Current and Past Press
Tablehopper
“Some events and tastings are sold out (but there are still a few openings, act quickly!), and get your ticket to the Sunday Artisan Cheese Tasting and Marketplace at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa. You’ll be able to meet over 18 cheesemakers, and taste products from over 60 artisan producers of California cheese (including small-batch, limited production cheeses), wine, beer, ciders, and specialty foods. New to the Marketplace: JUST CREAMERY, Shared Cultures, Bonjerk, Amalgam Wines, The Caviar Co., and more.
A few of my past marketplace faves were the farmer’s cheeses from Valley Ford Co., San Geronimo from Nicasio Valley, smoked cheddar from Fiscalini, seasonal Laychee from Pennyroyal Farm, and pretty much the entire table from Achadinha Cheese Company. Be sure to pick up a 2026 California Cheese Trail map (for free!).”
https://www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/this-weeks-tablehopper-playin-chicken/
CRN Digital Talk Radio
February 23, 2026
NBC Los Angeles
7×7.com
An Insider’s Guide to the California Artisan Cheese Festival
“If you’re a Bay Area resident, consider yourself lucky to live in the backyard of pioneering artisan American cheesemakers.
While not all local cheese producers are open to the public, many of the legendary ones—Laura Chenel, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Cowgirl Creamery, and Cypress Grove, among them—participate in the annual California Artisan Cheese Festival and even hold behind-the-scenes tours. One of the longest-running artisan cheese festivals in America, the must-attend event is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and cheese lovers are flying in from 25 states just to get a taste.”
February 18, 2026
Edible East Bay
Wine Country This Month
KSRO At the Table with Clark Wolf
Host Clark Wolf talks with Luciana Villanueva (President of the California Artisan Cheese Guild and Cheese Director, Gus’s Community Market), Jill Giacomini Basch (Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese) & Vivien Straus (Founder of CheeseTrail.org & Manager of Straus Home Ranch) about the 20th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival!
They also discuss the Cheese Trail map, the cheese making process, farm tours, the history of the festival & cheese guild, the Cheese Crawl at The Barlow, Bubbles & Bites, the Marketplace, and taste the cheese that Jill brought!
February 7, 2026
Deli Market News
The Press Democrat
KTVU2 Mornings on 2 “The Nine”
Marin IJ
Things To Do Lifestyle: Cheese festival offers tasty tours, events
“The annual California Artisan Cheese Festival returns in March, delivering three days of revelry filled with tastings, tours and conversations in Marin and Sonoma counties for everyone from casual snackers to devoted turophiles.”
January 21, 2026
Edible SLO
Edible Monterey Bay
Found Treasure: Cheese Wow Revelations in 24 Photos from Sonoma:
KTVU2 Mornings on 2
Brandon Wood of The Cheese Parlor talks to Pam Cooke about the Artisan Cheese Tasting and Marketplace, pairings, and samples cheeses from family-owned cheesemakers March 19, 2025
KSRO At the Table with Clark Wolf
KZST-FM Debbie Abrams Morning Show
ARThound
Press Democrat
A ‘Golden Age’ for cheese: Napa cheese expert shares how to build a better cheeseboard
March 18, 2025
CRN What’s Cookin’ Today Show
KSRO Good Food Hour with Chef John Ash and Steve Garner
KTVU Mornings on 2 Saturday
KSRO At the Table
Deli Market News
KRON4 Live! In the Bay
ABC7 News Tasty Thursday
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