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In case you missed signing up for the 2010 program, or just want to re-live the fabulous sessions you attended, here's how the 2010 weekend shaped up. Once again the Creamery Tours, Saturday Seminars and Saturday Dinner sold out. If you're dreaming of 2011, subscribe for updates now and you won't be disappointed next March. Save the date for California's Artisan Cheese Festival V, March 25-28, 2011. Print Versions of the 2010 Creamery Tours and Saturday Seminiar Schedule:
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 The Artisan Cheese Festival welcomes Culture, Sponsor and Official Magazine of the festival. |
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Friday, March 26
Morning Creamery Tours Our tours have been extremely popular this year and sold out early. For Creamery Tour ticket holders.
Barn Dance and Cheesemaker Mixer
Kick off your Artisan Cheese Festival weekend with a heapin’ helpin’ of Sonoma County hospitality at our Green String Farm Barn Dance. Meet and mingle with the festival’s signature speakers and honored cheesemakers while you enjoy a taste of Texas-style barbecue with a Sonoma twist from Brandon Guenther of Valley Ford’s own Rocker Oysterfeller’s and quaff local brews from Lagunitas Brewing Company. Kick up your heels to the lively sounds of the Green String Farm band and get yourself in the mood for a fun- and cheese-filled weekend. Location: Dinner Menu: Saturday, March 27
9:00 a.m. –3:30 p.m.
Seminar Day Program
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Check-in and registration.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
General Session Hands in Our Food: The Next Generation of Farmers
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
California Cheese & Their European Ancestors Presenter: Juliana Uruburu, cheese director, Market Hall Pasta Shop
What’s Age Got to Do with It? Presenter: Janet Fletcher, award-winning author and San Francisco Chronicle cheese columnist
Eating Across America Presenter: Kate Arding and Thalassa Skinner, co-founders, Culture magazine
Cheese Essentials Presenter: Laura Werlin, award-winning author
Cheesemaking Demo: Fresh Ricotta Presenter: Liam Callahan, cheesemaker, Bellwether Farms and Margo True, food editor, Sunset magazine
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Spirited Cheese Presenter: Wil Edwards, The Artisan Food School
Demystifying Raw and Pasteurized Cheeses Presenters: Mariano Gonzales, Fiscalini Cheese Company, Kurt Dammeier, Beecher’s Handmade Cheese and Sasha Davies, author and cheese expert
The Blue Course Presenters: Jill Giacomini Basch & Lynn Giacomini Stray, Pt. Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company
What’s New with the Cowgirls? Presenters: Sue Conley & Peggy Smith, Cowgirl Creamery
12:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Creamery Tour: Cowgirl Creamery and Marin French Cheese Company 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Meet the New Wave Presenter: Doralice Handal, proprietor, The Cheese Shop of Healdsburg.
Curds and Suds Presenters: Chef Andy Wild, culinary instructor, CIA Greystone, Napa Valley
Presenting the Perfect Cheese Platter Presenter: Sara Vivenzio, founder, The Cheese School of San Francisco, and Anthea Stolz, cheese buyer, Bi-Rite Market
Traveling the Washington Cheese Trail Presenters:Kurt Dammeier, Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, and Laura Werlin, award-winning author of The New American Cheese, The All-American Cheese & Wine Book, Cheese Essential’s and Grilled Cheese
Cheesemaking Demo: Fromage Blanc Presenter: Maureen Cunnie, cheesemaker, Cowgirl Creamery and Elaine Johnson, associate editor, Sunset magazine
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Curds, Cooks and Cuvées: A Moveable Feast of Eight Courses Featuring Great Cheese, Food and Wine. Saturday night is the reason we relish living in Northern California: eight chefs, eight cheesemakers, and eight vintners collide in a runaway gustatory chain reaction! Chefs John Ash and Jacquelyn Buchanan have lined up some big names:
Dinner tickets are available for 6 and 8 p.m. to spread out arrivals and avoid crowding. The Sweets Lounge is open from 7 until 10 p.m., and admission is included with your ticket. Artisan Cheese Marketplace Also on Sunday --- Home cheesemaking supplies will be available for you to purchase from The Beverage People of Santa Rosa. Ticket includes:
Tickets Available at the Door Only
Your ticket to paradise includes the 2010 festival insulated tote bag to carry your cheese all year long, and the 2010 festival wine glass – all for just $45 for adults, and $30 for youth (ages 7-17) accompanied by an adult. The Monday event is invitation-only for retailers, chefs and others in the business of selling or serving artisan cheese. For information, please send an email to info@artisancheesefestival.com, or check with your local cheese distributor. |
