The 2008 festival was made possible by generous support from the following sponsors:


Top Sponsors

Savor Wine Country

The Press Democrat's award-winning editorial team presents the insider's guide to the best of the wine country - the cheese, the food, the wine, the people, the secret picnic spots, the hidden cellars. Combining insider information with beautiful photography, this New York Times Company magazine is distributed throughout the wine country and Bay Area with The New York Times and through select retailers.



Sheraton Sonoma County-Petaluma

At the gateway to the wine country, Sheraton Sonoma County - Petaluma is close to historic Downtown Petaluma along with the area's premium wineries, spectacular beaches, redwood forests, and a variety of golf courses, museums and art galleries - not to mention the region's world-class artisan cheese producers. Enjoy our award-winning service while you spread out and relax. Each of our guest rooms has the things you want most along with the Sheraton Sweet Sleeper^SM Bed for a wonderful night's sleep. Our Tolay Restaurant features unique regional cuisine of Sonoma County, using the freshest wild and farmed local products.





Premier Sponsors

Basin Street Properties




First Community Bank





Pure Luxury Limousine



North Bay Business Journal



Sonoma County Tourism Bureau








Benefactor Sponsors

Pisenti & Brinker



Cowgirl Creamery





Clover Stornetta Farms






Patron Sponsors

Real California Cheese
Tony’s Fine Foods


Supporting Sponsors

La Tortilla Factory
Midstate Construction


Media and Community Sponsors

The Press Democrat
Petaluma Argus-Courier
Santa Rosa Magazine
Petaluma Magazine
Petaluma Visitor Center



The Artisan Cheese Festival appreciates generous donations of products and equipment from
the following:
    


Sponsorship Opportunities

California's Artisan Cheese Festival provides an opportunity for businesses and organizations to support a new and important festival. California's Artisan Cheese Festival focuses on the artisan cheese industry that has many leading players in Sonoma County, Marin County and other parts of the North Coast region. With major support from Savor Wine Country Magazine and the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, along with local businesses, the festival attracted more than 1,100 cheese lovers from the wine country as well as from all over the Bay Area, California and other states in its inaugural edition in March 2007 and more than 1,700 attendees to the second festival in March 2008.

Sponsors of the 2008 California's Artisan Cheese Festival were recognized in marketing and promotional materials, on the festival website and at the four-day festival. To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lynne Devereux, Associate Director, at 707-283-2890 or via email at info@artisancheesefestival.com.