Another interesting cheese seldom seen in the UK is the Fourme de Montbrison which comes from an area known as Le Forez (42 Loire, Rhone-Alpes) between St Etienne and Clermont Ferrand. Similar to the Fourme d’Ambert this is a mild, soft blue cheese made from cows milk with its own AOC appellation.
The Fourme de Montbrison has only a small number of mould veins throughout and has a reddish rind. Its flavour is very mild with light nut and mushroom flavours.
On the weekend of 2-3-4 October 2009 the town of Montbrison celebrates its “Journées de la Fourme”
To accompany this mild cheese the local Cotes du Forez AOC wine which is made from Gamay would make a good choice – and this is also likely to be available to taste on the “Cheese Days”
For more info on Le Forez see www.foreztourisme.fr/
For more info on the cheese see www.fourme-montbrison.com
For more info on the Cotes dy Forez AOC wine see 
http://cotesduforez.fr
