Happy National Grilled Cheese Month! In honor of my second most favorite month of the year (American Cheese Month in May is my favorite), I made my crunchy and cheesy Cheese, Chips and Guacamole sandwich for hungry visitors at the fabulous The Resort at PAWS UP in Montana. Haven’t been to PAWS UP? Hello, bucket list. Scroll to the bottom for a video of how I make it.

Recipe from Grilled Cheese, Please! by Laura Werlin

Lots of cheese goings-on coming up including a new round of Cheese O’Clock in honor of American Cheese Month and, of course, more cheese and wine pairing, this time with the famed JUSTIN Vineyards and Winery.

Hopping across the Atlantic, here’s an article I wrote for the wonderful folks at Foods and Wines From Spain about Spanish tortas – a rare style of cheese found almost exclusively on the Iberian Peninsula.

Thankfully, we are all heading back out again slowly but surely, but there’s nothing saying you can’t continue to have cheese and wine with friends or with your work colleagues. I’m here to lead the fun, so feel free to reach out for your next social get-together or office meeting so we can continue the party. Find out more here.

Cheese and wine pairing makes its way to the Central Coast this month when I team up with JUSTIN Vineyards and winery owner Justin Baldwin for some Facetime Live fun. California cheeses get the spotlight along with three specially selected JUSTIN wines. The great combos go without saying, and I’d like to think that Justin and I will make a pretty fun team too. Get your cheeses and wines NOW as the ordering deadline is April 11th. Then get ready to join in for what’s sure to be a fun, educational and most of all, tasty time. Use the code LAURA10 for 10 percent off the cost of the pack and SHIPCHEESE for free shipping. Such a deal! Order here.

May 6, 2021
: Holy Cow! 

Guest: Brian Civetello, Mystic Cheese Company 

Get the cheeses (order by April 25th)

Wine guest: Becky Paun


with Chappellet Wines

Four Fat Fowl “St. Stephen”

Bellwether Farms “Carmody”

Spring Brook Farm “Tarentaise”

Hook’s “Little Boy Blue”

Guest: Willy Bridgham, Four Fat Fowl


Get the cheeses (order by May 2nd)

2018 Chappellet Grower Collection Viognier, Cold Creek Vineyard, Carneros

2018 Chappellet Napa Valley Las Piedras

Wine guest: Dominic Chappellet

with Frog’s Leap Wines

Vermont Creamery “Cremont”

Jasper Hill Farm “Mini Harbison”

Valley Ford Cheese Co. “Estero Gold Reserve”

Rogue Creamery “Crater Lake Blue”

Guest: Karen Bianchi-Moreda, Valley Ford Cheese Co.

Get the cheeses (order by May 9th)

2019 Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc

2018 Frog’s Leap Merlot

2018 Frog’s Leap Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine guest: John Williams

with Stonestreet Winery

Carr Valley Cheese Co. “Cave-Aged Marisa”

Sweet Grass Dairy “Thomasville Tomme”

Jacobs & Brichford “Everton”

Roelli Cheese Haus “Dunbarton Blue”

​Guest Cheesemaker: Jeremy Little, Sweet Grass Dairy

Get the cheeses (order by May 16th)

2017 Stonestreet Estate Chardonnay

2016 Stonestreet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine guest: Emily Pickral

June 4, 2021

Make your plans to celebrate American Cheese Month coming up in May. You don’t have to do anything except show your support of our great American cheesemakers by buying their cheeses. Host a party featuring American cheeses (and wines or beers!), make burgers on the grill and top them with American cheese (no, not that American cheese), visit a local cheesemaker’s retail store – anything and everything that shows support of our hardworking American artisan and specialty cheesemakers. Follow the goings-on on Instagram (@cheeseeducationfoundation) and be sure to post about it too! @buyamericancheese #americancheesemonth