New Website, New Events Page, New Blog

Thanks to all of you who have followed us here. We are excited to announce we have a new website with a blog section called Cheese Board and an events section where you can purchase spots to our classes online. Going forward, all events will be posted there. Check it out, we think its really beautiful! www.stjamescheese.com

St. James Cheese Gift Selections Are Here!

All cheese selections come presented in a handmade wooden box with straw and ribbon. All cut cheeses are in 1/2 lb. pieces (unless indicated).

Audubon Gift Box
$78.00
Camembert de Normandie
Haystack Mountain Chevre
Comté Fort St. Antoine
White Wood Farms Louisiana Preserves
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers
Wood handle cheese knife

Pontchartrain Gift Box
$135.00
Colston Basset Stilton
Abbaye de Belloc
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar
Sweet Grass Dairy Green Hill
White Wood Farms Louisiana Preserves
Creminelli Casalingo Salami
Sucré Chocolate Almond Toffee
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers
Wood handle cheese knife

Southern Selection
$73.00
Sweetgrass Dairy Green Hill, GA
Meadow Creek Appalachian, VA
Belle Chevre, AL
White Wood Farms Preserves
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers

French Selection
$67.00
Mimolette 12-month aged
Camembert de Normandie
Comté Fort St. Antoine
Au Fil du Fruit Preserves
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers

British Selection
$78.00
Selected from Neal's Yard Dairy, London
Colston Basset Stilton
Linconlnshire Poacher
Sparkenhoe Red Leicester
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers

Spanish Selection
$72.00
Manchego Reserva
Pata Cabra
Quince Paste
Roasted Marcona Almonds
Ortiz Bonito Tuna
Ines Rosales Tortas de Aceite

Chocolate & Cheese Pairing
$70.00
Three very different cheeses beautifully paired with stone ground,
organic Taza Chocolate Mexicano
O'Banon Goats Cheese (USA) with Cacao Puro Chocolate
Hawes Wensleydale (UK) 1/4 lb. with Guajillo Chili Chocolate
Cashel Blue (Ireland) 1/4 lb. with Vanilla Bean Chocolate
Fine Cheese Company Water Crackers

OTHER GIFT SELECTIONS

Fromage Lagniappe $45.00
A little something tasty to bring to your host or hostess, presented in a brown paper box with straw and ribbon. Cut cheeses are 1/2 lb. each.
Beemster XO Aged Gouda
Colston Basset Stilton
Cypress Grove Chevre Purple Haze
Au Fil du Fruit Preserves

Cheeses of the Month

Each month cheese club members will receive a half pound each of three of our carefully chosen cheeses in peak condition with descriptions and pairing suggestions.
Price includes shipping.
Louisiana $50 per month
Out of state $70 per month

The new St. James Cheese Company website is launching soon and you will be able to order online. Until then, call 504.899.4737 to place an order or order online through TAIGAN.com.
Prices do not reflect shipping. We can ship gifts anywhere in the US using FedEx. Shipping rates vary by destination and shipping class and will be quoted when order is placed.

November/December Classes

At the shop

Dec 7
Chocolate, Champagne and Cheese with Bittersweet Confections
Local chocolatier Cheryl Scripter will be joining us to pair chocolates, cheese and champage for an educational and ever so slightly decadent evening.
$40 7pm SOLD OUT

December 8
Charcuterie, Cheese and Wine
One of the finest American producers of cured meats, Creminelli Fine Meats, will be joining us pairing their fabulous salamis and charcuterie with a variety of cheeses and wines for a spectacular evening.
$30 7pm

Call 899-4737 to reserve your spot or emailinfo@stjamescheese.com.


At other venues

Nov 17
6:30pm
Champagne and Cheese Pairing at Swirl Wines in Mid-City
Call Swirl at (504) 304-0635 for reservations.
3143 Ponce De Leon Street off Esplanade




****We usually have a waiting list for our classes, so no-shows make us cranky. Please call if you are not going to make it so that a lucky person on the wait list can have your spot. ****

Upcoming Cheese Classes

Oct 19
Blue Cheeses from Rogue Creamery
7pm at St. James Cheese
This is a class for the true lover of blue cheeses. Rogue Creamery produces some of the best blue cheeses in the country at their creamery in Oregon. We are going to taste and compare blues such as Rogue River Blue, Oregon Blue, Crater Lake Blue, Caveman Blue and Oregonzola. They will be paired with wines, mostly of the sweet variety such as a Canadian Cabernet Franc Ice Wine, Hungarian Tokai, French Calais Nord farmhouse beer, and some other wine surprises.
$25

Nov 2
Novemberfest!
7pm at St. James Cheese
A late Germanic celebration with Wolf of Crescent City Brewhouse pairing his beers with Bavarian and artisan cheeses. Other Bavarian food offerings such as housemade wursts and sauerkraut will be served. Leiderhosen encouraged.


Call 899-4737 to reserve your spot or emailinfo@stjamescheese.com.

September Classes

St. James Cheese School

Sept 14

How'da ya say Gouda?

7pm at St. James Cheese
More than any other cheese, people say they love Gouda. And do we have Gouda. At any one time we have up to 6 varieties and we will be sampling those with complementary wines. $25

Sept 21

Mediterranean Cheeses and Wines
featuring locally owned (also owns Dat Dog), Greek produced Georges olive oil and discussion with Constantine Georges.
7pm at St. James Cheese
$25

Call 899-4737 to reserve your spot or emailinfo@stjamescheese.com.


Sept 28
Italian Wines and Cheeese

7pm at Swirl Wines in Mid-City

Join at Swirl in Mid-City as Casey and Beth take you through the amazing cheeses and wines of Italy.

Call Swirl at 304-0635 for reservations.


****We usually have a waiting list for our classes, so no-shows make us cranky. Please call if you are not going to make it so that a lucky person on the wait list can have your spot. ****

July and August Cheese Classes

Offsite Events

July 27
Wines, Cheese and Wine Pairings
Swirl in Mid-City (3143 Ponce de Leon)
6-8 pm $25
Call 504-304-0635 for reservations

Classes at our shop

August 3
St James Cheese School
featuring pairings from Uncorked Wines and beer
at St. James Cheese Company
7:00pm, $25


August 10, 17, 24
Summer Beer Series

We are putting on a 3-part series in August featuring 6 exceptional craft beers paired with up to 6 cheeses. At least one or two of the beers each night will featuring something new and exciting from one of our local breweries.

$25 per class, you can sign up for one or all of them.


Call 899-4737 to reserve your spot or email info@stjamescheese.com.



****We usually have a waiting list for our classes, so no-shows make us cranky. Please call if you are not going to make it so that a lucky person on the wait list can have your spot. ****

Classes this week - Oregon Pinot Noir

Love Pinot Noir?

We still have openings for our cheese and wine pairing class this week on June 16 (June 15 - SOLD OUT) featuring Moises Vineyards Pinot Noirs from Oregon. New Orleanian James Moises will be on hand to guide you through a vertical tasting of 6 of his fantastic Pinot Noir wines from years past and Casey will be pairing them with some tasty artisanal cheeses.
$30, includes wines and cheese, 7pm
Call 899-4737 or email info@stjamescheese.com to sign up.