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American Cheese Society Annual Competition Awards Announced

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Three Maine Cheese Guild members — Appleton Creamery, Longfellow Creamery, and Pineland Farms Creamery — won awards at the 2009 American Cheese Society Conference that just concluded in Austin, TX.

Maine retained the blue ribbon for Feta with Pineland Farm Creamery’s first place award; Appleton Creamery followed up last year’s success by scoring second place again for their Chevre in Grape Leaf in the Aged Goat Cheese category; and a newcomer to the ACS awards honor roll: Longfellow Creamery won third place for their Kenabago Camembert in the Farmhouse category.

Download all the information for all the winners at:

http://www.cheesesociety.org/associations/2382/files/2009%20Awards%20Brochure.pdf

Maine Artisan Bread Fair and Trade Show Aug 1

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The first annual Bread Fair will be in Skowhegan on Saturday, August 1st, from 10 am to 2 pm. Live music, fired-up ovens producing samples of bread made from Maine grains, and tables offering the accoutrement of bread pleasure and production – books, tools, small farm equipment, cheese, jams, grains, and flour – will invite ever more people to consider the good reasons for supporting local foods.

The Fair will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Kneading Conference in Skowhegan (July 30 and 31st), and the organizers are looking for local cheesemakers who would like to participate in the Fair, which will be free and open to the public.

Contact coordinator Wendy Hebb (wendyhebb@roadrunner.com) before June 22nd if you would like to sign up, or for more information.

May 5 Joint Wine Guild / Cheese Guild Tasting

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*POSTPONED*

–check here for updates on when and where it can be rescheduled–

Maine Cheese Guild and Maine Wine Guild Pairings Meeting

to be held on Tuesday, May 5th at 3pm in Rockport.

The meeting is open to cheese makers and wine makers in both guilds who are interested in learning more about what pairs best with their products. This is a private event, not open to the public, and there is limited space available. Those participating will receive the compiled tasting notes of those who participated, which will include several wine and cheese professionals to help guide the groups through the pairings.

There is a limited amount of space available at the event, so Cheese Guild members who are interested should send an email to erector@tilth.com asap and indicate what cheeses they would like to contribute to the Pairing, and whether they would like to attend. Once the list has been compiled, I will send confirmations with more information.

Both Guilds intend to hold several of these tastings through the year so that seasonal cheeses will be able to be included in this educational exercise for both wine and cheese makers.