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resource guide (continued from p. 22) cheese focus Star Provisions' cheese board ADVERTISER .................................................................. PAGE American Vintage Wine Biscuits .............................................. 54 Antidote ...............................................................................................55 Barhyte Specialty Foods, Inc. .....................................................27 BelGioioso Cheese, Inc. ...................................................................6 PHOTO: THE REYNOLDS GROUP Cassandra's Gourmet Classics/ Island Treasures Gourmet ....................................................... 54 Daelia's Food Company, Ltd. ..................................................... 54 Dave's Gourmet, Inc........................................................................ 31 DeBrand Fine Chocolates ............................................................55 Delicaé Gourmet ............................................................................. 56 Delmonico's Distribution ............................................................. 29 "We have brought in whatever Southern chevres we can get our hands on, and everything sells. People want to try them all." Dispensa-Matic Label Dispensers ..............................................12 ricotta this summer. Even Blackberry Farm, the luxury resort in Tennessee, has added sheep and sheep-cheese production to its many enterprises. Harvest Song .................................................................................... 54 Lack of Volume Often Keeps Sales Local To date, only a handful of these Southern creameries—Meadow Creek Dairy and Sweet Grass Dairy among them—have built a following outside of the region. "The problem we have," says Atlanta Foods' Roe, "is that a lot of them sell at farmers markets or direct to chefs and they don't have enough cheese to put in distribution. I talked to Sequatchie Cove for two years [before] they had enough volume to go to market." Kathleen Cotter, proprietor of the Bloomy Rind shop in Nashville, launched the Southern Artisan Cheese Festival in that city in 2011. "I started it because a lot of people didn't realize how much cheese was being made in the South," says the merchant, "and I thought we needed to come together and celebrate it." The September gathering now draws 20 cheesemakers from six states and consumers who appreciate the chance to meet the producers. Gaddis jokes that the 5 SOUTHERN growing spotlight on these CHEESE RETAILERS up-and-coming creameries As cheesemaking in the South may have a downside for their has proliferated, so have cheese stores throughout the region. Southern fans. "I'm kind of Learn about fve leading hoping that no one else finds shops in Nashville, Tenn.; out," he says, "so we can have Atlanta; Dallas; Charleston, S.C.; and Alexandria, Va. the cheese to ourselves." @ Elisabella Fine Foods..................................................................... 54 Espresso Parts, LLC .........................................................................13 GMB Specialty Foods, LLC ......................................................... 56 Golden West Specialty Foods, Inc. ......................................... 54 Heartbreaking Dawns Artisan Foods, LLC ........................... 54 Heritage Shortbread...................................................................... 56 Interprofession du Gruyere (Le Gruyere Cheese) .............. 19 Jake's Grillin Rubs ............................................................................57 Jana Foods LLC ................................................................................27 Jelly Belly Candy Company................................................... 16–17 Jesben Slow Cooker Sauce Company ................................... 54 Milo's Whole World Gourmet..................................................... 56 Montchevre-Betin Inc......................................................................21 Peanut Shop of Williamsburg ............................................... 9, 56 Pereg Gourmet .................................................................................55 Ritrovo Italian Regional Foods ...................................................55 Rufus Teague .....................................................................................55 Salem Baking Company ...............................Inside Front Cover Sartori Company ..............................................................................23 SerendipiTea ......................................................................................55 Smokinlicious Gourmet Wood Products .............................. 56 Source Atlantique Inc. ...................................Inside Back Cover Spice Lab .............................................................................................55 Stonewall Kitchen ................................................. 56, Back Cover Sutter Buttes Olive Oil Co. ...........................................................55 Virginia Diner, Inc...............................................................................11 Walkers Shortbread, Inc. ...............................................................15 Wing-Time, Inc. .................................................................................57 World's Best Cheeses ...................................................................... 3 Janet Fletcher is a regular contributor to Specialty Food Magazine. 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