Gorgonzola vs Roquefort
Gorgonzola
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
- Status
- PDO
Gorgonzola is a blue cow's-milk cheese from northern Italy. The town of Gorgonzola, east of Milan, gave it a name. The protected zone is wider, across Lombardy and Piedmont.
Roquefort
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
- Status
- PDO
Roquefort is a blue sheep's-milk cheese ripened in the caves at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, in southern France. The protected cheese uses milk from a defined area, and the ripening happens in those caves.