Make a trip for cheese: California’s Artisan Cheese Festival
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California’s Artisan Cheese Festival will take place March 23-25 in Petaluma, Calif. The sixth annual event draws artisan cheesemakers, cheese experts, brewers and wineries from all over for a weekend of seminars, demonstrations, tastings and pairings.
The three days of cheese will also feature farm tours around Sonoma and Marin counties, a cheesemaker dinner featuring chef Cindy Pawlcyn of Mustards Grill in Napa, a Lagunitas Brewery tour followed by a six-course, cheese-filled meal with beer pairings and a brunch hosted by Zazu‘s Duskie Estes, winner of last year’s Cochon 555.
Participating artisans at this year’s festival include Cowgirl Creamery, Marin French Cheese, Laura Chenel’s Chevre, Bleating Heart, Bellwether Farms, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, Valley Ford Cheese Co. and Weirauch Farm & Creamery, among many others.
Tickets are $45 per person.
745 Baywood Drive, Petaluma, (707) 523-3728, artisancheesefestival.com.
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