Banjo
08-19-2009, 12:22 PM
Save the date for Portland Cheese Festival!
The Wedge: Portland Celebrates Cheese Festival returns to Portland in New Venue
Regional cheese makers set to converge in Portland for October 2009 event.
Portland, OR – Artisan, specialty, and farmstead cheese makers from throughout the Northwest will converge in Portland Saturday October 3, 2009, to celebrate the return of The Wedge: Portland Celebrates Cheese Festival. The farmer’s market-style event will be hosted by Rogue Ale’s Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub in Southeast Portland (928 SE 9th Ave.). Event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SE 9th Avenue will be blocked off between Belmont and Yamhill to provide space for up to 35 cheese makers. The festival highlights the recent strong placements by Northwest cheese makers in the 26th Annual American Cheese Society Competition, held August 7th in Austin, Texas.
More detailed information will be provided in additional news announcements and posted in following few weeks at www.dairyfarmersor.com or www.oregoncheeseguild.org .
Media Contacts:
Amber Lindsey
for Oregon Dairy Products Commission
c/o Koopman Ostbo, Inc.
503-223-2168
amber [at] koopmanostbo [dot] com
Tami Parr
for Oregon Cheese Guild
503-706-5649
The Wedge: Portland Celebrates Cheese Festival returns to Portland in New Venue
Regional cheese makers set to converge in Portland for October 2009 event.
Portland, OR – Artisan, specialty, and farmstead cheese makers from throughout the Northwest will converge in Portland Saturday October 3, 2009, to celebrate the return of The Wedge: Portland Celebrates Cheese Festival. The farmer’s market-style event will be hosted by Rogue Ale’s Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub in Southeast Portland (928 SE 9th Ave.). Event hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SE 9th Avenue will be blocked off between Belmont and Yamhill to provide space for up to 35 cheese makers. The festival highlights the recent strong placements by Northwest cheese makers in the 26th Annual American Cheese Society Competition, held August 7th in Austin, Texas.
More detailed information will be provided in additional news announcements and posted in following few weeks at www.dairyfarmersor.com or www.oregoncheeseguild.org .
Media Contacts:
Amber Lindsey
for Oregon Dairy Products Commission
c/o Koopman Ostbo, Inc.
503-223-2168
amber [at] koopmanostbo [dot] com
Tami Parr
for Oregon Cheese Guild
503-706-5649