In The Nicasio Valley, Cheese Is The New Wine

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. — From milk to cheese, it's a change in business strategy that came from necessity and it's catching on along California's newest cheese country trail — a destination much like a wine trail.

It's a rare down moment in the process of making cheese: The pasteurizer churns, the bubbles rotate, the creamy milk cools and the thermometer drops. Cheese creator Scott Lafranchie seems almost embarrassed by the inactivity.

Along with a quiet revolution in northern Marin and Sonoma Counties, the roads and the stop are now on the map as part of California's newest cheese country trail.

The Lafranchie Family's Nicaso Valley cheese company is one of the newest entries, even though they have worked the land since 1919.

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