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:

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.

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.

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:

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.

All of the products were donated by the producer and we would like to thank them by highlighting each one, one per day for the next eight days.

The products we served were:
Two Rock Valley Goat Cheese

Thank you to all of them for the generous donation of product.
There was a great response from the public and many pleasantly surprised at the variety of locally produced milk products.

So, beginning tomorrow, watch for photos and highlights of these local dairy product producers.