Roquefort cheese \Roque`fort" cheese\, or Roquefort \Roque`fort"\, n. A highly flavored blue-molded cheese, made at Roquefort, department of Aveyron, France. It is made from milk of ewes, sometimes with cow's milk added, and is cured in caves. Improperly, a cheese made in imitation of it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sauternes with Roquefort is fabulous, and German Auslesen are superb with the creamy blues of Germany and Denmark.
Rumors also have circulated that French officials might try quietly to force the Agnellis to sell Perrier's controlling Roquefort stake.
Roquefort is made from unpasteurized ewe's milk, whose curd is molded into a traditional round "loaf" and stored in caves that surround the village.
'Thank You Charles, God Save the Queen and the Roquefort Society', the advertisements said.
Nestle said Credit Agricole, which has a 26% stake in Roquefort, would continue to control as many seats on the cheesemaker's board as Perrier.