Point Reyes Wins at World Champion Cheese Contest

The week brought back the biennial World Championship Cheese Contest (WCCC), held in Madison, Wisconsin. A total of 25 countries and 32 US states were represented in the 2024 contest.  With an impressive 84 Best of Class finishes, American cheesemakers earned the highest number of gold medals. This year 3,302 entries from around the world competed across 142 categories. From March 5-7th, a team of 53 internationally renowned dairy experts from 19 nations evaluated cheese, butter and yogurt through visual inspection and sensory evaluation.

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.’s Celebration Collection Selected as One of Oprah’s Favorite Things 2023

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co. announces today that the Celebration Collection is included in 2023 Oprah’s Favorite Things holiday gifts list, featured on OprahDaily.com and in the Winter issue of O Quarterly, on newsstands November 7. Oprah’s Favorite Things list is a must-have holiday shopping guide that features the most ingenious gadgets, fashionable sustainable goods, decadent desserts and the finest finds in home, fashion, and beauty, with 48 gifts under $50.

Point Reyes Wins Mindful Award for Cheese Product of the Year

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company is honored with the 2023 Mindful Award for Cheese of the Year. With hundreds of categories and thousands of entries each year, Mindful Awards honor businesses who exceed in running successful companies and producing delicious products while keeping ethics, sustainability, transparency and more at the forefront of their goals.

2022 – A Summer of Awards for Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company

On July 15th, the California State Fair named Bay Blue Cows’ Milk Best of Show. Bay Blue is a rustic-style blue cheese with a natural rind. It is known for its mellow flavor and sweet, salted caramel finish. Best of Show celebrates the hard work, craftsmanship and unique character of the year’s very best California Cheese. Judges include respected cheesemakers, cheese merchants, writers, promoters, and educators.

Marin Cheese Maker Finds a Way to Survive Big Drop in Sales by Giving Away its Award-Winning Cheese

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese has partnered with the Farmers to Families Food Box, a federal government program that buys farm and agriculture products and gives them to food banks. After that, they worked with the Wells Fargo Foundation to donate cheese to food banks. That inspired them to try their own food drive on their website.