North Bay Dairy Women: July 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

Marin French Cheese Company

Day #6 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Marin French Cheese Company

We would like to thank Marin French Cheese Company for their support in providing 2 of their cheese styles to our tasting at the

2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Rouge et Noir Brie

Their award-winning California brie is made by hand, using the same artisanal methods we have employed for nearly 150 years.

Received World Cheese Award in 2005 and 2010.

Always popular, always delicious!

Rouge et Noir Pesto Brie

The highest quality pesto, combined with other natural ingredients make this Brie a

a surprising taste treat. The tasters at the fair enjoyed sampling this flavored cheese.

You can find Marin French Cheese at many local stores, including G & G Market and Raley's.

A short drive outside Petaluma and you can visit their store & have a sample and enjoy a picnic on the grounds.

See their website for more information:

http://www.marinfrenchcheese.com

Thank you Marin French Cheese Company for a long standing tradition in our area, made from milk in our local area!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company

Day #5 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company

Original Blue

Made by Bob & Dean Giacomini

& Daughters Karen, Diana, Lynn & Jill

We appreciate their generous support of our cheese tasting

at the 2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair Farm to Table Exhibit.

We had to work quickly to keep up with the sampling

demand for this delecious blue cheese.

The cheese is made and formed, then cured for about 3 weeks before aging for a period of 5 to 6 months.

You can find Point Reyes Original Blue at

G & G Market, Whole Foods, Oliver's Market as well as many other area food stores.

Or visit their website: http://pointreyescheese.com/index.html

Enjoy some soon!!!

Valley Ford Cheese Company

Day #4 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Valley Ford Cheese Company

Valley Ford Estero Cheese

Valley Ford Highway One Cheese

Made by Karen Bianchi-Moreda

(a North Bay Dairy Women Member)

with milk produced on the family dairy,

Mountain View Dairy, in Valley Ford.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Samantha Spaletta

share the enjoyment of Valley Ford Cheese.

Thank you to Valley Ford Cheese company for generously providing their cheese for our sampling at the 2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Estero Gold Cheese is an Italian farmstead style cheese, good as a snack or melted into pasta or polenta.

Highway One Cheese is a version of old style Fontina; aged for at least 80 days and was a bronze medalist at California State Fair.

It was a hit with the cheese tasters!

You can purchase Valley Ford Cheese at G & G Market, Oliver's and Petaluma Market as well as area Farmers Markets.

Check out their website at: http://www.valleyfordcheeseco.com/index.html

Monday, July 11, 2011

Wallaby Yogurt Company

Day #3 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Wallaby Yogurt Company

Organic Lowfat Yogurt

Thank you for sharing your yogurt for our sampling at

Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Samantha Spaletta

offer samples of Wallaby Organic Yogurt.

Wallaby Yogurt is in the style of yogurt made in Australia.

The milk is locally produced and the

product is processed in American Canyon (Napa Valley area).

Yummy!!

Susan treats youngsters to samples of yogurt.

Her family is a milk producer for Wallaby.

Visit their website at: http://wallabyyogurt.com/index.htm

Wallaby Organic Yogurt is available at Raley's, Lucky's and other area stores.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Nicasio Valley Cheese Company-Nicasio Reserve

Day #2 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Nicasio Valley Cheese Company

Nicasio Reserve

Thank you to Nicasio Valley Cheese for sharing your

Cheese for our sampling at Sonoma-Marin Fair.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti & Alt. Princess Samantha Spaletta

taste test Nicasio Valley Cheese!

Nicasio Reserve was a hit with the cheese tasters.

It is aged 3 months, semi-firm cheese and was a

Gold Medal Winner at California State Fair.

To find this cheese you can check their website:

http://www.nicasiocheese.com/index.html

Visit their store:

5300 Nicasio Valley Road, Nicasio, California

Thursday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Or check your local grocery cheese section, including:

Oliver's, Whole Foods & Fircrest.

We suggest you try some soon!

Friday, July 8, 2011

Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese

Day #1 Highlighting Local Dairy Product Makers

Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese

Made by Don & Bonnie DeBernardi

Thank you to Don & Bonnie for sharing their

cheese for our sampling.

Many of the tasters were leary of trying a goat cheese, but all were pleasantly surprised at it's nutty flavor.

Dairy Princess Amanda Moretti gives out samples of Two Rock Goat Cheese while
Alt. Samantha Spaletta watches.
Don & Bonnie DeBernardi are Amanda's grandparents.

These two cheese tasters came back several times to taste
Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese!

Some of the places you can find Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese:

Local Farmer's Markets, Oliver's Market and Petaluma Market

Try some today!

Contact Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese at 707-762-6182

Thursday, July 7, 2011

2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair Cheese Tasting

On opening day of the 2011 Sonoma-Marin Fair, North Bay Dairy Women hosted cheese tasting in the Farm to Table exhibit building (Bev Wilson Hall).

Susan Bianchi worked with the fair and President Audrey Wheeler contacted several local cheesemakers. In all we served samples of seven types of cheese, sour cream and several flavors of yogurt.