Beer Wars

Brewmaster and beer/food author Garrett Oliver, of the Brooklyn Brewery recently conducted a series of tastings that he calls “The Cheese Wars—Beer vs. Wine With Cheese.” Oliver and his friend, sommelier Paul Grieco, have paired cheeses with beers and wines and had guests sample and judge the matches. In many cases they found that the beer paired better with the cheese than the wine did.

Deja Moo Again

Great Plains Dairy Partners LLC has taken over the former Schultz Creamery in Bismarck N.D. and revived the Deja Moo brand. What secured the dairy's revival was a deal with Bon Appetit Management Co., a California-based foodservice provider to colleges and corporations, to buy Deja

Moo milk.

Channel Boost

Kefir marketer Lifeway Foods saw a 26% jump in sales in a recent quarter as it continued to expand its sales efforts into new channels including club stores, foodservice

and hospitals.

RFID for Cheese

A Quebec cheese company has lost 1 ton of Cheddar it sank in a fjord as an experiment, and not even divers have been able to find it. Last year La Fromagerie Boivin lowered the cheese 150 feet into a fjord, north of Quebec City to experiment with pressure, cold and moisture. The company may try it again with a tracking device.