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Columbus meats at the 10th Annual California's Artisan Cheese Festival's Artisan Cheese Tasting and Marketplace (Under the Big Top, Sheraton Sonoma County – Petaluma) Sunday March 20, 2016. (Victoria Webb/For The Argus-Courier)
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Gerard Tuck, far right, with his wife Susan Tuck of Chevoo during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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A festival attendee dipping into Truffle Tremor, a soft-ripen goat milk cheese during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Loch Leiser, 4, of Davis, California near a sampling of cheeses from Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Jennifer Anakar, left, and Cindy Kennedy working the Cowgirl Creamery booth during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Michael Vollmer, left with Chelsea Scocca, both from Walnut Creek sampling cheeses at the Achadinha Cheese Company's booth during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Broncha, a goat and cow milk blended cheese, aged for 6-months at Achadinha Cheese Company in Petaluma. (Erik Castro/for Sonoma Magazine)
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Evelyn Wood, 8, in pink, sampling Boont Corners Reserve, a 10-month aged goat/sheep milk cheese at the Penny Royal Farm booth with her father Scott Wood, left, from Santa Rosa, during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Nicole Ryan digging into Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company's Bay Blue during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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St. Florian's Brewery owner Amy Levin of Windsor with her son Cooper Levin, 7, bottom left, pouring her Session Ale during the 11th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma Sunday. March 26, 2017. (Erik Castro/for The Press Democrat)
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Lassa Skinner, co-founder of Culture magazine, talks about a Petite Supreme brie from Marin French Cheese, during the 13th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival at the Flamingo Resort and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)
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Sonia Serrano, right, of Modesto smells a bottle of wormwood bitters that is used in a gingered mule cocktail attendees are tasting, during the 13th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival at the Flamingo Resort and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)
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Julie Schreiber of Healdsburg tastes a traditional cheese curd from Wm. Cofield Cheesemakers during a cheese science seminar with the Cheese Twins, Michael and Charlie Kalish at the 13th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival at the Flamingo Resort and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)
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Chelsea Bruno of San Rafael tastes a sip of a lemon basil drop cocktail during a seminar about pairing cocktails and aromatic bitters with cheese, at the 13th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival at the Flamingo Resort and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)
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Kimberly Kroener, right, and Stephanie Narang of Lincoln taste a pairing of a lemon basil drop cocktail with a Petite Supreme brie from Marin French Cheese, during the 13th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival at the Flamingo Resort and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California, on Saturday, March 23, 2019. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)
