A flagship cheese produced by Bleating Heart in Tomales, California, using raw sheep milk. A hand crafted cheese is aged for 3 to 4 months. During aging it is hand-rubbed with salt water at certain times, that gives an orange-straw coloured rind. It has firm ivory colour paste, slightly salty taste with subtle nutty and buttery flavour.  It goes well with Petit Syrah, Pinot Noir.

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Bleating Heart Cheese

Shepherdista takes its name from a play on the words 'shepherd' and 'fashionista'. It is a handmade cheese made from sheep's milk, produced by Beating Heart Cheese, California.  The cheese is aged for a minimum of 2 months on wood shelves and turned frequently, that develops a natural rind and a distinct flavour. Under the rind, a supple and ivory paste with few holes is tangy in taste with grassy notes.  It perfectly pairs with red or white wines. It can be eaten with crackers and fruit or salad.

Shepherdista Crush

A funky cheese produced by Bleating Heart in Tomales, California, using a mixture of raw sheep (70%) and raw goat (30%) milk. A hand crafted cheese is aged for 2 to 3 months. During aging it is washed with a brine solution every week for 2 months. The resultant product has a funky, creamy rind. Under the rind, the firm and moist paste has complex and deep flavour with sheep and goat milk's aroma. The cheese has won a gold medal at the California State Fair 2014.

Funky Bleats

Cheese maker Seana Doughty makes this cheese in Southern California, at her creamery, Bleating Heart. The Buff Blue cheese is made from buffalo milk and is one of its kind in the region. The rich buffalo milk imparts a distinct flavour and texture to this cheese with blue undertones. This cheese suggests a taste of coconut, chocolate and smoke and can be enjoyed with imperial Russian stout or rich porters.

Buff Blue

The Ewelicious Blue is a unique cheese made from raw sheep's milk and is naturally rinded blue. Its pate is crumbly and thick and has a distinct biscuity flavour while the blue mould suggests a nutty flavour. Sheep’s milk is naturally high in its fat content which makes the cheese very rich. Ewelicious Blue is available seasonally and can be enjoyed together with strong Belgian Ale or an Imperial Stout.

Ewelicious Blue

Handcrafted with whimsy in California.™ American Original cheeses made from sheep & cow milk, and occasionally goat and water buffalo. 

Bleating Heart Cheese

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Shepherdista Crush

Funky Bleats

Buff Blue

Ewelicious Blue

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