North Coast
Make time for this one: the drive brings together ocean views, redwood groves, cheese, and a very good ice cream stop. Plan on at least two days so you can enjoy the scenery along the way.
Begin in wine country at Pennyroyal Farm. Tour the farm to meet the goats and sheep, see where the cheese ages, and settle in for a tasting. You can enjoy the cheese with wine, too—the co-owner is part of the Navarro Winery family.
As you travel north, leave room for unplanned stops. Wander through historic Ferndale, where small dairies dot the surrounding landscape, then stop in Loleta for locally made ice cream at Jersey Scoops. Near Eureka, Spring Hill Farmstead Goat Cheese welcomes visitors to its small goat creamery by appointment on Sundays.
Continue north to Crescent City, just south of the Oregon border. At the Rumiano Cheese shop and creamery, watch cheesemaking and pick up Dry Jack or one of its organic cheeses. About 15 minutes farther north, take a self-guided tour of Alexandre Family Farm to see how its A2 cows are born, raised, and fed.
Pennyroyal Farm
Pennyroyal Farm produces handcrafted cheese exclusively from goats and sheep that are raised on their own family farm.
7 Days a week from 10am-5pm
Spring Hill Farmstead Goat Cheese
In April 2016, after almost 27 years at a local CPA firm, Karin retired to follow her dream of raising La Mancha dairy goats and making farmstead goat cheese for her community in Humboldt County.
Rumiano Cheese
Brothers Richard, Fred and John Rumiano emigrated to the United States from Italy and are known for their development of Dry Jack cheese, especially one rubbed with a coating of black pepper dust, cocoa powder and oil.
Monday through Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9:30am-3pm
Alexandre Family Farm
Nestled between the Coastal Redwood Forest, the Pacific Ocean and the Smith River, Alexandre Family Farm sits at the confluence of an exceptional wildlife habitat.
Wednesday through Friday: 2pm-5pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm
