Every once and a while an opportunity comes along that you just cannot pass up. So, when I had the opportunity to travel to Sainte-Élizabeth de Warwick, in Quebec and visit Jean Morin and his team at Fromagerie du Presbytère, it was so easy to say “Yes!” I am always trying to increase my cheese…
The Winding Road to the American Cheese Society Conference 2017
Years ago I contacted the American Cheese Society to see if I could become a member. At the time the only option open to me was to become a “Cheese Enthusiast” member, now flash forward several years and I am now a full “Industry” member and I attended my first conference and brought home an…
Almost A Year On The Winding Road or How The Time Flies!
Every time I sit down to type out a blog post I get side tracked with a customer order, an email from my business partner or I am just too tired to type. They are good distractions to have from a business point of view, but not so much for the people who have been loyally…
Five Months On The Winding Road
Wow, where has the time gone? It has been 5 months since we started production at Winding Road Artisan Cheese and almost a year since we first were offered the opportunity to buy the facility. It has been a whirl wind of a five months, with an inclined learning curve and some lessons learned. We…
Traveling the Winding Road – The Transition from Amateur to Professional
Marketing, determining costs per kilogram, tracking sales, inventory of product and supplies; these are all things that never crossed my mind when I was in my kitchen making one or two wheels of this or that, going on about how, if I could do this for a living I would in a heart beat! Dreams…
Much To Do About Winding Road Artisan Cheese
I still have a hard time believing that I am a professional cheese maker! It has been a little over month since we started production and it this will be our second week at the French Quarter Grand Market in Edmonton. What a month it has been.
Now We Are Cooking With Gas…Errr Milk
It has been a long and winding road to get to this point in my cheese making journey, as of this past Monday, we have passed all our licensing inspections and we can now start making cheese. As I type this I am waiting for my first milk delivery of 400 litres of Organic Milk….
It’s Been A While – Cheesy Updates!
It has been well over a month since I last posted and that was about our now completed Kickstarter Campaign, more on that later, but I have some updates about what I have done the last month or so. One of which is crossing off a cheese that is on my list of must try’s.
