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CAlifornia artisan cheese festival
May 7, 2022
What's a two year hiatus when we're talking about coming back in a BIG way? In this case, California's preeminent cheese festival is back, and it's going to be better than ever. The one-day festival will be all about the Marketplace - hours and hours of cheese, beer, wine, and artisan food product sampling all in celebration of California cheese and other products. Come to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds for this festive celebration of togetherness and good times once again.
What's a two year hiatus when we're talking about coming back in a BIG way? In this case, California's preeminent cheese festival is back, and it's going to be better than ever. The one-day festival will be all about the Marketplace - hours and hours of cheese, beer, wine, and artisan food product sampling all in celebration of California cheese and other products. Come to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds for this festive celebration of togetherness and good times once again.
Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience
May 20 - 22, 2022
Join me as I get cheesy California style at the first annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience - an experience it will be! The weekend will be full of Top Chefs - literally - and other equally amazing chefs from across the country and will take place at some of Healdsburg very best restaurants, hotels, and other venues. The Grand Tasting alone is worth the price of admission, but the winery lunches, chef demos, and parties are unquestionably going to make for some of the most memorable experiences of your life. Get your tickets now!
Join me as I get cheesy California style at the first annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience - an experience it will be! The weekend will be full of Top Chefs - literally - and other equally amazing chefs from across the country and will take place at some of Healdsburg very best restaurants, hotels, and other venues. The Grand Tasting alone is worth the price of admission, but the winery lunches, chef demos, and parties are unquestionably going to make for some of the most memorable experiences of your life. Get your tickets now!
PaST events
Cheese o'clock
The last edition of Cheese O'Clock 2021 has passed, but it's not too late to pick up the cheese and wine collections and still taste and talk with us! You will find links for both Cheese O'Clock recorded sessions below as well as links to purchase the cheeses and wines. Huge thanks once again to Uncorked.com for helping to bring this edition of Cheese O'Clock to all of you.
First up: Playing Favorites. This is Cheese O’Clock co-host Janet Fletcher’s and my celebration of some of our favorite cheeses, and yes
they’re that good.
Next: Break Out the Bubbles. You can guess what this is. What you can’t know is that the bubbles we’ll be breaking out are really, really special. The cheeses? Well, it almost goes without saying.
Now, for the delicious details:
December 2, 2021
5pm PT/8pm ET
Playing Favorites
What we’re eating
Nettle Meadow Farm Simply Sheep
FireFly Farms Cabra La Mancha
Il Forteto Pecorino Toscano DOP
Hoch Ybrig
Cheese guest: Caroline Hostettler, Quality Cheese
Wine guest: Elise Terlato (Special note: her father brought Pinot Grigio to America!)
What we’re drinking
2019 Terlato Vineyards Pinot Grigio, Friuli
2019 Rutherford Hill Merlot, Napa Valley
Get the recorded session HERE
December 9, 2021
5pm PT/8pm ET
Break Out the Bubbles
What we’re eating
Caña de Cabra
Langres
Kaltbach Le Crémeux
Hook’s Cheese EWE CALF to be KIDding
Cheese guest: Tony Hook
Wine guest: Jason Villalobos, Sanford Senior Retail & Hospitality Manager
What we’re drinking
Lanson Le Black Label Brut NV
2015 Sanford Brut Cuvée
Get the recorded session here
First up: Playing Favorites. This is Cheese O’Clock co-host Janet Fletcher’s and my celebration of some of our favorite cheeses, and yes
they’re that good.
Next: Break Out the Bubbles. You can guess what this is. What you can’t know is that the bubbles we’ll be breaking out are really, really special. The cheeses? Well, it almost goes without saying.
Now, for the delicious details:
December 2, 2021
5pm PT/8pm ET
Playing Favorites
What we’re eating
Nettle Meadow Farm Simply Sheep
FireFly Farms Cabra La Mancha
Il Forteto Pecorino Toscano DOP
Hoch Ybrig
Cheese guest: Caroline Hostettler, Quality Cheese
Wine guest: Elise Terlato (Special note: her father brought Pinot Grigio to America!)
What we’re drinking
2019 Terlato Vineyards Pinot Grigio, Friuli
2019 Rutherford Hill Merlot, Napa Valley
Get the recorded session HERE
December 9, 2021
5pm PT/8pm ET
Break Out the Bubbles
What we’re eating
Caña de Cabra
Langres
Kaltbach Le Crémeux
Hook’s Cheese EWE CALF to be KIDding
Cheese guest: Tony Hook
Wine guest: Jason Villalobos, Sanford Senior Retail & Hospitality Manager
What we’re drinking
Lanson Le Black Label Brut NV
2015 Sanford Brut Cuvée
Get the recorded session here
Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta
September 22 - 26, 2021
One of the country's best food and wine events is back! Anyone who's been to the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta knows just how special it is - festive, intimate, unparalleled food, wine and, of course, margaritas. Also a feeling of camaraderie like few other such events. I will be back to lead a cheese and wine seminar and host a cheese table for what has become the Fiesta's new favorite event - Rosé All Day. The class will feature some of the world's best aged cheese (kind of like the Fiesta - aged perfectly!). I will be joined by Master Sommelier Thomas Price, whose pairing prowess is exceptional. Great cheese? Great wine? Great cheese and wine together? What's not to love?
One of the country's best food and wine events is back! Anyone who's been to the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta knows just how special it is - festive, intimate, unparalleled food, wine and, of course, margaritas. Also a feeling of camaraderie like few other such events. I will be back to lead a cheese and wine seminar and host a cheese table for what has become the Fiesta's new favorite event - Rosé All Day. The class will feature some of the world's best aged cheese (kind of like the Fiesta - aged perfectly!). I will be joined by Master Sommelier Thomas Price, whose pairing prowess is exceptional. Great cheese? Great wine? Great cheese and wine together? What's not to love?
Cheese o'clock
Hard to believe, but Cheese O’Clock will be celebrating its first-year anniversary in May. For my co-host Janet Fletcher and me that means cause for celebration. Or actually a double celebration since it all takes place during American Cheese Month – a time to say cheers to the cheeses and cheesemakers in our own backyard. For this go ‘round, we will be singing the praises of 16 American cheeses along with nine American wines (why nine? See the list below). We hope you’ll take this very special rock around the clock with us as we say cheers to American cheese!
May 6, 2021
Holy Cow! with Gloria Ferrer Wine
What we’re eating
Calabro Cheese Company Burrata
Mystic Cheese Company “Melinda Mae”
Grafton Bandage-Wrapped Cheddar
von Trapp Farmstead “Oma”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Brian Civitello, Mystic Cheese Company
What we’re drinking
Gloria Ferrer Vista Brut
Gloria Ferrer Late-Discorged Demi-Sec Reserve Cuvée
Wine guest: Becky Paun
Get the wines
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May 13th
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue with Chappellet Wines
What we’re eating
Four Fat Fowl “St. Stephen”
Bellwether Farms “Carmody”
Spring Brook Farm “Tarentaise”
Hook’s “Little Boy Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Willy Bridgham, Four Fat Fowl
What we’re drinking
2018 Chappellet Las Piedras Winemaker’s Blend
2018 Chappellet Grower Collection Viognier, Cold Creek Vineyard, Carneros
Wine guest: Dominic Chappellet
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
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May 20th
East Meets West with Frog’s Leap Wines
What we’re eating
Vermont Creamery “Cremont”
Jasper Hill Farm “Mini Harbison”
Valley Ford Cheese Co. “Estero Gold Reserve”
Rogue Creamery “Crater Lake Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Karen Bianchi-Moreda, Valley Ford Cheese Co.
What we’re drinking
2019 Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc 375 ml)
2018 Frog’s Leap Merlot (375 ml)
2018 Frog’s Leap Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon (375 ml)
Wine guest: John Williams
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
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May 27th
All in the Family with Stonestreet Winery
What we’re eating
Carr Valley Cheese Co. “Cave-Aged Marisa”
Sweet Grass Dairy “Thomasville Tomme”
Jacobs & Brichford “Everton”
Roelli Cheese Haus “Dunbarton Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest Cheesemaker: Jeremy Little, Sweet Grass Dairy
2017 Stonestreet Estate Chardonnay
2016 Stonestreet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine guest: Emily Pickral
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
May 6, 2021
Holy Cow! with Gloria Ferrer Wine
What we’re eating
Calabro Cheese Company Burrata
Mystic Cheese Company “Melinda Mae”
Grafton Bandage-Wrapped Cheddar
von Trapp Farmstead “Oma”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Brian Civitello, Mystic Cheese Company
What we’re drinking
Gloria Ferrer Vista Brut
Gloria Ferrer Late-Discorged Demi-Sec Reserve Cuvée
Wine guest: Becky Paun
Get the wines
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May 13th
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue with Chappellet Wines
What we’re eating
Four Fat Fowl “St. Stephen”
Bellwether Farms “Carmody”
Spring Brook Farm “Tarentaise”
Hook’s “Little Boy Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Willy Bridgham, Four Fat Fowl
What we’re drinking
2018 Chappellet Las Piedras Winemaker’s Blend
2018 Chappellet Grower Collection Viognier, Cold Creek Vineyard, Carneros
Wine guest: Dominic Chappellet
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
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May 20th
East Meets West with Frog’s Leap Wines
What we’re eating
Vermont Creamery “Cremont”
Jasper Hill Farm “Mini Harbison”
Valley Ford Cheese Co. “Estero Gold Reserve”
Rogue Creamery “Crater Lake Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest: Karen Bianchi-Moreda, Valley Ford Cheese Co.
What we’re drinking
2019 Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc 375 ml)
2018 Frog’s Leap Merlot (375 ml)
2018 Frog’s Leap Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon (375 ml)
Wine guest: John Williams
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
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May 27th
All in the Family with Stonestreet Winery
What we’re eating
Carr Valley Cheese Co. “Cave-Aged Marisa”
Sweet Grass Dairy “Thomasville Tomme”
Jacobs & Brichford “Everton”
Roelli Cheese Haus “Dunbarton Blue”
Get the cheeses
Guest Cheesemaker: Jeremy Little, Sweet Grass Dairy
2017 Stonestreet Estate Chardonnay
2016 Stonestreet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine guest: Emily Pickral
Get the wines
Get the Zoom recording
Wine and cheese pairing with justin Vineyards and winery
April 23, 2021
6pm PT/9pm ET
Facebook Live @JUSTIN
Calling all cheese and wine lovers! JUSTIN Vineyards and Winery founder, Justin Baldwin, and I are joining forces to bring a very special cheese and wine tasting home to you. The winery is pulling out the stops by showcasing three of its best selections, and the cheeses being paired with them are pretty darn special too. In this Facebook Live presentation, Justin and I will cover all the bases of wine, cheese, and pairing and, I'm pretty sure, have a lot of fun along the way. You too can join in the fun by ordering the cheese and wine kit and maybe inviting a couple of close friends to sip and pair alongside. Order no later than April 11th, and use the promo code SHIPCHEESE for free shipping! All the info here.
6pm PT/9pm ET
Facebook Live @JUSTIN
Calling all cheese and wine lovers! JUSTIN Vineyards and Winery founder, Justin Baldwin, and I are joining forces to bring a very special cheese and wine tasting home to you. The winery is pulling out the stops by showcasing three of its best selections, and the cheeses being paired with them are pretty darn special too. In this Facebook Live presentation, Justin and I will cover all the bases of wine, cheese, and pairing and, I'm pretty sure, have a lot of fun along the way. You too can join in the fun by ordering the cheese and wine kit and maybe inviting a couple of close friends to sip and pair alongside. Order no later than April 11th, and use the promo code SHIPCHEESE for free shipping! All the info here.
The Resort at paws up
April 1 - 4, 2021
Sandwich Sensations, Cheese and Wine, and Other Cheesiness!
Who of us isn't itching to get away? I sure am, and I can't think of a better place to do that than in the beauty of the Montana wilderness. Please join me for a decidedly cheesy weekend at the beautiful Resort at Paws Up, located about 45 minutes east of Missoula. There, I'll be demonstrating (and you'll be eating) my very best grilled cheese sandwiches, leading a cheese and wine tasting session, and other cheese events still TBD. Yes, this will all be in the context of distancing, but luckily with the hundreds of thousands of acres that comprise PAWS UP, that won't be too difficult. Best of all, you can work off all that cheesiness by hiking, riding horses, or even trying your hand at a cattle drive. This will be my first time visiting this heralded resort, so how about joining me in perhaps your first visit there too? We can all explore together.
Sandwich Sensations, Cheese and Wine, and Other Cheesiness!
Who of us isn't itching to get away? I sure am, and I can't think of a better place to do that than in the beauty of the Montana wilderness. Please join me for a decidedly cheesy weekend at the beautiful Resort at Paws Up, located about 45 minutes east of Missoula. There, I'll be demonstrating (and you'll be eating) my very best grilled cheese sandwiches, leading a cheese and wine tasting session, and other cheese events still TBD. Yes, this will all be in the context of distancing, but luckily with the hundreds of thousands of acres that comprise PAWS UP, that won't be too difficult. Best of all, you can work off all that cheesiness by hiking, riding horses, or even trying your hand at a cattle drive. This will be my first time visiting this heralded resort, so how about joining me in perhaps your first visit there too? We can all explore together.
Zoom tastings
These presentations are now in the books, but all cheeses, wines and Zoom recordings remain available. The cheeses and wines in this series were truly amazing, so I recommend all four weeks!
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February 18th: Europe Off The Beaten Path with Willakenzie Estate
What we’re eating
Crucolo - Italy
Bethmale Chèvre - France
Baldauf Alpkäse - Germany
Crozier Blue - Ireland
Get the cheeses
Guest: Aaron Nastaskin, Baldauf
What we’re drinking
with Mollie Battenhouse, MW
Willakenzie Estate 2018 Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Willakenzie Estate 2017 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Get the Zoom recording
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February 25th: Italian All Stars with Captûre Wines & Tenuta di Arceno
What we’re eating
Caciottona di Capra Bio in Foglia di Noce
Paglierino
Quadrello di Bufala
Fior d'Arancio
Get the cheeses
Guest: Michele Buster, Forever Cheese
What we’re drinking
Wine guest: Emily Pickral
2019 Captûre Rosé of Sangiovese
Tenuta di Arceno 2016 Chianti Classico Riserva
Get the Zoom recording
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March 4th: Wonder Women of American Cheese with Cambria Wines
What we’re eating
Capriole Goat Cheese "Wabash Cannonball" - Greenville, Indiana
Marieke 9-Month Gouda - Thorp, Wisconsin
Shepherd's Way Farms "Friesago" - Nerstrand, Minnesota
Meadow Creek Dairy "Grayson" - Galax, Virginia
Get the cheeses
Guest cheesemaker: Jodi Read, Shepherd's Way Farms
What we’re drinking with winemaker Jill Russell
2018 Katherine's Vineyard Chardonnay
2018 Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir
Get the Zoom recording
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March 11th: Aged To Perfection with Galerie Wines
What we’re eating
Monte Enebro - Spain
5 Spoke Creamery "Tumbleweed" - New York
Roth Cheese "Roth's Private Reserve" - Wisconsin
Saenkanter - Holland
Get the cheeses
Guest Cheesemaker: Alan Glustoff, 5 Spoke Creamery
Guest winemaker: Gianna Kelly
2019 Naissance Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
2016 Pleinair Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Get the Zoom recording
These presentations are now in the books, but all cheeses, wines and Zoom recordings remain available. The cheeses and wines in this series were truly amazing, so I recommend all four weeks!
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February 18th: Europe Off The Beaten Path with Willakenzie Estate
What we’re eating
Crucolo - Italy
Bethmale Chèvre - France
Baldauf Alpkäse - Germany
Crozier Blue - Ireland
Get the cheeses
Guest: Aaron Nastaskin, Baldauf
What we’re drinking
with Mollie Battenhouse, MW
Willakenzie Estate 2018 Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Willakenzie Estate 2017 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Get the Zoom recording
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February 25th: Italian All Stars with Captûre Wines & Tenuta di Arceno
What we’re eating
Caciottona di Capra Bio in Foglia di Noce
Paglierino
Quadrello di Bufala
Fior d'Arancio
Get the cheeses
Guest: Michele Buster, Forever Cheese
What we’re drinking
Wine guest: Emily Pickral
2019 Captûre Rosé of Sangiovese
Tenuta di Arceno 2016 Chianti Classico Riserva
Get the Zoom recording
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March 4th: Wonder Women of American Cheese with Cambria Wines
What we’re eating
Capriole Goat Cheese "Wabash Cannonball" - Greenville, Indiana
Marieke 9-Month Gouda - Thorp, Wisconsin
Shepherd's Way Farms "Friesago" - Nerstrand, Minnesota
Meadow Creek Dairy "Grayson" - Galax, Virginia
Get the cheeses
Guest cheesemaker: Jodi Read, Shepherd's Way Farms
What we’re drinking with winemaker Jill Russell
2018 Katherine's Vineyard Chardonnay
2018 Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir
Get the Zoom recording
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March 11th: Aged To Perfection with Galerie Wines
What we’re eating
Monte Enebro - Spain
5 Spoke Creamery "Tumbleweed" - New York
Roth Cheese "Roth's Private Reserve" - Wisconsin
Saenkanter - Holland
Get the cheeses
Guest Cheesemaker: Alan Glustoff, 5 Spoke Creamery
Guest winemaker: Gianna Kelly
2019 Naissance Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
2016 Pleinair Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Get the Zoom recording
California ARtisan Cheese Festival, Virtual!
Grand Tasting Kit and Virtual Cheese Festival
March 26, 2021
For anyone who's been to the Festival Marketplace, you know it's an unparalleled spot for cheese lovers. Well, since we knew you probably couldn't come to the Marketplace this year, we're bringing it you. 10(!) cheeses along with crackers, chocolate, and preserves will arrive in time to join in this one-hour in-home Marketplace. Luminaries from the cheese and wine world will bring you education and entertainment while you taste your bounty, perhaps with a couple of friends or family nearby. But that's not all. Gloria Ferrer winery is the Festival's exclusive wine partner. They dug into their cellars to create a three-wine selection of some of their very best wines - ones you'd never get at quite this price.
* For a small donation to the California Artisan Cheese Guild, you can still sign up for the Grand Tasting. Grab a couple of California cheeses, open a bottle of wine, preferably Gloria Ferrer, and Zoom in to hear from cheesemakers and from a magnificent wine educator at Gloria Ferrer wines. Hope to see you there.
March 26, 2021
For anyone who's been to the Festival Marketplace, you know it's an unparalleled spot for cheese lovers. Well, since we knew you probably couldn't come to the Marketplace this year, we're bringing it you. 10(!) cheeses along with crackers, chocolate, and preserves will arrive in time to join in this one-hour in-home Marketplace. Luminaries from the cheese and wine world will bring you education and entertainment while you taste your bounty, perhaps with a couple of friends or family nearby. But that's not all. Gloria Ferrer winery is the Festival's exclusive wine partner. They dug into their cellars to create a three-wine selection of some of their very best wines - ones you'd never get at quite this price.
* For a small donation to the California Artisan Cheese Guild, you can still sign up for the Grand Tasting. Grab a couple of California cheeses, open a bottle of wine, preferably Gloria Ferrer, and Zoom in to hear from cheesemakers and from a magnificent wine educator at Gloria Ferrer wines. Hope to see you there.
