Past Events 2010

French Cheese Classes

Thursday December 2nd 6 to 7:30 pm - New Leaf Westside Santa Cruz Califormia

Salon Int'l de l'Agro-alimentaire

October 17-21 booth 5B G043

Classes Terroirs & Fromages de France

Friday Sept, 10. 4-5 pm - Wholefoods Napa

Pasta Shop Sept, 12. 8-10 The Pasta Shop Specialty Food Marketplace - Oakland

French Crèmes & Bubbly Beauties - Tuesday, Sept. 14 6:30 – 8:30 pm

The Cheese School of San Francisco - 6:30 to 8:30pm

Ooh la la, mes amis! This class is all about pairing creamy, French fromage delights with champagnes and other bubblies. There is simply no better way to welcome any festive occasion than by washing down the silky, buttery goodness of a perfectly ripened triple crème with the floral, fruity, delicately effervescent bubbles of a sparkler. Our fabulous guest instructor, Mademoiselle Cécile Delannes, will have you shouting ‘Vive la France’!

San Francisco Chef 2010 - August 13

10 a.m. SLAM DUNK PAIRINGS at the The Westin St. Francis Hotel

Cheese, wine, pairing tips and a complimentary copy of Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials is not a bad way to start the day. As Laura Werlin (author, Laura Werlin's Cheese Essentials) explains, "experience tells us that there are natural partners in certain wines and cheeses." Join Laura, Christie Dufault, Instructor at the Culinary Institute of America and Sommelier at RN74, and fifth generation winemaker Karl Wente of Wente Vineyards to find out why certain go-to pairings work every time.

California demos tour July 2010: Cheese tastings

Friday July 23: V Sattui noon to 4pm
Saturday July 24: Pasta Shop Berkeley 12 to 4 pm	Saturday July 24: Pasta Shop Oakland 12 to 4 pm

Bastille day block Party - July 14, from 5 to 10pm

Cheeses, live music, Rafle, .... fun for the Whole Familly. Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont New York

The 1st Annual Cheesemonger Invitational

The first annual Cheesemonger Invitational - June 26, 8 to 11pm

On June 26th some of the most important people in the specialty cheese business will congregate at a discreet warehouse in Long Island City to witness the first annual Cheesemonger Invitational. Nine of the top cheesemongers representing the finest cheese shops from around our country are set to compete in a no-holds barred cornucopia of coddled curd.

56th Summer Fancy Food Show · New York

Visit us at the French Pavilion booth 727- June 27 to 29, 2010 and meet with the cheese makers of Lincet, Graindorge and Etoile. Catalog of the French Pavilion Floor map


Booth 721	Booth 821	Booth 141

Food and Wine classic a Aspen Colorado - June 17-20

French wine and cheeses: Perfect Pairs @ 2PM

Laura Werlin is one of the country's foremost authorities on cheese and the award winning author of four books on the subject.

Florida Spring demos tour: come to taste our cheeses

Saturday April 24, 2010 : WF South Beach	Sunday April 25th, 2010: 2009 : WF Coral Gables
Wednesday April 28, 2010 : WF Boca Raton	Thursday April 29, 2010 : WF Fort Lauderdale
Friday April 30: WF Aventura	Saturday May 1st, 2010 : Epicure Miami Beach

California demos tour March 2010

Thursday March 18: Taylors Market	Friday March 19: Corti Brothers
Saturday March 20: Oxbow Cheese Merchant	Sunday March 21: Sunshine Foods Market
Wednesday March 24: Oliver's Market Montecito #2	Thursday March 25: Oliver's Market Cotati #1
Friday March 26: Oliver's Market Stony Point #3	Sunday March 27: Woodlands Market

11th Salon du Fromage · Paris, France February 28 to March 3rd 2010

Meet with the French dairy industry in the heart of the prestigious International Agricultural Show Booth B44 Pavillion 8 - maps & Hotels - List of La Fromagerie Cheese Stores - Practical Info - Program in French Program in english (Lyre d'Or Competition)

Discover our dairies: Those tours will venture into the hills of the French Terroirs (Normandy, Burgundy, Jura, ...) Request for a tour

Cheese Tour of the best Parisian markets and cheese shops

South Beach Food and Wine Festival

Taste our cheeses at the Wholefoods booth - February 25-28, 2010

Terroir Exchange: January 20th, 2010

Taste Camembert from France aside a Camembert from California. Nibble on a washed rind from Epoisses village, then try a washed rind from Point Reyes. Sample a triple crème from Burgundy beside a triple crème from the coastal U.S. Vive la difference! Join us for an event that brings together cheese makers from the old and new worlds, as well as their tasty handiwork. There will be side-by-side tastings of similar cheeses made half a globe apart. Discover the “taste of the land,” eat the cheeses with the beers and wines from their Terroir. Meet and greet Jean Berthaut, maker of Epoisses, Thierry Graindorge, maker of traditional Normandy cheeses, Peggy Smith from Cowgirl Creamery and other local wine and cheese makers.