17/07 Cheese Takeover - A Night of Cheese & Conversation with Patricia Michelson and Luca Dusi

£120.00

A meeting of minds — over cheese and wine, of course.

For this next act in our Il Circo series, we welcome a dear friend and true pioneer of Britain’s artisan cheese movement: Patricia Michelson, founder of the iconic La Fromagerie.

From a serendipitous encounter with a wheel of Beaufort in the Alps to building one of the UK’s most respected cheese institutions, Patricia’s journey is full of passion, charm, and dedication to craft. With three celebrated London shops, a renowned wholesale arm, and a voice that has shaped how we talk (and dream) about cheese, Patricia has long been a beacon for food lovers across the country.

For one evening only, she’ll join Luca Dusi at Passione Vino for an intimate, flavour-filled event where knowledge, storytelling, and conviviality flow as freely as the wine. Patricia will guide us through a thoughtfully curated flight of cheeses, while Luca selects and matches each one with the perfect wine — drawing from his deep cellar and intuitive approach to pairing.

Expect plenty of oohs and aahs, a little theatre, and the kind of conversation that meanders from maturing rooms to long-lost meals.

You’ll taste cheeses such as:
🧀 Robiola di Roccaverano (Piemonte goat’s milk cheese with fig leaf)
🧀 Castelmagno (Piemonte cow’s milk cheese matured in stone cave)
🧀 Taleggio (Lombardy Cow’s milk, aged)
🧀 Scimudin (Lombardy Cow’s milk)
🧀 Trentingrana (Trentino mountain cow’s milk cheese)
🧀 Basajo Blue (Veneto Ewe’s Milk blue cheese wine-washed)
🧀 Pecorino Saraceno (Sardinian Ewe’s milk cheese, aged)
🧀 Piacentinu Ennese (Sicilian Ewe’s milk cheese with saffron & pepper)
🧀 Pecorino a Caciolla (Tuscan Ewe’s milk soft country style cheese)
🧀 Pecorino Pratantico Rosso (Tuscan tomato and olive oil rubbed cheese)
🧀 Ubriaco Amarone (Veneto a Vezzena Vecchio cheese submerged in a barrel of vine pressings)
🧀 Gorgonzola Dolce (Lombardo Cow’s Milk soft blue, from Lodi in the heart of the cheesemaking area)

Plus a bonus tasting of 4-year Parmigiano Reggiano paired with a lively glass of Lambrusco.

This is more than a cheese & wine tasting — it’s a celebration of taste, terroir, and tradition.

Tickets are limited.
📅 17th July at  7pm 
📍 Passione Vino Private's Room