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MCG Workshops, Spring 2011: Italian Cheeses

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Peter Dixon

Workshop Hours: 9am-5pm Saturday & Sunday

* Abbamare – Sardinia; a semi-soft cheese made from a mixture of cows’ and sheep’s milk.
* Accasciato – A (usually mixed)Sheep and Cows milk cheese from Tuscany
* Acceglio – from Piedmont; a fresh cows’ milk cheese made in the area of Acceglio (province of Cuneo).
* Acidino (or Formaggio Acidino) – Veneto; a goats’ milk cheese
* Agrì di Valtorta – Lombardy; made with fresh cows’ or goats’ milk in the Alta Valle Brembana (Province of Bergamo)
* Ainuzzi – Sicily; a cows’ milk cheese made in Cammarata and San Giovanni Gemini (Province of Agrigento).
* Algunder Bauernkäse Halbfett (Italian formaggio contadino semigrasso di Lagundo) – from Burggrafenamt (Italian Burgraviato), South Tyrol.
* Algunder Butterkäse (Italian formaggio di Lagundo) – from Burggrafenamt (Italian Burgraviato), South Tyrol.
* Algunder Ziegenkäse (Italian formaggio di capra di Lagundo) – South Tyrol; a goats’ milk cheese from Burggrafenamt (Italian Burgraviato)
* Almkäse – South Tyrol
* Alpkäse – South Tyrol
* Amatriciano – Lazio around Amatrice and Leonessa
* Ambra di Talamello – Marche
* Animaletti di Provola – Calabria
* Aostano – Val d’Aosta; cows’ milk.
* Aostino – Val d’Aosta; cows’ milk.
* Aschbacher Magerkäse (Italian formaggio Aschbach magro) – South Tyrol, from Burggrafenamt (Italian Burgraviato),.
* Asiago DOP – Veneto, Trentino
o Asiago d’allevo (see Asiago)
o Asiago pressato (see Asiago)
* Asìno – Friuli Venezia Giulia; a curious cheese, although not made from ass’s milk

…and that’s just the list of Italian cheeses starting with “A”!!

Join Peter Dixon from Dairy Foods Consulting in Westminster, VT to learn about your favorite Italian Cheeses at this two day Maine Cheese Guild sponsored workshop held in Rockport, Maine held the weekend of May 14th and 15th.

And when we say, “your favorite Italian Cheeses” we MEAN it! The participants can help determine which types of cheeses Peter will focus on. Please add your suggestions to this article by posting a comment.

***This workshop has now been filled.*** All participants will need to submit the balance of the workshop fee upon arrival.

Meeting — Ag Trade Show

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Maine's 2011 Dairy Princesses at the Ag Trade Show Commissioner's Luncheon

Maine's 2011 Dairy Princesses at the Ag Trade Show Commissioner's Luncheon

Our January meeting took place on the first day of the Maine Agricultural Trade Show, first thing in the morning. The Guild discussed upcoming workshops (stay tuned for announcements right here about April and/or May workshop dates), organizing around the 2011 ACS Conference in Montreal, reducing red tape as a priority of State Government with the new executive and legislative branches, and novel ways to partner with retailers. Hal Prince and Cathie Cotton were there from the Dept. of Quality Assurance, and they filled us in on the changes that have been going on in their departments, as well as what may not be changing.

Knowledge Transfer at Ag Trade Show 2010

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The Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) at the University of Maine would be highly interested in collaborating with the Maine Cheese Guild (MCG) to provide specialized expertise in business management, marketing, and personal finance and insurance to farmers and market gardeners.

Throughout the entire three days of the Ag Trade Show, KTA in collaboration with the Maine Department of Agriculture will have a stand-alone room where we will be running related workshops and hands-on training on 15 laptops for farmers with specific questions related to topics such as Excel, E-Mail, Internet Marketing, Web Surveys, Quickbooks, Farm Management, etc.

Using the Comments tools, please indicate whether there are specific topics MCG members would like KTA to present at 1) the Ag Trade show and 2) other MCG meetings during the year that would be a good fit.
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