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Fourth annual Oregon Cheese Festival celebrates local, regional artisan cheese, food and wine |
05.09.2008
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CENTRAL POINT, Ore.--More than 2,200 people attended the fourth annual Oregon Cheese Guild's Oregon Cheese Festival March 15 at Rogue Creamery here. Oregon-inspired culinary events, including a Meet the Winemakers and Cheese Makers Dinner and a farmers' market-style artisan food and wine festival, were all part of the activities held under a giant tent at Rogue Creamery's facility.
Visitors sampled a variety of cow, sheep and goat cheese from Oregon and northern California creameries, including Fraga Farm, Juniper Grove Farm, Pholia Farm, Tumalo Farms, Oregon Gourmet Cheeses, Silver Falls Creamery, Siskiyou Crest Dairy, Tillamook County Creamery, Willamette Valley Cheese Co., Fern's Edge Dairy, Rivers Edge Chevre, Ancient Heritage Dairy, Vella Cheese, Rogue Creamery, and many others.
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The festival featured special guests Marc Druart, master cheese maker at the Vermont Institute for Artisanal Cheese, and Laura Werlin, cheese expert and author of Cheese Essentials. Druart and Werlin led classes throughout the day on topics such as cheese making, and wine, beer and cheese pairing.
Other participating culinary artisans included Lillie Belle Farms, Dagoba Organic Chocolate, Gary West Meats, Rising Sun Farms, Applegate Valley Artisan Breads, Butte Creek Mill, Pennington Farms, Slagle Creek Vineyards, Paschal Winery, Madrone Mountain Vineyard, Eden Vale Winery, Valley View Winery, Agate Ridge Vineyard, Griffin Creek Winery, Daisy Creek Vineyard, Wandering Aengus Ciderworks, Deux Chats Bakery, Dry Soda and Rogue Ales.
The festival kicked off with a special dinner at Ashland Springs Hotel. Using local ingredients, each course spotlighted a cheese made by one of the festival's artisans paired with a local wine. During the event, Werlin joined Chef Damon, winemakers and cheese makers in discussing the showcase dishes.
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