London calling: Petaluma triple cream brings home the gold

London calling: Petaluma triple cream brings home the gold

Janet Fletcher

Thursday, April 14, 2005

For the first time, an American cheese has taken top honors in a bloomy-rind category at the prestigious World Cheese Awards in London. European-made Bries and Camemberts typically dominate the bloomy-rind competition, but Rouge et Noir Triple Creme Brie, made by Marin French Cheese Co. in Petaluma, took the gold this year for pasteurized-milk Brie — the only gold medal in its class.