9 of the best wine-and-cheese pairings ever

by Cindi Sutter, Founder of The Spirited Table® - Recipes from Megan Krigbaum Food & Wine

These are the greatest wine-and-cheese matches at some of the country's best winery tasting rooms.

Wine: Domaine Carneros Vintage Brut
Cheese: Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam, a buttery triple cream

Wine: Dutton-Goldfield Pinot Noir
Cheese: Redwood Hill Farm Three Peppercorn Chèvre, a young goat cheese flecked with pepper

Wine: Copain Wines Syrah
Cheese: Matos St. George, a cheddar-like cow-milk cheese

Wine: Trinchero Cabernet Sauvignon
Cheese: Bellwether Farms Pepato, a wemisoft sheep-milk cheese studded with peppercorns

Wine: Duckhorn Vineyards Estate Red Wine
Cheese: L'amuse Signature Gouda, a caramelly Dutch cheese

Wine: St. Francis Winery Port
Cheese: Rogue Creamery Caveman Blue, a robust, raw cow-milk blue cheese

Wine: Poet's Leap Botrytised Dessert Wine
Cheese: Mycella, a creamy Danish blue cheese

Wine: Darioush Cabernet/Shiraz Blend
Cheese: Uplands Cheese Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an alpine-style cow-milk cheese

Wine: Shinn Estate Vineyards Pinot Blanc
Cheese: Goodale Farms Feta, a light, tangy goat cheese