Cheese and Wine Event

Oh cheese.

I'm having Gouda and Cheddar on water crackers for dinner, and a chilled Torrontes by the name of "La Yunta." I got to thinking about cheese in all of its boundless glory, and realized I didn't know a whole lot about it. For instance, what does one need to do to milk so that one gets Gouda instead of Brie? Are bacteria always involved? What is rennet? How many cheeses are there? You can bet I looked it up:

http://www.cheese.com/

Go figure! The website pretty much has it all. It even has an [extensive] alphabetical list of cheeses! You can sort the cheeses by milk, by name, by texture, and by country! When I sorted their cheese database by milk, I found that there is one variety of cheese made from yak's milk! I want some!

You can find most other information regarding cheese on MSN Encarta:

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560939/Cheese.html

And here is a picture of some cheeses!