You've got great taste

In 2010, Sainsbury's shoppers munched through 66,849 tonnes of cheese so it's no wonder that cheese is a staple part of the festivities and offered up after Christmas dinner, on Boxing Day and at parties the land over. 

Create your own cheese board

The secret to a good cheese board is to pick a mix of different colours, textures and flavours. Always choose more of what you love and try adding in a little bit of something new for a change. You don't need to go mad, four or five different cheeses will do it. And for a truly festive cheese board why not add a handful of grapes, a good dollop of chutney, nuts and some crusty rustic bread.  

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Variety is the spice of life

Take a look at the 11 cheeses we selected from Britain and Europe to tantalise and tickle your taste buds. The strength of each cheese is marked from 1-5, with 5 being the strongest.

• Extra Matured Manchego 3 - a creamy, nutty flavour made in Spain from ewes' milk.
• Brie Pays 3 - hand-turned daily and made from local Loire valley milk.
• Goat Log 3 - made in France with a sweet lemony taste.
• Extra Matured Stilton 4 - a smooth texture with a rounded mellow flavour.
• Extra Matured Gouda 4 - rich and buttery with a hint of caramel.
• Blacksticks Premier Cru 4 - a soft and creamy British blue, handmade from Jersey milk.
• Camembert Pays 4 - strong and full-bodied.
• Double Gloucester 4 - another prize-winning cheese with a mellow, nutty bite.
• Red Leicester 4 - delicate butterscotch with a nutty aftertaste.
• Extra Matured Gould's Cheddar 5 - complex flavours with a firm bite.
• Tasty Lancashire 5 - prize-winning cheese with deep and savoury flavour.