Harbison-The Spruce Wrapped Cheese
Channel: Sean Anderson
Date: 2019-11-25

Harbison is a soft-ripened cheese with a rustic, bloomy rind, made by Jasper Hill Farm. Young cheeses are wrapped in strips of spruce cambium, the tree's inner bark layer, harvested from the farm's woodlands. 

Harbison is described by Jasper Hill Farms as a "woodsy and sweet, balanced with lemon, mustard, and vegetal flavors. There is a natural blue green flora present on the spruce cambium." It won ‘Best in Show’ at the American Cheese Society Conference in 2018 and 'Best American Cheese' at the World Cheese Awards in both 2015 and 2016.

Our cheesemonger is the one and only Fritz Leon (aka Chz Guy) from Coastal Specialty Foods in Ventura California. Fritz is the man when it comes to all things fromage. While his business is wholesale only, he does do cheese tastings and occasional shows such at this 2019 Christmas Craft show at Four Brix winery in Ventura.

Jasper Hill Farm: https://www.jasperhillfarm.com/products/harbison
Coastal Specialty Foods: https://www.facebook.com/CheeseGuyVentura/
Four Brix: https://fourbrixwine.com