While there is an entire California Cheese Trail (complete with an app), the quaint and classy, San Francisco Cheese Fest makes it easy to quickly explore some of the state’s finest samplings. This annual benefit for the California Artisan Cheese Guild is now in its third installment and took place over the weekend at the historic Social Hall, filling the space with delicious aromas and bearded cheese makers from all over the Bay.
If you missed the very cheese-tastic event, no worries! We sampled our way to the top 5 most intriguing cheese brands you’ll need to put on rotation. Pronto! Here they are, in all their addictive glory.
Bellwether Farms
This small organic creamery from Sonoma County does dreamy sheep yogurt and has perfected the art of mixing cow and sheep’s milk. At the festival, their mesmerizing new Blackstone cheese stood out. Thanks to the incorporation of black peppercorns, this cheese is literally black on the outside, rich and complex on the inside, Our new favorite hard cheese is here.
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