Really flavorful country ham aged 12 months for us by the Edwards folks in Surry, Virginia. From peanut fed Berkshire hogs, we’ll slice it to order just how you like it, thin for tapas, or thicker for ham steaks.

Fantastic American Cheddar matured in cloth, in the traditional English farmhouse style. Aged 12 months in the Cellars at Jasper Hill in Greensboro, VT. Sweet caramel-y flavors, and some nice crystallization, might give the English a run for their money!

We’ve sourced some fantastic gruyere from a single producer at very high altitude in the Swiss Alps. Made in August 2008. An incredibly deep and full flavored cheese makes an incredible fondue!

We’re into the 2008 ‘Vintage’ of our favorite American blue cheese. Made with raw cow’s milk from a single herd in Central Point, Oregon, aged at least 12 months in brandy-macerated grape leaves. Amazing full flavor!

One of our favorite holiday treats from Columbus, San Francisco’s premier salame producers. This is their classic, small format dry-cured pork hunters-style sausage liberally spiked with black truffles. Very limited supplies!

Situated in Northern Italy, Franco & Rosella are among only a few producers left that still use a traditional stone mill to crush their olives, capturing the “the tears of the olive”. After crushing, the olive paste is left to gently weep, not mechanically pressed, producing this exceptionally flavorful oil.

From ancient olive trees and many generations of a single family’s attentive hand harvesting of the olives, the personality of this fantastic Southern Italian olive oil speaks volumes. Big flavors abound in this year’s harvest — a staff favorite here, and bound to be a favorite in your kitchen.

The key to great Balsamico is balance. Aged 8 years, its elegance is noted with patient fruitiness and just a touch of the barrel’s aging beginning to show. An excellent buy for everyday use.

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A Zingerman’s exclusive and a holiday treasure: balsamic blended to capture the woody, earthy intensity of our 10 year aged balsamic and rounded out with a dose of lush sweetness, the kind you’ll find in older bottles. This one is 16 years old, ready for the debutante ball.

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Looking for the perfect gift for a foodie? Give them the opportunity to explore the elegance of well-aged balsamics with sampler-sized bottles of 8, 10, 20 and 40 year aged treasures. Or just treat yourself!

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