Italian Cheese
Buy Italian cheese online and compare a compact range of distinctive soft, blue and sheep’s milk styles. Choose washed-rind Taleggio for a soft, aromatic option, Gorgonzola Piccante for a stronger blue, or explore the contrast between Pecorino Dolce and Pecorino Romano PDO. Cravanzina adds a rich mixed-milk cheese to the selection. Open each product for its current milk, rennet, flavour and serving information, then shop individual portions below. For a ready-made tasting selection, explore the Italian Cheese Selection.
Cravanzina
Cravanzina is a Robiola style cheese and is a blend of mixed milk, giving it an incredible flavour like no other. Enriched with a touch of cream, this mixed milk Robiola is utterly luscious It's a semi-soft cheese with an incredible bloomy rind and subtle texture. It's rich and creamy interior compliments perfectly. It is one of the oldest Italian cheeses!
Gorgonzola Piccante Blue Cheese
Gorgonzola Piccante is a firmer, more mature Italian blue cheese with developed veining, a crumbly texture and a stronger, spicier finish. Creamy, crumbly and all around magnificent. It has blue veins running parallel throughout giving the cheese a full-bodied flavour and semi-hard texture. This blue cheese is made from water buffalo's milk that gives it a stunning fresh and milky aroma accompanied by a delectable combination of sweet, milky, sharp and acidic complexion on the tongue.
Pecorino Dolce Cheese
Here at Love Cheese we love a good sheep's cheese and Pecorino is always a winner. This sheeps cheese comes from the mountains of Tuscany, using long-trusted family methods and is the perfect balance of sweet and floral.
Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese
This is one big flavoured cheese with loads to get excited about. Due to its long ageing process you can expect a whole different taste from most variations of pecorino. Its maturation process allows for a more caramel and rich palette not dissimilar to a parmesan. It is a sheep's cheese with a nutty, full-bodied flavour with playful touches of sweetness and grass.
Taleggio Soft Cheese
Taleggio is a soft Italian cow’s milk cheese with a pungent aroma, a fruity, mild flavour and a slight tang. Its smooth centre makes it a delicious melting cheese for pasta and pesto toasties, or you can serve it with autumnal fruits.
About Italian Cheese
Which Italian cheese should I choose?
Taleggio is a useful choice if you enjoy soft, washed-rind cheese with a noticeable aroma and a gentler flavour than its scent suggests. Gorgonzola Piccante offers a firmer, more assertive blue-cheese style. Pecorino Dolce is the milder of the two Pecorinos in the range, while Pecorino Romano PDO is firmer and more savoury. Cravanzina brings a soft mixed-milk option with a bloomy rind.
Italian cheese for boards and cooking
For a varied Italian cheese board, combine contrasting textures rather than choosing several similar pieces. Taleggio and Cravanzina cover softer styles, Gorgonzola Piccante adds blue-cheese character, and a Pecorino provides a firmer finish. For cooking, open the individual product page first for flavour and use suggestions, as Pecorino Dolce and Pecorino Romano serve different purposes.
Italian cheese FAQs
What Italian cheeses are available?
The live range currently includes Cravanzina, Gorgonzola Piccante, Pecorino Dolce, Pecorino Romano PDO and Taleggio. Availability can change, so the product grid above is the current source.
What is the difference between Pecorino Dolce and Pecorino Romano?
Both are sheep’s milk cheeses, but they offer different styles. Pecorino Dolce is younger and milder, while Pecorino Romano PDO is firmer, more savoury and better suited to someone looking for a more pronounced flavour.
Are all Italian cheeses vegetarian or suitable during pregnancy?
No single answer applies to every Italian cheese. Milk treatment, rennet and production method vary by product. Check the dietary information on the individual listing and seek appropriate professional advice if you have a medical or pregnancy-related concern.
How should I store Italian cheese?
Keep it chilled and follow the packaging, use-by date and product-specific instructions supplied with your order. Storage life varies significantly between soft, blue and aged cheeses, so avoid using one timeframe for the entire category.