Location:
McKinleyville, California
Best Cheeses:
- Humboldt Fog: Cypress Grove's signature cheese. Soft, tangy goat cheese divided by a line of flavorless vegetable ash
- Plain Chevre: Available in logs or rounds
- Purple Haze: Fresh, soft goat cheese with lavender and fennel pollen
- Midnight Moon: Sweet and nutty aged goat Gouda
- Lamb Chopper: Mild, semi-firm sheeps' milk cheese
- Truffle Tremor: Velvety goat cheese infused with the flavor of truffles
Cheesemaker:
In the early 1980s Mary Keehn began making cheese from her herd of Alpine goats. More than twenty years later, Cypress Grove is now seen as a pioneer of the artisanal cheese industry in the United States. Fresh goat cheese from Cypress Grove is slightly milder and less tangy than most European goat cheese.
