CLARAVALE, BRAVO, NICOLAU FARMS + PEDROZO DAIRY

Vendor: Rhonda, Tim Pedrozo, Bonnie
Location: Sonoma County, CA


Bonnie, Tim, Rhonda, and Jim (Pampero Ranch)
Photo: Elaine Uang

A collective of four separate dairy and cheese makers and producers will be selling their product along side Pampero Ranch.

Claravale Farm:
We use only organic practices and feeds on our dairy. Our herd of Jersey cows graze during the rainy season and are on organic alfalfa hay the rest of the year. We use only organic grain as well.

  • Fluid Raw Whole Milk (Quarts)
  • Fluid Raw Nonfat Milk (Quarts)
  • Fluid Raw Cream (Pints)
  • Plain Yogurt (coming July)
  • Yogurt de Beber – Cacao, a drinkable yogurt (coming July)

Bravo Farms Cheese
Bravo Farms does only aged raw cheeses from their herd of Jersey cows. They are not organic but use no hormones in their cows. They do not graze their cows, who are in free stalls year –round. All of their cheeses are handmade and available year-round.

  • Dutch Style Gouda ( Aged Jersey Edam)
  • Premium Cheddar(Mild Cheddar)
  • Sharp Cheddar
  • Western Sage Cheddar(Winner at International Cheese Awards 2006)
  • Chipotle Cheddar
  • Tulare Cannonball(Rind cured edam)
  • Silver Mountain ( Cantal Cheddar cross, winner International Cheese Awards and American Cheese Society 2008)
  • Special Reserve Cheddar( 3 year old cheddar, for the serious cheese monger)
  • Jalapeno Cheddar
  • Jalapeno Jack
  • Aged Goat Feta

Pedrozo Dairy and Cheese Co.
Tim Pedrozo does only handmade raw aged farmstead cheeses. Their farm consists of 40 Jersey cows, who graze year-round on their pastures in Orland, CA. Tim uses no hormones on his cows and lets his cows have only a minimal amount of grain when they come into the barn to be milked.

  • Northern Gold
  • Northern Gold Peppercorn
  • Northern Gold Garlic and Herb
  • Northern Gold Coriander
  • Northern Gold Red Pepper
  • Blondie’s Best
  • Black Butte( available only after September; spring milk cheese aged six months)

Nicolau Farms
Small goat dairy owned by Walter Nicolau III. Located in the Central Valley close to Modesto; they use no antibiotics or hormones and milk seasonally giving the goats the winter months off from milk production. They milk about 75 goats and produce a phenomenal Chevre.

  • Plain Chevre(available spring thru fall)
  • Garlic-chive Chevre(available spring thru fall)
  • Aged raw milk Cabralinda (available mid-summer)
  • Aged raw milk wine soaked Cabranet (available mid-summer)