Caromont Farm Contributing To Albemarle County, VA's Cheese Culture

When future historians write about Albemarle County’s local food movement, chef Gail Hobbs-Page hopes there will be a chapter that celebrates the area’s cheese.

“If you know anything about cheese, you know it’s place-based,” Hobbs-Page said. “Just like everything in wine is about place.”

For the past eight years, Hobbs-Page has been crafting cheese at the farm that surrounds her and her husband’s Esmont home. The goal is to make a living by creating a local product that is also an artistic expression of place.

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