We’ll kick off the afternoon with a farm tour of the scenic Giacomini Dairy, home of Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese. You’ll meet the cows in their closed Holstein herd and learn about the history of the family, the farm, and agriculture in this beautiful region.

Following the tour, you’ll head inside to The Fork, the farm’s on-site culinary education center, for a fun and lively cheese and cocktails pairing session in collaboration with Griffo Distillery. Enjoy an intimate, focused cheese tasting full of the rich history and stories behind each as told by the cheesemakers and owners themselves alongside the original and classic cocktails that love them. You’ll meet the founders and artisans behind some of California’s most esteemed creameries including Beehive Cheese, Bivalve Dairy, Cowgirl Creamery, Cypress Grove, Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Pedrozo Dairy & Cheese Co., Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery and Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers. The speakers will present their cheeses and provide insight on their company’s place in the American cheese renaissance and discuss why California has such a compelling cheesescape. Cheers to that!

All ticket proceeds benefit the California Artisan Cheese Guild, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting artisan cheesemakers in the state of California.