{"id":3139,"date":"2025-05-05T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/cheese-shops-we-love-arrowine-cheese\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:24:59","slug":"cheese-shops-we-love-arrowine-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/cheese-shops-we-love-arrowine-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Shops We Love: Arrowine & Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arlington, Virginia\u2019s Arrowine & Cheese<\/a> has been a standby for D.C.-area cheese lovers for decades, thanks to its extensive selection of imports. The shop is owned by president Doug Rosen, who joined the business as a partner in 1999, and vice-president Shemsedin \u201cShem\u201d Hassen, who joined Arrowine & Cheese in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe curate a selection of cheeses that are more unique and hard to find,\u201d says Dav\u00edd Bauman-Rojas, Arrowine\u2019s assistant cheese and deli manager. \u201cWe work directly with French and Swiss importers to get cheese that might not be available otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Arrowine typically purchases large wheels of cheese as opposed to smaller pre-cut, vacuum-sealed pieces, including 60 to 70 pound wheels of Gruy\u00e8re made by internationally acclaimed master cheesemaker Michael Spycher. \u201cIt\u2019s the same with Parmigiano-Reggiano,\u201d says Bauman-Rojas. \u201cWe split 80-pound wheels once per month, so you\u2019re getting a much higher quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bauman-Rojas is especially excited to showcase new cheeses. \u201cYou\u2019re finding more experimental stuff coming out of Europe that you wouldn\u2019t see before\u2014now you\u2019re getting fun, interesting cheeses coming out of Switzerland instead of just traditional Gruy\u00e8re and raclette,\u201d he explains. \u201c[In addition,] American cheesemakers have really upped their game.\u00a0 You can serve American cheese to Europeans and it\u2019s just as good as what they get at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe shop isn\u2019t huge, but it feels nice and open,\u201d says Bauman-Rojas.\u00a0 A large glass cheese case runs the entire width of the store, and a refrigerator behind it is filled with ham, prosciutto, and split half wheels of cheese on display. There\u2019s also a grab-and-go section with pre-cut cheese wedges and cheese dips, and one side of the store features a large table for wine tastings.<\/p>\n

The cheese selection varies throughout the year, with up to 250 cheeses during the holiday season and about 100 cheeses during slower periods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tend to focus more on imports\u2014we have a ton of French and Swiss cheeses, and a nice selection of Spanish and Italian cheeses,\u201d says Bauman-Rojas. \u201cWe bring in local cheesemakers too, from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania\u2026We usually have nice array of goat, cow, and sheep cheeses, with mild to funky washed rind cheeses, and the same with blues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf our triple creams, Delice Mon Sire is the most popular,\u201d says Bauman-Rojas.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s like a creamy, buttery Brie.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cLa Gruta Del Sol Tres Leches is a Spanish cheese like Manchego, but made with three different milks,\u201d Bauman-Rojas says. \u201cYou get the butteriness from the sheep\u2019s milk, a tang from the goat\u2019s milk, and the cow\u2019s milk wraps it all together. It\u2019s good for snacking and a nice dessert cheese, it just hits all the notes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bauman-Rojas explains that Arrowine & Cheese stocks several Gruy\u00e8re and Comte cheeses with various ages; Gruy\u00e8re made by Michael Spycher is the most popular. \u201cOur alpines tend to be big movers,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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In addition to wine, beer, cheese, and charcuterie, the shop also stocks international grocery items from France and Italy.<\/p>\n

Although formal classes aren\u2019t currently available, Bauman-Rojas encourages customers to deepen their cheese knowledge by interacting with the shop\u2019s cheesemongers. \u201cWe have cheesemongers who have been here for over 10 years\u2014any time you ask a question, you get a cheese lesson just by talking to our mongers!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrowine & Cheese photo credit arrowine & cheese Arlington, Virginia\u2019s Arrowine & Cheese has been a standby for D.C.-area cheese lovers for decades, thanks to its extensive selection of imports. The shop is owned by president Doug Rosen, who joined the business as a partner in 1999, and vice-president Shemsedin \u201cShem\u201d Hassen, who joined Arrowine … Okumaya devam et “Cheese Shops We Love: Arrowine & Cheese”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-milk-and-diary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sutyo.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}