Maine Cheese Festival
Sunday, October 16th 11am – 5pm
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The
Maine Cheese Guild is excited to announce we will be hosting the Maine Cheese Festival on Sunday, October 16th
11am
– 5pm
At
Savage Oakes Vineyard &Winery
located
at 174 Barrett Hill Road, Union ME
Media
Contact:
Arlene Brokaw
Maine
Cheese Guild
events@mainecheeseguild.org
Ph:
(978) 471-8399
We
invite folks to join us on October 16th to meet over 20 of Maine’s
Artisan cheesemakers and discover,
sample, and buy their cheeses. This event will be held at Savage Oakes Winery
in Union where we will showcase over 100 varieties of Maine-made cheeses.
Savage Oakes Winery is an ideal location to host this festival as their wines
pair well with our cheeses. In addition to wine, Savage Oakes will provide
locally sourced food and non-alcoholic beverages available for sale. This event
features local music from the southern mid-coast based band, Rough Sawn, made
up of farmers, carpenters and cheese lovers playing classic country, Western
swing, bluegrass and originals from 1 to 3pm. There will also be chef demos, Q
and A sessions with cheesemakers and cheese-centric raffles throughout the day.
Tickets are $10 can be purchased at the door or on our website www.mainecheeseguild.com.
Kids under 12 attend free. The event is
rain or shine.
Maine
boasts more cheesemakers per capita than any other state, currently with 81
licensed cheesemakers here in Maine. The Guild is holding this festival as a
Guild fundraiser towards fostering and growing Maine made cheese. This festival
will feature the fine craftsmanship and diversity of flavors that Maine
cheesemakers have to offer.
It
has been over 10 years since the Guild has held a cheese festival and in that
time, the number of licensed cheesemakers in the state has blossomed from 16 to
over 80 with dozens more aspiring farmers and cheesemakers in the pipeline.
The
Maine Cheese Guild’s Mission is to support and encourage the Maine cheesemaking
community. We do this through development of a collective voice to promote
Maine cheese and cheesemakers, educate cheese makers and consumers, coordinate
resources and share the joy and art of regional cheeses. The Maine Cheese
Guild’s mission is made possible through the contributions of our supporting
partners program, including Five Islands Farm located in Georgetown Maine.
Below
is the current list of Cheesmakers attending the festival:
- Silvery Moon Creamery
- Crooked Face Creamery
- Copper Tail Farm
- Wholesome Holmstead
- State of Maine Cheese Co.
- Lakin’s Gorges Cheeses
- Fuzzy Udder Creamery
- Appleton Creamery
- From the Country Farm
- Maine Water Buffalo Co.
- Imagine Dairy Farm
- Swallowtail Farm and Creamery
- Barred Owl Creamery
- Spring Day Creamery
- State of Maine Cheese Company
- Sunset Acres
- Kennebec Cheesery
- Fredrikson Farm
-
North Island Creamery
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