NYC Cheese Classes

We’ll talk about how sparkling wines like Prosecco, Cava, Crémant, and Champagne get their bubbles, and show you how to pair them with cheeses to accent each different set of aromas, bubbles, and textures. Break out the bubbles! This class focuses on two of the most decadent and delicious things in the world: sparkling wine and artisanal cheese. Luckily for us,...

Learn about basic affinage practices and the elementary science behind what happens to cheeses as they age. Enjoy your newfound knowledge as we lead you through a guided tasting of cave-aged gems so you can see (we mean taste) the benefits of the aging process for yourself. See why Conde Nast Traveler named our Caves as one of the 50 Coolest Places to see in the...

A look at various styles of Whiskey and their perfect dairy counterparts. We’ll discuss traditions of distilling, fermentation, and ageing while sipping on some of our favorites in the spectrum....

Save your money at the cheese counter, and come learn how to turn both goat and cow's milk into fresh and semi-aged cheeses.We will walk you through the easy steps of dairy alchemy. Our instructor will guide you through a brief cheese tasting to explore the range of cheese styles that can be obtained from this simple approach to home cheese-making. You'll end with a...

Kerin Auth, Spanish wine expert and owner of Tinto Fino, will guide us through her favorite Spanish gems while cheese educator Waldemar Albrecht will select cheeses from across Spain to illustrate his own travels through the Spanish countryside.Why slip away to sip your way through Spain when you can save the airfare and join us for our own oenophilic tour of Spanish...

Make your very own tasty mozzarella at home! Learn all the techniques professional cheese makers use to create all different styles of fresh mozzarella.Mild and milky, smooth and silky: any way you stretch it, we love fresh mozzarella! And in this hands-on crash course we'll teach you how to make it at home. First we'll set you straight on coagulation as we tell you...

We’re stoked to have Manuel Maia on hand to give us an in-depth look at the various cheeses of Portugal. Manuel has worked extensively to showcase the great culinary traditions of his home country to the rest of the world, so come taste the reward of his work. We’ll sip on fine Portuguese vino and nosh on some of the most flavorful and interesting dairy the...

Janet will guide us through the craft beer styles and their complexities, and we will pair each with the perfect cheese.If you’ve ever wished there were a definitive guide to pairing your favorite beer with the perfect cheese, don’t miss this tasting event. Janet Fletcher, Napa Valley native with a regular cheese column in the San Francisco Chronicle, will join...

Comte, a cheese of such character and depth, is on display as we welcome the braintrust from Fort St. Antoine - a renowned crew who tend to the best wheels of the cheese available today. Learn how to differentiate the various flavor profiles of this wondrous cheese by tasting the spectrum of their fantastic product....

Student will be able to differentiate cheese styles, describe cheeses in depth, and pair like a pro. Boot camp is perfect for the serious cheese enthusiast looking to deepen his knowledge, the wine/beer/beverage professional looking for the knowledge to create the perfect pairings for his elixirs, and the career changer looking to dive head-first into cheese and its...

We'll walk you through a tasting of seven families of cheese--from fresh to bloomy to blue and everything in between--so that you leave armed with the knowledge you need to approach even the most daunting of cheese counters and create a perfect cheese course of your own.Calling all cheeselovers! Whether you're an Epoisses expert or a Roquefort rookie, Cheese 101 is...

Learn the stories behind some of the most well known craft breweries as well as those small houses that we are excited to share, and taste each brew with cheese from Murray's caves. A match made in foodie heaven!Over the last few years, American foodies have developed a palate for a new "it" beverage: beer. The craft beer movement in this country has since exploded,...

Join us on the eve of Independence Day as wine expert Jeremy Adona and Murray's Education Associate Anuradha Jayakrishnan pair outstanding sparkling wines made in the good ol' US of A with fantastic handmade American cheeses.We love sparklers on the Fourth of July--especially if those sparklers come chilled, in a glass, with aromas of peach and brioche, alongside a...

Join Beth Griffenhagen, Marketing maven and events extraordinaire at Murray’s Cheese, and Rebecca Lando, creator of the Working Class Foodies webseries and author of the WCFoodies blog and cookbook, for the lowdown on the best low-cost cheeses for any kind of party, plus penny-pinching recipes and party tips.Full Course Title: Cheese on a Shoestring with Rebecca...

Flex your new cheese know-how the next time you're at a cheese counter! Impress all your friends with your vast knowledge of all kinds of cheeses and how to pair them perfectly with other foods and drinks.Do you love cheese? Of course. Do you want to know more about it? Of course. Cheese 101 is the best place to start--hey, even some of best cheesemongers began here....