After decades of award winning production, the newest owners of Rogue --David Gremmels and Cary Bryant--decided to take it up a notch. For a special edition of the company's classic 'Oregon Blue Vein' they start with pastured, summer milk. A fruity nuance is added to the dense, vegetal, smoky blue after several months of aging by wrapping the wheels with local pear eau de vie soaked grape leaves from a neighboring vineyard. Due to the highly seasonal milk supply and remarkable demand, availability is limited. An eau de vie pearing seems like a natural choice.