Month: January 2013

7th Annual California's Artisan Cheese Festival Announces Event Lineup For March 22-24, 2013

January 3, 2013 California’s Artisan Cheese Festival

Be it brie, chèvre, blue, crescenza or Dry Jack, one thing’s certain: California’s Artisan Cheese Festival will celebrate all things cheese for the seventh year in a row March 22-24, 2013, at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma.  The United States’ premier cheese and wine event, the Festival brings together artisan cheesemakers, brewers, wineries and guests for three days of cheese tasting and appreciation. A lively weekend lineup features top artisan cheese experts, authors, chefs and winemakers conducting seminars, pairings, tastings, farm tours, cheese-making classes and cheese-focused demonstrations. …

Fiscalini Cheese Company's Bandage Wrapped Cheddar Wins Big At World Cheese Awards In London

January 3, 2013 Fiscalini Cheese Company

Our clothbound cheddar won a Super Gold Medal and then qualified for the 16 Best cheeses in the World, Winning the World's Best Traditional Cheddar for the second time in 6 years, winning a coveted Super Gold two years running. …

Satisfy Every Party With Mild, Versatile Havarti

January 3, 2013 Aimee Blume, Evansville Courier & Press

Havarti is a soft, cream-colored cows' milk cheese made in Denmark, and one of the most popular cheeses imported to the United States. …

Twisted Butter's Flavor-Infused Butter Nominated As One Of The Best New Dairy Products

January 3, 2013 Twisted Butter

Twisted Butter is pleased to announce that their flavor-infused butter has been nominated as one of the Best New Dairy Products of 2012. …

Congressional Dairy Fix Would Still Raise Milk Prices

January 3, 2013 International Dairy Foods Association

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) stated today that the legislation proposed by Congressional Agriculture Committee leaders would still cause a problem in the marketplace because it includes a controversial new program designed to limit the milk supply. That proposal, championed by Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN) yet resisted by consumer groups, food manufacturers and many dairy farmers, is known as the Dairy Security Act (DSA) and would require the government to intervene in milk markets to manipulate the supply of milk in order to keep milk prices artificially high. …