Cheese Directory

Savor the creamy flavor of this award-winning recipe. Our Bella Capra semi-soft wedges are perfect for melting or snacking!

Savor the creamy flavor of this award-winning recipe. Our Bella Capra semi-soft wedges are perfect for melting or snacking!

Savor the creamy flavor of this award-winning recipe. Bella Capra semi-soft wedges are perfect for melting or snacking.Ingredients: Pasteurized Cultured Whole Goat Milk, Sea Salt, Vegetarian Enzyme.

The original Sierra Nevada Cheese, hand-crafted in micro-batches with an award-winning creamy smooth texture. Now made with Graziers Certified Grass-Fed Milk.Ingredients: Pasteurized Cultured Whole Milk, Habanero Peppers, Cilantro, Sea Salt, Vegetarian Enzyme.

The original Sierra Nevada Cheese, hand-crafted in micro-batches with an award-winning creamy smooth texture. Now made with Graziers Certified Grass-Fed Milk.Ingredients: Pasteurized Cultured Whole Milk, Hatch Peppers, Sea Salt, Vegetartian Enzyme.

The original Sierra Nevada Cheese, hand-crafted in micro-batches with an award-winning creamy smooth texture. Now made with Graziers Certified Grass-Fed Milk.Ingredients: Pasteurized Cultured Whole Milk, Sea Salt, Natural Smoke, Vegetable Enzymes.

The original Sierra Nevada Cheese, hand-crafted in micro-batches with an award-winning creamy smooth texture. Now made with Graziers Certified Grass-Fed Milk.

Truffle Jack

Blueberry goat cheese tastes like Creamy, sweet, and tangy all at once.

Fresh and young chèvre is soft, creamy, and spreadable, with a mild, buttery flavor and a color similar to cream cheese. The longer it ages, the drier and more crumbly it becomes, developing stronger, tangier flavors and aromas, and the color deepens to a golden yellow.

Goat’s cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with fresh ground peppercorns mixed in. Smooth, creamy texture with a mild and tangy flavor and peppercorns. Clean fresh aroma, white in color with visible ground peppercorns mixed in. Cheeseboards, appetizers, prepared dishes such as pizza, quiche, salads, cheesecakes.

Original fresh goat cheese with garlic and chives. Handcrafted with local goat milk. A staple with pastas, potatoes, meats and breads. Try melting with a little butter and milk to serve over cooked pasta for a quick lower fat Alfredo sauce.

Original Goat Cheese is mixed with honey and chipotle peppers to create a delightful blend of sweet and smoky with a spicy burst.

Cranberry goat is a unique chèvre that is rolled to cover it in whole fruit rather than berry paste.

Original fresh goat cheese with garlic and chives. Handcrafted with local goat milk. A staple with pastas, potatoes, meats and breads. Try melting with a little butter and milk to serve over cooked pasta for a quick lower fat Alfredo sauce.

Feta is a creamy and delicious white cheese that can be a healthful snack or addition to meals. The cheese is cured in a salty brine and is rich in a few beneficial nutrients. Feta is a creamy and delicious white cheese that can be a healthful snack or addition to meals. The cheese is cured in a salty brine and is rich in a few beneficial nutrients.

Offering a hot and spicy kick with a balancing hint of sweetness! Fresh goat cheese blended with both jalapeno powder and granules. The cheese exhibits a characteristic jalapeno green vegetable flavor as the heat builds to a moderate intensity. The milky character from the cheese calms and complements the heat intensity from the peppers.

Introducing our No Lac Jack cheese—a mild, white jack that brings you all the creamy texture and rich flavor you love, without the lactose! Crafted with yogurt cultures, it delivers that smooth, velvety goodness you crave.

Meet our No Lac Jack cheese—a mild, white jack that delivers all the creamy goodness of traditional cheese, but without the lactose! Crafted with yogurt cultures, it boasts a smooth and velvety texture that will delight your taste buds.

Aged for a minimum of 60 days, Snowville A2 Raw White Cheddar melts like a dream and adds a creamy, rich flavor that takes any cheese platter, charcuterie board, or gift basket to the next level. Each block is perfect for sharing (or keeping all to yourself)! 🧀✨

A pressed, Italian-style goat cheese that is semi-soft. This cheese has mild nutty undertones.

A hickory smoked gouda-style cheese. This cheese is semi-hard, smooth, and savory.

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild and Creamy.

Fresh pressed cheese with diced jalapeño peppers.

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild and Creamy. Flavored with lemon and thyme

A tomme-style cheese that is rubbed with a combo of cocoa and chili powder as it ages. Firm in texture with a buttery flavor and earthy aroma.

"My SweetPea" is named for one of Head Cheesemaker, Bettyann's, very first goats, a sweet and loving cream-colored Nigerian Dwarf. This little goat cheese round is made in a Camembert-style. A gooey creamline develops between the edible rind and dense paste middle. The flavor is mild and earthy (and even better when baked!)

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild and Creamy. Flavored with savory roasted garlic and dried dill.

This is a wine infused cheese. The curds are soaked in our Petite Sirah wine to give this cheese its pretty “veining.”

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild and Creamy.

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild, sweet and Creamy.

A fresh, soft, spreadable goat cheese. Mild and Creamy. Flavored with tomato and basil.

3 Cheese Dip, with raw aged feta, fresh ricotta, and fresh goat cheese, drizzled with evoo.

Brie-Style Bloomy Rind, in a large heart shape.

Fresh goat milk caramel sauce, in 3 flavors: Boldt Bourbon (local), Chocolate (local), and original.

Fresh Whipped Goat Cheese, available in 6 flavors

Mexican basket cheese

Raw Aged Feta

Raw Aged Stirred Cheddar-Style Curds, available in 6 flavors.

Savory Herbed Truffles Rolled in Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Spring Hill Jersey 2-Year Aged White Cheddar

Spring Hill asiago cheese from California jersey cow’s milk. A fine cheese with the consistency and sharp tang of cheddar, but similar in flavor profile to a parmesan. Throw it grated over your favorite pizza or a delicious thick slab of lasagna, you cannot go wrong here. Pairs well with a full bodied red wine.

Spring Hill Jersey Colby Jack

A creamy texture with a lot of garlic, this cheese is sure to capture the hearts of garlic lovers everywhere! Excellent melted, and even better just to snack on. A winner served with a Cabernet Sauvignon.‍

Limited Edition & Limited Time only - this artisan crafted Goat Cheese has never been available online until now. Beloved for its bold flavor, it is a dry & somewhat crumbly favorite. Try it plain or with the distinguished flavor of peppercorn. Pairs well with seedy crackers, apricots, merlots & pinot noir. A natural hard grating cheese made from our unique blend of Jersey cow’s and Goat’s milk, starter cultures, salt and enzymes which is aged for at least 3 years. It has a piquant and intense flavor, and firm body accented with the robust flavor of cracked black peppercorns throughout. It is pale yellow in color and it has a smooth texture, typical of a Parmesan cheese. Good for grating, shredding, snacking, and in a variety of recipes and applications.

Sizzles with jalapenos and red chili peppers, finishing in buttery goodness.

Sizzles with jalapenos and red chili peppers, finishing in buttery goodness.

Just like your next door neighbor...makes its flavor known just enough for you to remember its name - Jack. A stand-alone-dinner-party-platter-staple that is palatable for all.

This Mozzarella is made from Jersey cow Milk - this cheese is perfect to cube in pasta salads, melt on pizza or cut up & bread into ‘sticks’.

This flavored cheese has just the right amount of pesto, basil, and garlic. With its creamy texture, it is incredibly good! Try on a Panini with fresh tomatoes for an unforgettable meal.

They carefully heat the milk for this cheese to preserve the CLA, and omega 3 & 6 balance while creating the complex flavor profile and creamy thickness of this scrumptious cheese. Use it to make oozilicious spinach turnovers, super stuffed jalapeños, or top with fig jam for a delightful dessert. It pairs well with Claret, Zinfandel, and Tempranillo as well as IPA beers.

Spring Hill Jersey Sage Cheddar

Lush and velvety, buttery and crumbly; slow hickory smoking brings in caramel notes, while time brings in flavors and aromas as it sharpens with age. Melt to create a luscious cheese sauce for any gathering. Consider a Pinot Noir to pair with; Brown Ales and Rauchbiers will provide compliment, and sours will give an exciting contrast.

Spring Hill Jersey Smoked Yellow Cheddar

This White Cheddar is aged for a great medium taste and creamy texture. This cheese is perfect for a cheese platter, to snack on, or simply for sandwiches.Try pairing it with a Cabernet Sauvignon. Great beer pairings include IPA, Stout, and amber ales.

A medium-mild cheese like this will satisfy the hearts of everyone’s inner child, and the pallets of kids alike - macaroni and cheese for the little ones, and a Zinfandel for you. The mild flavor of this cheese is great with fruit and crackers, in enchiladas, or melted over apple pie. “Apple pie without cheese is a kiss without a squeeze.” It is yummy with a Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc - Stout or Lager for beers.

Big Sur is a small format bloomy rind, ash coated, triple crème mixed cow and goat milk cheese named for the iconic Big Sur coastline. The paste is smooth, lactic, light and stays firm as the cheese matures. The balance of farmstead goat milk and local cow milk provides a bit of goaty brightness without being overwhelming.The vegetable ash adds a visual distinction from Ragged Point and also helps maintain the rind pH.

Cabrillo is a Spanish style cheese created from a blend of goat and cow milk named for the iconic Highway One that runs along the rugged California coastline minutes from the farmstead. Cabrillo is a cheese made predominantly in the fall as goats’ production wanes and their milk takes on a stronger character.

Cabrillo Reserve is an extra-aged version of Cabrillo. This cheese is typically aged for 12+ months and has a more robust flavor. It also contains more of those delicious tyrosine crystals, and is nutty, salty, and buttery.

Cambria Clothbound Cow Cheddar is a limited release only available every couple of years. It's made with local cow's milk in the traditional cheddar style and aged for 12+ months at their creamery. Rich and creamy. Store in fridge; bring to room temp for ultimate taste enjoyment.

Delicious, mild and creamy fresh Chèvre is the ultimate representation of spring cheesemaking. Making its way from from their milking parlor to your plate in less than one week, this soft white cheese speaks freshness.

Clothbound Goat Cheddar is made in the traditional English cheddar style with 100% farmstead goat's milk. They mill and salt the curds before binding the cheese in muslin and aging it to perfection. Rich, goaty, tangy flavors, with a tart acidity, herbaceous notes of the goat's milk, and the sweet milk aroma. It pairs great with dry cider, hoppy beers, and acidic white wines.

LumberJack is a take on an iconic American Original: cave aged Monterey Jack. Dairies along the California Coast from Monterey to Big Sur were made famous for their production of Jack cheese, and this cheese hopes to honor this tradition with their rendition. Made with fresh cow's milk and aged for at least 60 days in our caves, LumberJack is the perfect everyday eater or melting cheese. Mild, creamy; Mild, creamy, smooth, it's perfect melting cheese for sandwiches, paninis, dips and more.

Fresh, lactic cow's milk cheese packed full of locally sourced olive oil, black peppercorns, bay leaf, and a chile. Olive oil is from Olea Farm in Templeton, CA, and the spices are from Oaktown Spice Shop in Oakland, CA.

Moonstone is a pasteurized, natural rind, hard cow’s milk cheese. Made from a 50/50 blend of Jersey and Holstein milk from a local dairy, it has a rich, buttery and creamy flavor with a bit of zip at the end. Moonstone has a naturally pale yellow paste and a rind developed with our natural cave flora. The flavor is reminiscent of stone, burnt caramel and coffee grounds, and is mild and creamy.

Ragged Point is a small format bloomy rind triple crème cow’s milk cheese named for the gateway to Big Sur just North of the Ragged Point farmstead. The paste stays firm as the cheese matures, and does not become overly soft. As Ragged Point ages past four weeks, it takes on a peppery character and a distinct cream line underneath the rind forms.

Rocky Butte is a washed curd cheese aged at least six months made from 100% farmstead goat milk. Named for the granite pluton that marks the end of the Santa Lucia range visible from our creamery, it is a very mild cheese with a creamy paste. Goaty, tangy, creamy.

Spicy Fromage Blanc is a great snack or spread. It's filled with delicious Goat Horn Chile from Oaktown Spice Shop in addition to the chili paste, Sambal Oelek. The spice is balanced nicely by the fresh, creamery flavor of the cheese.

A creamy texture with bits of real bacon are offered in the bacon. This cheese is the perfect addition to macaroni and cheese or even sprinkled over a baked potato.

A brie-style cheese, rich and buttery.

Cumin is a very herbal cheese with a distinct spice; yet, sweet undertones.Choose a richer style Carneros Chardonnay or Paso Robles Viognier when considering a white. If the cheese finds it way onto a burger, turn to a medium bodied red such as a Monterey Pinot Noir or Sonoma Grenache.2018 - Bronze, California State Fair

The Diamond Reserve is a raw milk cheese that is aged over nine months giving the texture plenty of crystals. The overall flavor embodies a rich caramel taste with butterscotch notes.

This raw milk, Spanish-style cheese is fully aged. The semi hard texture provides a unique creaminess with sweet, slightly spicy undertones and a long, lactic, pineapple finish.

Garlic herb offers a sharper flavor with a rich garlic profile. This cheese goes perfect in an omelet or quiche, or grated over french bread as a garlic butter spread.Whites are best suited for this combo as they are void of tannins. A crisp Napa Sauvignon Blanc or Central Coast un-oaked Chardonnay provides a tangy contrast to the mild garlic component.

Cheese curds are the moist pieces of curdled milk that can either be eaten alone as a snack, or used for other things. Their flavor is mild with the same firmness as cheese; but, has a springy or rubbery texture. Fresh cheese curds squeak against the teeth when bitten into which some would say is their defining characteristic giving them the common name of "squeakers”.

Like the jalapeno, this too has a sharp peppery profile and a classic touch of heat that sneaks up on you.The heat goes best with a wine that has a touch of sweetness. It addition to the recommended semi sweet Riesling or Gewurztraminer, consider pairing with a sparkling Muscat.

The jalapeno has a sharper, peppery profile with a distinct jalapeno aftertaste. This cheese melts well on a quesadilla or in macaroni and cheese.The touch of jalapeno heat calls for a wine with a touch of sweetness or ripe fruit. A white such as a California or Washington State semi sweet Riesling or Gewurztraminer will stand up to its zing. For a red, look to ripe Zinfandels from Lodi or Paso Robles with ample berry and spice.

This mild cheese embodies a rich, creamy, buttery flavor with a smooth texture. It melts well on a grilled cheese or raclettes and is the perfect addition for scalloped potatoes.The distinctive creaminess of this cheese pairs well with a Sparkling Rose or Blanc Noir. Your wine choice should provide good acidity for this cheese. A dry Sauvignon Blanc or dry Riesling will showcase the cheese when it is melted.

The onion and parsley marry well in this sharp flavored cheese. Melt over a hamburger or on a ciabatta and ham sandwich.A riper style North Coast Sauvignon Blanc or Oregon Pinot Gris provide a nice richness to compliment this full flavored cheese.

Cheese curds are the moist pieces of curdled milk that can either be eaten alone as a snack, or used for other things. Their flavor is mild with the same firmness as cheese; but, has a springy or rubbery texture. Fresh cheese curds squeak against the teeth when bitten into which some would say is their defining characteristic giving them the common name of "squeakers”.

The smoked cheese offers a delicious smoked flavor with a unique woodsy undertone. Add a slice of Smoked with ham and apple to make a quesadilla.A full flavored Sierra Foothill Tempranillo or Syrah with a touch of oak comes to mind with their tobacco characteristics. Also consider a medium dry sparkling wine, especially if this cheese is combined with apples or a pear.

Atika - meaning “two” — an aged goat and sheep Manchego-inspired cheese, aged at least 5 months. Good Food Award winner.

A soft cow cheese in honor of bossy females everywhere who get shit done and a popular cow name by 1844.

Kenne - meaning “one” — a soft, bloomy-rind goat cheese, aged 2-3 weeks. Good Food Award winner.

Koto'la - meaning “frog woman” — a brined feta-style goat cheese

Liwa - meaning “water” — a soft, Chèvre-style goat cheese. American Cheese Society Award winner.

Teleeka - meaning “three” — a soft, bloomy-rind, triple-milk cheese made from our sheep and goat milks, with local A2 Jersey cow milk from Silva Family Dairy. Good Food Award winner. American Cheese Society Award winner.

Blueberry Cheddar cheese combines the classic cheddar flavor with the sweetness of blueberries, offering a unique, fruity, and creamy cheese experience. It can be described as a delicious, slightly sweet, and smooth cheese.

Turn up the heat with our Buffalo Cheese Curds—made from creamy Muenster curds and kicked up with bold cayenne pepper.

Ever wish pizza and cheese curds had a baby? Boom. Wish granted.

At Tri-State Cheese, Colby is more than just one of our best-sellers — it’s a piece of American cheese history.

Our Colby Bacon cheese blends creamy Colby with real bits of bacon for a rich, savory bite.

Colby Jack, or Co-Jack/Cojack, is a cheese produced from a mixture of Colby and Monterey Jack cheeses.