This past February weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 7th Annual Sonoma Valley Cheese Conference in lovely Sonoma, California. Sonoma has been a favorite place of mine for years so imagine my excitement when I was able to combine business with pleasure for four days - and what a great time I had! The Cheese Conference was hosted by Sheana Davis of The Epicurean Connection and Ig Vella of Vella Cheese Company and some of the speakers that I was privileged to meet were Rob Kaufelt of Murray’s Cheese Shop in NYC, Sid Cook of Carr Valley Cheese in Wisconsin,  Anna Cox of Shamrock Artisan Goat Cheese in California, Jill Giacomini of Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese in California and Bill Boersma of Bravo Farms in California.  Each speaker offered their own unique cheese advice and information to those of us attending and I came away from the conference having learned a lot and really having been inspired.  The American cheese community is a very close-knit group with the intense desire to spread the word about American Artisanal cheeses and they are doing a terrific job - this is an exciting time in American cheesemaking and many of the cheeses now available in the United States easily rival their European counterparts. Between Ig Vella and Sid Cook alone there are two hundred years of family cheesemaking!! Quite impressive indeed!! I encourage you to explore some of these wonderful artisan cheeses and I hope you will stop by lucy’s whey where we are proud to carry many of this country’s finest!

We are happy to tell you that our new charcuterie and olive counter has been met with a lot of enthusiasm from many of our loyal customers and each week we add something new and exciting. This week alone we welcomed the San Francisco Salumi Company Fra’Mani. Handcrafted salumi that is simply delicious and completely organic, these salami are a wonderful compliment to our cheeses - after all, what more do you need than good bread, cheese, salami and wine?!!

Flying out the door since we have reopened has been the deliciously naughty Fat Ass Fudge. Made exclusively for lucy’s whey using organic goat’s milk this fudge is out of this world and we just can’t keep it in stock - flavors include dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla white chocolate with pistachios and peanut butter milk chocolate. My mouth is watering just telling you about it!! Come on in and try some - we guarantee you will leave with your own bag (or two)!!

See you soon we hope!