Last time I bought the Papilllion in the black wrapper(right before xmas)it was almost $40 a pound!Still a great cheese.
The declining dollar will make many cheese lovers blanch when they go to buy their fave's.Maked the US producers look like bargains!
At our chistmas eve dinner I served
Exporateaur
Brillat Saverin(also a triple cream-but very different in Charcter from Exploraterur)
a very nice raw milk reblachon
A great Tallagio-this is one of my favorites when you can get it at peak.
Graite Paille
Cabrales
Stilton
A nice slightly mature boucheron
A nice domestic Banon
A Neils Yard extra aged farmhouse chedder.
so that is ten,more than I really care to put out at one time-but my boss loves excess at Christmas
Our cheese guy in Las Vegas(where we held our dinner)Is really an Importer and will only sell many cheeses whole-so we always have a lot of cheese in the house and end up sharing it with the neighbors.