – details to follow Read more here.

This recipe is a traditional dish from canton Glarus in Switzerland. The original Zigerhörnli use Schabziger available in our online shop and at selected retailers. Try it out, it’s a rustic, simple yet delicious dish suitable for the whole family. Ingredients 400 g eggshell / short pasta 1 tbsp of chicken broth powder For the… Read more: Original Zigerhörnli Recipe

Many people know the Girolle cheese shaper from making beautiful flower shaped cheese portions with the Tête de Moine cheese. Do you know that there are other Swiss cheese that you can use this clever device with?

Tomorrow Saturday, 21 April 2018 is International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day. Raw milk cheeses are unique in flavor, history, and carry on traditional cheesemaking practices. Producers who make them are passionate about craftsmanship and animal husbandry. Their cheeses represent years, even decades, of knowledge and thoughtful innovation to better their products. By joining in… Read more: Join us for Raw Milk Cheese Day

This is your chance to secure a Swiss icon with a cheesy twist: During the entire month of January we’re giving away 10 unique Swiss cheese pocket knifes. For each $10 worth of products you spend online during January we’re giving you 1 entry into the draw of these knives. All you have to do… Read more: Win 1 of 10 Swiss cheese pocket knives

Our friends from Seiler in Sarnen in Switzerland gave us this excellent recipe I thought I’d share with you. Try it out!   Ingredients 800g peeled and boiled potatoes, roughly grated 1 minded onion 150g carrots, finely grated 1/2 leek, sliced 1 tbsp salt Pepper 80g butter or oil 150g Seiler Bratkäse Method Put all… Read more: Recipe: Hash browns with vegetables & Seiler Bratkäse

Ham: check, Seafood: check, Pavlova: check. But have you thought about cheese for your Christmas function? We’re obviously biased – but – think about how much time you need to prepare a fabulous looking cheese platter? Right, almost none! Plus everyone loves cheese, so it’s an easy crowd pleaser. Below are some of our tips on… Read more: Festive Cheese – December News

Alpage cheese is made only in the summer months when the cows graze high up in the alpine pastures. Discover our newly arrived 2016 Gruyère AOP Alpage straight from the Swiss mountains. The Gruyère AOP Alpage is produced in two different areas within the Gruyère region in Switzerland. One in is situated in the Fribourg… Read more: Gruyère AOP Alpage & What to expect at the French Festival in Melbourne – November News

Tomorrow is international Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day and we’ve got quite a line up for you around the country where you can taste amazing #rawmilkcheese tomorrow: VICTORIA Boccaccio Supa IGA, Balwyn: Tasting/sale of various raw milk cheeses including our Rolf Beeler range RHCL, Richmond: Tasting/sale of Rolf Beeler Alp Dräckloch (raw milk, alpage cheese,… Read more: Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day 2016

Have you ever wondered exactly why raw milk cheese is so important? Have you ever asked yourself why so many of the world’s most famous cheeses (Comté, Swiss Gruyère, Parmigiano-Reggiano, to name a few) are legally required to be made from raw milk? Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day is your chance to find out what makes… Read more: 16 April is International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day

View the HTML Version   Thank you for visiting the Gruyère AOP stand at Taste of Sydney… View this email in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=dc49d596b3&e=[UNIQID]) ** It was great to see you at Taste of Sydney ———————————————————— On behalf of Gruyère AOP we would like to thank you for visiting our stand at Taste of Sydney… Read more: Thank you for visiting Gruyère AOP at Taste of Sydney

View the HTML Version   Could we ask you to spend 3 minutes on our survey about the event last week? View this email in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=e808ce41da&e=[UNIQID]) Bringing you beautiful raw milk cheese from Switzerland ** Cheese with Altitude Event last week ———————————————————— Thank you for attending our Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Event… Read more: MFWF ‘Cheese with Altitude’ – Your opinion is valued

View the HTML Version   #https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=8b65e42dca&e=[UNIQID]) . # March Event – (#) With Gruyère AOP to Taste of Sydney 10 – 13 March March is just around the corner and with that the first Taste event of the year: Taste of Sydney. The foodie outdoor… Read more: March is near: Taste of Sydney | New Cheese Boards | More

View the HTML Version   #https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=65c507c7bb&e=[UNIQID]) . #https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/products/alpine-express-say-it-with-cheese/ New – (#) Our unique Valentine’s Day cheese offer They say the way to one’s heart is through their stomach. So why not say it with extraordinary cheese for two? This special Alpine Express cheese board, aptly… Read more: ❤ Say it with Cheese this Valentine’s Day ❤

View the HTML Version   #https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/ Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=7afa90a3e0&e=[UNIQID]) . #https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/product-category/cheese-boards/ New – (#) Get unique artisan cheese platters straight to your door. 2016 has well and truly started and it’s time to kick off our newest initiative. As part of our Alpine Express brand, we’ve just launched… Read more: New: Cheese boards to your door | $10 coupon

View the HTML Version   Merry Christmas from all of us at The Red Cow! ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=63b24ba49b&e=[UNIQID]) . Bringing you beautiful raw milk cheese from Switzerland Melted raclette cheese at the Swiss Festival ** Hi Cheese Friend ———————————————————— From all of us at The Red Cow,… Read more: 🎄 Merry Xmas, *|FNAME|*!

View the HTML Version   Cheesy gifts are available from our online shop… ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=4f06d232b1&e=[UNIQID]) . ** There’s still time to get your cheese cutter, knives & more ———————————————————— ** The Red Cow Online Shop ———————————————————— Enter the virtual doors to cheese accessory heaven: be it… Read more: Beautiful Cheese Accessories for Xmas 🌲 – Get yours online today!

View the HTML Version   3 suggestions for your Xmas cheese platters, MFWF 2016 & more ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=1095cff707&e=[UNIQID]) . https://www.alpineexpress.com.au/our-cheese/xmas-cheese-platter-suggestions/ ** NSW, QLD & VIC provide the ultimate Xmas cheese platter ———————————————————— It’s this time of the year again! And this year we have asked 3… Read more: 3 ultimate cheese platters for Xmas 🌲 – December Artisan Cheese News

View the HTML Version   Swiss Cheese for the Frenchies, Heidi’s love for Swiss Raclette & more ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=2fbcebcdf1&e=[UNIQID]) . http://www.paristoprovence.com.au/ ** Vive la France – Swiss Cheese for the Frenchies ———————————————————— The Red Cow will be present at the French Festival in South Yarra next… Read more: Swiss Cheese for the Frenchies – November Artisan Cheese News

View the HTML Version   Your question for Rolf Beeler answered & Prahran Cheese Fest ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=fd8bee637d&e=[UNIQID]) . ** You asked – Rolf Beeler answers ———————————————————— As promised in our last newsletter we chose three questions from your submissions to ask Rolf Beeler during Tom’s recent… Read more: Artisan Cheese News

View the HTML Version   Your question for Rolf Beeler, Raclette revival in Melbourne & more ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=28ffe659db&e=[UNIQID]) . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Beeler ** Spring brings your question to Rolf Beeler ———————————————————— It’s finally Spring. And for us this means a trip to Europe is on the agenda where… Read more: Spring Artisan Cheese News

View the HTML Version   1st August is Swiss National Day. Read more… ———————————————————— Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=f903986f2d&e=[UNIQID]) . Bringing you beautiful raw milk cheese from Switzerland Artisan Swiss cheese from Rolf Beeler to celebrate Swiss National Day ** 1st August is Swiss National Day ———————————————————— Hi Cheese Friend… Read more: Happy Swiss National Day from The Red Cow

View the HTML Version   Celebrate with cheese, Bratwurst, raclette & Swiss music this Sunday in Heidelberg. View this email in your browser (http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4bfbdbaa9e18c2d1c7ebaab3a&id=c0ef507eca&e=[UNIQID]) ** Swiss National Day Celebrations & Artisan Cheese Sale ———————————————————— ** 2nd August, Heidelberg VIC ———————————————————— ** JOIN US AT ———————————————————— ** Austrian Club in Heidelberg this Sunday 11am to 4pm… Read more: This Sunday: Swiss National Day celebrations & cheese sale in Heidelberg