Blues Cheese Festival Saturday, October 19
with Mac Arnold and the WNC Cheese Trail
125 South Main Street, Hendersonville NC
The WNC Cheese Trail is happy to partner with the Center for Arts and Inspiration for an afternoon and evening of fantastic music by blues legend Mac Arnold. What goes better with the blues than cheese? The WNC Cheese Trail will be in the lobby with cheese for sample and purchase along with wine and non-alcoholic beverages. Some of the creameries represented will be Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery, English Farmstead Cheese, Round Mountain Creamery and Yellow Branch Farm. 10% of each ticket sale goes to the WNC Cheese Trail so come on out for blues and cheese!
More Information and Ticket Purchase
WNC Cheese Trail Open House November 10
Fairview & Black Mountain
Now’s your chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour of a couple of our creameries and visit some of our associate members along the Trail. Join us on Sunday November 10th.
Cost is $10/person and includes 2 creamery tasting tours. See below to plan your visit.
Purchase Tickets In Advance Online (+$1.26 service fee)
Creamery Tasting Tours Nov 10
Purchase tickets at first creamery
($10/person includes both creameries).
You’ll be given a wrist band for your visit to your second creamery.
11 a.m. or 2 p.m.
Round Mountain Creamery Tasting Tour
Visit the facilities to learn more about this Grade A Goat Dairy: Grade A designation, the animals, cheese making process from milking to retail. You’ll end your tour with a tasting that includes different goat-milk cheeses made at Round Mountain Creamery.
12:30 or 3:30 p.m.
Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery
Tasting Tour and Glass Blowing. During your visit you’ll learn about the cheese making process from unloading the milk tank to aging cheese in the cave. Victor, the owner of Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery and Fruit of the Fire glass blowing, will be on hand to answer questions about both art forms – glass blowing and cheese making!
Your tour will end with a cheese board of cow-milk cheese made at Blue Ridge Mountain Creamery.
Click HERE for suggested itineraries & maps
Visit Our Associate Members Along the Trail
Hours and Information for Sunday, November 10
Hickory Nut Gap Farm 10 am – 6 pm
Hickory Nut Gap Farm is a family fun stop along the Trail. Stroll out to see the animals and visit the farm store open from 10 – 6 p.m. Lunch menu 11 – 4 pm. with Sunday Brunch starting at 10 a.m. Fall Festival activities (dependent on the weather) include hay rides, kiddie carts, bouncy house, meadow maze, scavenger hunt and more for $10 admission (4 yrs & under free). Nov 10 Farm Tour at 2:30 p.m. with advance purchase tickets ($12/person). Call the farm store to reserve your spot – (828)628-1027.
Looking Glass Creamery 11 am – 5 pm
A shining star along the WNC Cheese Trail, Looking Glass Creamery would love to have visitors during their normal hours of operation. Stop by the shop to relax in the garden with wine and cheese and to say hi to Goat Ambassadors Vivian and Tess. They love visitors. Cheese Plate service stops at 4 p.m. but the shop remains open until 5 p.m.
Turgua Brewing is an out of the way favorite and a perfect stop for a rest while out on the Trail. Valley of the Birds has made its home in Fairview at the end of a gravel road. Come to relax and enjoy the beautiful setting and their delicious beers and cider on tap. Be sure to say hi to Phil the head brewer when you arrive. Check their FB page to see who else might be at the brewery on Nov 10 serving up food or playing music.
The WNC Cheese Trail Board of Directors
The board of directors invites the community to apply for two open board positions that will begin January 2020. We have two board positions opening on January 1 and we invite you to consider becoming a board member. We are seeking a secretary and a treasurer.
Please contact Katie Moore for more information: [email protected] or (828) 484-1586
