Txiki Chosen as a Finalist in Good Food Awards
Look for us in the Nov/Dec issue of Via Magazine
October 2012 Our cheese was featured in an article in Via Magazine about Tomales Bay. Also mentioned in the article is Osteria Stellina, our wonderful local restaurant that serves Barinaga Ranch lamb in the summer months when it is available. Click here for the web version of the article.
We Got a Very Nice Mention from our friends at Cheese Plus in San Francisco
November 2012. My goodness, I am so honored to see our cheese mentioned along side Uplands Cheese Company's Rush Creek Reserve, and Old Chatham's Shaker Blue. See the full piece here.
Txiki was on the cover of the April Issue of San Francisco Magazine
I was featured as one of 10 Artisans to Watch in the April 2012 issue of San Francisco Magazine. That's our Txiki in the cover photo! Here is the full digital version of the magazine. The article begins on page 64 and we're on pages 71 and 72.
Txiki Won the 2012 Taste-Test Award from Cooking Light Magazine
September 12, 2012. Txiki was one of 4 cheeses and 29 artisanal products named as winners. Congratulations to our friends at Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, who won with their Foggy Morning, and to our friend Lance Winters at St. George Spirits in Alameda, who won with his new artisan gin, Terroir. The article is in the October 2012 issue of Cooking Light.
Barinaga Ranch Featured in August/September National Geographic Traveller
Our cheese was featured in Learning Curd.
Ella Lawrence wrote a great piece about us recently in Bay Area Bites.
We were included in Stett Holbrook's article in the Bohemian about local cheesemakers.
Nora Zelevansky just published a nice interview with me in VetStreet.
We were profiled in the March/April 2012 issue of Sheep! Magazine
Baserri Tops the Menu for the Obamas in SF!
(Guests at the fundraiser paid $38,000 to taste Baserri, but you can get it for just $30 a pound if you join my mailing list!.)
Michael Tusk of Quince and Cotogna (with his wife Lindsay), served dinner to the Obamas and supporters at a private home in San Francisco on February 16 . Photo source: SF Chronicle
Tusk's menu featured produce of local farms and ranches, including Barinaga Ranch! (see enlarged menu)
Sunset Loves Us!
February, 2011: Our Txiki was one of four cheeses that made Sunset Magazine's list of 100 ideas, people, places and things that are making life better it the west! See the article here.
Barinaga Ranch Receives Animal Welfare Certification
June 15, 2011: Our operation has been certified by Animal Welfare Approved, the most highly regarded food label when it comes to humane animal practices, pasture-based farming and sustainability. We are very pleased to have received this stamp of approval for our work here, because the AWA standards are completely in keeping with our values and policy of putting each animals health and comfort first. During our initial audit and inspection in April, the auditor continually praised our operation as just the kind that AWA seeks to bring into its program. He remarked on the trust that our gentle handling has generated in our animals.
Txiki Wins Best in Show at CA State Fair Cheese Competition
July, 2012. Txiki won Best in Show at the 2012 California State Fair Cheese Competition in July. I was recovering from an emergency appendectomy and was unable to attend the awards ceremony and the Grape and Gourmet event on August 18, although I did send some cheese for sampling. The nice folks at the fair just sent me our ribbons and awards: a gold ribbon for our gold medal in semi-hard cheeses, and additional ribbons for Best of Division and Best in Show, as well as a plaque for Best in Division and a Golden Bear for Best in Show! Our Txiki little cheese did OK! In the photo above, Lisa and Anna show off our awards.
Our Protection Dogs Made the Front Page of the San Francisco Chronicle
April 28, 2012. Barinaga Ranch was featured in an article by Peter Fimrite on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle Friday. The piece, about Marin County's innovative program to support livestock protection dogs as a non-lethal means of predator-control, included some beautiful photos by Chronicle photographer Michael Macor, including the one above.
Baserri is Centerfold in Culture Magazine's Fall Issue
August 26, 2011. Barinaga Ranch and Baserri are featured in the Fall 2011 issue of Culture Magazine. The article was written by Bay Area food journalist Molly Watson and the gorgeous photos are by Petaluma photographer Paige Green. Thank you Molly, Paige and Culture! Read Culture's blog for more about our cheese, referring to a lovely mention in Ray Bair's Cheese Plus newsletter. As part of their centerfold coverage, Culture took Baserri to the streets in Cambridge, MA. See people on the street tasting and commenting on Baserri.
Outstanding in the Field Dinner a Big Success
June 16, 2011. One hundred twenty guests enjoyed a lovely June evening on the ranch and a fabulous menu created by chef Christian Caiazzo, of Osteria Stellina in Point Reyes Station. Christian's menu showcased our products, from our sausage, lamb and liver to our cheese, as well as potatoes from David Little's farm in Tomales and wines from Pey Marin. The arriving guests were able to watch the afternoon milking and visit with our lambs before enjoying appetizers in our bayview pasture accompanied by sparkling mead from Heidrum Meadery of Point Reyes Station. The dinner table was set in our south pasture with a 180-degree view of Tomales Bay. A good time was had by all, and we are looking forward to hosting more events on our ranch. If you are interested in having a special event here, contact us through our "contact" page and put "events" in the subject line. We are hoping to have the Oustanding in the Field team back next summer. Check out jeweler Kirsten Muenster's blog entry about the event with a lovely set of photos.
