Congratulations CA Cheese Guild cheesemakers!  It’s like the Oscars of Cheese. This year, at the 32nd annual American Cheese Society conference, 267 companies submitted 1,779 products to ACS’s Judging & Competition in Providence, RI.  We’re so proud of all of our Guild cheesemakers who took home ribbons this year for their cheese & dairy products.  Congratulations! First Place Winners […]

Every year in late July, there’s a particular buzz in the cheese world because it’s time for the American Cheese Society’s annual conference—a unique moment for cheesemakers and professionals from across the land to gather.  This year the conference takes place in the historical city of Providence, Rhode Island. The theme is “Cheese Camp” and […]

SF Cheese Fest tickets are on sale!  Join us September 19 from 7-10pm. We’re delighted and humbled by the positive response we received from our Guild cheesemakers in our inaugural year. Over two dozen cheesemakers will be participating or contributing cheese to SF Cheese Fest on September 19 at Dogpatch WineWorks and brining to life the […]

Erin Clancy is a cheesemonger at the Gilman Street Whole Foods in Berkeley and one of our newer members. When did your love for cheese begin and what did that look like?   My love for cheese began about 7 years ago when I was working in the Specialty Department at the Whole Foods in Tribeca […]

On a recent trip to England, cheesemaker Ashley Coffey of Tomales Farmstead Creamery and her husband, Christian Coffey, experienced real Cheddar in its birthplace in Somerset, England, and share their learnings: Despite being the world’s most popular cheese, Cheddar has seen a major decline in the past few decades in terms of small producers. Only […]