San Francisco, CA—The California Artisan Cheese Guild (CACG) will wrap up its fund-raising SF Cheese Fest Holiday Edition Online Auction Sunday.
Typically a popular in-person event, the SF Cheese Fest is the primary fund-raiser of CACG. However, the event has been cancelled for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Auction items include overnight stays in cheese country, tastings, farm tours, and award-winning California artisan cheese gift baskets.
Destination auction packages include a two-night stay at Straus Home Ranch in Tomales Bay for eight guests; two-night Redwood cabin getaway with a selection of local cheeses from Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers; and a Valley Ford Airstream weekend getaway in Marin County with cheeses courtesy of Valley Ford Cheese Company.
Farm tours and cheese tasting events are also up for auction, including a farm tour for six guests at Tomales Farmstead Creamery; tour and cheese tasting for five guests at Nicasio Valley Cheese Company; and a virtual sake and cheese pairing class with Jesse Pugach, founder of Fifth Taste.
The event comes with four tasting kits available for pick-up or delivery in San Francisco, organizers said.
The auction features several gift boxes of local artisan cheese companies, such as the Beehive Cheese collection for 10 people; Bellwether Farms Cheese Bonanza, including Carmody, San Andreas, Hand Dipped Whole Milk Ricotta and other Bellwether artisan products; Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company Gift Box; Stuyt Dairy Farmstead Cheese Gift Box; Central Coast Creamery Gift Box; and gourmet assortments from Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, Chevoo, Laura Chenel Chevre, North Bay Creameries, St. Benoit Creamery, Achadinha Cheese and Rumiano Cheese Company.
Other lots up for auction are Board at Home Perfect Pairings Cheese Kit and Virtual Tasting for Five; Private Wine & Cheese Tasting for Eight at Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers; Whole Wheel of Broncha Cheese from Achadinha Cheese Company; Philosophy Foods “Just Add Cheese” Tapas Kit; Philosophy Foods “Just Add Cheese” Tapas Kit; Cypress Grove Hoodie; and $150 Gus’s Market Gift Card.
For more information, visit www.sfcheesefest.com.
