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Smooth Swiss Gruyère wins out over holey French cheese

Seeded on Sun Aug 29, 2010 8:50 AM EDT

Article Source: genevalunch

business, france, switzerland, cheese, taste

Seeded by Josh Rosenroth

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Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – A Gruyère is a Gruyère, but not exactly: Swiss authorities said 14 August that France has abandoned its three-year-old fight to get AOC (appellation d'origine contrôlée) status for its holey version of the famous but smooth Swiss cheese, named after the village it calls home.

The French version of the cheese has a distinctly different taste.