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From purchasing to pairing, recipes to regions, there is an abundance of information about French cheese on the World Wide Web. Purchase brie, goat’s cheese and camembert, find out about cantal and emmental, or peruse cheese plates and wine and cheese menus. Here are some of our favorite links to websites that will help you discover more about The Cheeses of France and savor the experience of delicious French fromage.

English-Language Sites

Artisanal Premium Cheese
Artisanal Cheese, based in New York City, specializes in the ancient craft of affinage. The site offers information on selecting, enjoying and purchasing fine cheeses and is a resource for cheese products, entertaining ideas, and plating and pairing assistance.

Boursin Cheese
Enough information to impress guests with the vast knowledge of all things Boursin®, including its history, packaging and origin of their all natural Gournay cheese.

Chantal Plasse
Chantal Plasse originated with the idea of brining a taste of French terrior to America, and they offer a line of cured meats, cheeses and baskets which can be ordered directly.

Cheese Bel Group
The Cheese Bel Group is doing its part to make cheese accessible to the world. Included here is extensive company information, health information and details of their sustainability efforts.

Cheese-France French Cheese Guide
An introductory guide to the most popular French cheeses. Choose your cheese and find easy-to-read information about the region or origin, buying, tasting and pairing.

Comté Trade
Driven by the growing number of dedicated retailers of artisanal cheese, Comté Trade offers information for retailers, distributors, importers, restaurants or connoisseurs and chefs who sell or use this quintessential French Cheese. The site provides nutrition information, store opening support, and information specifically for U.S. trade partners.

CurdNerds
A blog devoted to all things cheese, including news, events and FAQs. Posts have included information on raw milk cheese, whether cheese spoils, and a time-lapse video of a cheese carving.

Ermitage
A site dedicated to Coopérative de l’Ermitage, a cheese company located in Bulgnéville and  owned by over one thousand coopérateurs, or milk producers. Information about cattle and terrior related to their cheese products, which include Munster, Comté, Mont d’Or, Morbier, Langres, Raclette, Emmental.

Eurial Poitouraine
This Franch-based company uses milk from the producers belonging to three co-operatives, Colarena Presqu'île, Poitouraine and UCAL for use in goat’s cheeses, cow’s cheeses, butter and cream.

Fine Cheeses of France
A reference site for French cheeses, Fine Cheeses of France helps educate the cheese lover about French dairy products. The site is a resource for history, production information and the best ways to eat French cheeses. Search cheeses by region and discover cheese recipes.

Foodworks International
Foodworks International offers sales and marketing support and product knowledge for food imported from Europe, including over 700 specialty cheeses.

France Guide
The official website of the French Government Tourist Office, this site provides a wealth of resources for travel, events, sweepstakes and regional info. Find a complete guide to organizing a trip to French regions and find maps and details of all its must-see destinations.

French Cheese Club
The French Cheese Club promotes the French lifestyle and the importance of traditional French cheeses that is part of that lifestyle. An association of five family owned French Fromageries, the club focuses on quality, promotion and market expansion.

Fromages.com
Fromages.com is an ecommerce site that offers traditional French cheeses. Information for the consumer and professional augments the purchasing process, as does delivery direct from France’s maturing cellars.

Fromagerie Berthaut
Dedicated to the tradition of Epoisses, this manufacturer site provides the history, recipes and FAQs about the cheese from the Burgandy region.

Fromageries Arnaud
Visit the producers of popular Comté. Explore products, including Juraflore bio, Juraflore de Montagne, and Juramorbier, visit the cellars, and get informed about this beloved French cheese.

Fromagerie de l’Etoile
Here you’ll find news, cheese know-how, and recipes that highlight the l’Etoile product line which includes goat’s milk cheese and Saint Marcellin. The site includes a timeline of the traditional cheesemaking process.

Fromageries Riches Monts
Riches Monts products include cheeses from the Normadie, Lorraine and Auvergne regions. Find serving, cutting and storage suggestions, heath and product information as well as recipes.

Fromi
The Fromi collection includes specialty cheeses from all over France made in the French tradition. In addition to company and product information, learn about milk from different animals.

Interval
The company site for this cheese exporter. Interval exports specialty cheeses and butters all over the world, with a primary focus on North America.

iGourmet
This online gourmet food and gift retailer offers over 600 specialty cheeses, in addition to other fine foods. iGourmet imports cheese from France and most other cheese-producing European nations. Shop gift baskets, cheese gifts and a Cheese of the Month Service, among other items for the gourmet food lover.

Ile de France
Discover the world of Ile de France, full description of +30 cheeses, +350 recipes, pairings and tips. Join our new community to participate in our weekly sweepstakes, contests and coupons!

Laita
Laita is a European subsidiary of agricultural cooperatives. Known for its Paysan Breton, it markets butters, cheese, creams and other specialties from its France location.

Lincet
The Lincet Cheese Factory specializes in the production and distribution of A.O.P. cheeses. Explore Chaource, Epoisses, regional specialties, and cream enriched cheeses, including Brillat Savarin, Délice de Bourgogne, Fromage de Troyes.

Murray’s Cheese
Known as a French Cheese central, Murray’s web site brings its New York City shop to everyone who can’t stop by for an in-person tasting. Shop an eye-popping selection of artisanal cheese, and browse the educational opportunities from the cave, including webisodes about plating, cutting and serving.

Papillon
This Roquefort dairy farm curdles and cuts, all according to the traditional cheese-making methods of the Roquefort Country. Book a cave tour or enjoy the Roquefort lover’s guide to the famed cheese.

Président Cheese
The captivating gateway sets the stage for information about Président product offerings, both domestic and imported from France. Find entertaining tips, how-to videos and gourmet recipes.

Rians
This site offers a jaunty tour through Rians product line. Featured products include goat’s milk, fresh and ripened, cow’s milk cheeses, yogurts, fromages frais, faiselles and desserts.

Roquefort Société
Société has enjoyed 150 years of Roquefort production. Get manufacturing and quality information on this company site, and trace the production process from ewe to cheese.

Saveurs des Pyrénées
This organization enables small mountain companies and farmer coops in the Pyrenees and South West France to promote their Pyrenean hand-made and farmhouse products through joint marketing and distribution throughout the world.

Thomas Albagnac Export
An Artisanal Cheese Wholesaler located in France, the site includes contact and company updates.

Wikipedia’s List of French Cheeses
You know the routine—wiki offers facts and information as complete as the online community can make it. Information on protected French Cheeses and other cheeses, origins, and designations.

French-Language Sites

3A GROUPE
Chantal Place
Cheese Bel Group
Coeur de Lion
Comté Marcel Petite
Comté Trade
Cooperative Agricole Laitiere de Blamont
Entremont Alliance
Ermitage
Eurial Poitouraine
France Guide
Fromagerie de l’Etoile
Fromagerie Graindorge
Fromagerie Berthaut
Fromageries Arnaud
Fromageries Riches Monts
Fromi
Isigny Sainte-Mere
Jean Perrin, Maitre Fromage en French Comté
La Fromagerie Jacquin
Laita
Lincet
Papillon
Roquefort Société
Salon Fromage
Saveurs des Pyrénées
Soignon
Valcrest Union Scoff