Tulip Tree Creamery – Foxglove Tulip Tree Creamery was established in 2014 by Fons Smits and Laura Davenport. Smits, who is originally from the Netherlands, came to the United States as a dairy consultant and product developer. After spending over ten years helping others establish small dairy plants Smits teamed up with Davenport to begin…
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British Cheddars/Wednesday Woodbox Cider Tasting/Thursday Italian Wine Tasting
Cheddars of Great Britain We are currently stocked up on British cheddars. Cheddar is not just a type of cheese but also the technique used to make this style of cheese. Originating in the southwestern corner of England, cheddaring is a process where curd is cut and stacked, repeatedly turned in order to remove whey….
Ferns’ Edge Mt.Thielsen/Summer Sippers Wine Tasting
Ferns’ Edge Dairy – Mt. Thielsen Ferns’ Edge Dairy is a farmstead creamery located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, in Lowell, Oregon. The creamery was established in the 1970s by Shari Reyna and Fred Warner. Shari and Fred make their cheeses using the milk from their own herd, which rely on a grass…
Le Haut Barry/McBeth Vineyards/Portland Beer & Cheese Fest Tickets
Le Haut Barry Cheese Le Haut Barry is one of our favorite sheep’s milk cheeses. It is made by Les Bergers du Larzac, a cooperative made up of 20 producers. They are located in the department of Aveyron, which is found in the Massif-Central of southern France. This region is known for its limestone plateaus…
Appleby’s Cheshire/Portland Beer & Cheese Fest Tickets
Appleby’s Cheshire The Appleby family has been making farmstead cheese in Shropshire, England since 1952. The Appleby’s are the only cheesemakers who continue to make the region’s traditional clothbound Cheshire. During the 1980s grocery stores began pressuring cheesemakers to wax their cheeses, but the Appleby family stood strong and continued making Cheshire in the traditional…
Alp Blossom/Oregon Wine Month – Apolloni Vineyards/Chizu Closing/Portland Beer & Cheese Fest Tickets
Alp Blossom Cheese This stunning cheese is called Alp Blossom. It is an alpine cheese from from Sennerei Huban, a creamery and cheese school that was established in 1901 in Doren, Austria. Alp Blossom is made from the rich milk of Swiss Brown cows and aged for six months. At four months the rind is…
Burrata/ Oregon Wine Month – La Randonnee
Narragansett Burrata Burrata is a style of mozzarella that is stretched in to a little sack and filled with fresh cream and curds. Our favorite domestic burrata is made by Narragansett Creamery in Rhode Island. Narragansett Creamery was founded in 2007 by Mark and Pattie Federico in Providence, Rhode Island. At Narragansett Creamery they…
Pleasant Ridge Reserve/Rose Tasting Thurday
Family owned and operated farmstead creamery, Uplands Cheese is located in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Andy Hatch, Scott Mericka, and their two families are responsible for the handcrafted cheeses from Uplands Dairy. Andy is the cheesemaker and affineur and Scott is the herd manager. Both began as apprentices at Uplands and joined together to purchase the farm…
Stinky Cheese/Easter Wines Tasting/Microbial State of the Union
Stinky Cheese We’ve got quite the ripe selection of stinky cheeses right now! Washed-rind cheese, or stinky cheese, is a style of cheese where the cheesemaker washes the cheese’s rind with a salt brine or sometimes a beer, wine or cider. The act of washing the rind is quite simple, the cheesemaker will spray or…
Fresh Brebis/Spring Floral Wine Tasting/Book Release
Black Sheep Fresh Brebis It’s that time of year again! The daffodils are in full bloom, the birds are chirping, and lambing season has come to an end. This means our favorite local sheep’s milk cheese is back in stock! Black Sheep Creamery’s Fresh Brebis is only available for a few months each year and…