ASCA ARTISAN CHEESEMAKERS' CONFERENCE 2024: Bus tour to the Huon Valley (Optional)

Name: ASCA ARTISAN CHEESEMAKERS' CONFERENCE 2024: Bus tour to the Huon Valley (Optional)
Start: 2024-06-14T10:00:00+1000
End: 2024-06-14T16:00:00+1000
Location: Bus tour to Huon Valley

Fri, 14 Jun, 10am - 4pm AEST

Bus tour to Huon Valley

hobart, australia

Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Assoc

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The Australian Specialty Cheesemakers' Association (ASCA) welcome you to our 2024 conference. Every two years, ASCA host a conference for the artisan cheese industry. This year, we are headed to Tasmania! We have a terrific program lined up for you, with a mix of social, educational, inspirational and technical sessions along with practical bus trips to visit local cheesemakers in the region. We commence the program with an optional bus tour of the Huon Valley to visit local cheesemakers and try some of the famous wines Tasmania is famous for.

Day tour: Huon Valley Cheesemakers' Tour (Optional)
We kick off our conference event with an optional, social & educational bus trip to the beautiful Huon Valley where we will be visiting local cheesemakers Grandvewe Cheese for a sheep cheese tasting and whey spirit tasting at the Grandvewe Tasting House. We will also visit the Glen Huon Dairy Co (home of C2 raw milk cheese). Along the way we will be stopping for lunch at the famous Huon Valley Apple Shed, for shared grazing platters and will pop into Kate Hill Wines on the way home for a special winetasting.

Transport by coach - pick up and drop off from Elizabeth St Pier in central Hobart.
Lunch, cheese & spirit tastings and wine tastings all included.

Bus Tour Itinerary:

10am Depart Hobart from Elizabeth St Pier, Hobart
10.45 Grandvewe Cheese: cheese and sheep whey spirit tasting at Grandvewe Tasting House
12.15 – 1.15pm Lunch at Willie Smith Apple Shed (shared grazing plates and option to purchase their local brews)
1.20 – 2.30 pm Glen Huon Dairy Co Cheese Factory – raw milk hard cheese facility tour
2.35 –3pm Wine tasting at Kate Hill wines
4pm back in Hobart

Note: As we will be visiting farms, please bring appropriate footwear and hat if desired, and your own water bottle.

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ASCA (Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Association represents the Australian specialist and artisan cheese industry.

Its role is to promote and accelerate excellence and bring together the best available knowledge and expertise to stimulate dialogue and provide continuing education, operational guidance, recognition and professional growth and development for its members, and to develop and promote consumer awareness and appreciation of Australian specialist and artisan cheese.

ASCA has operated since 1994 as a not-for-profit member-based industry association for Australia’s artisan cheesemakers, members of associated industries and cheeselovers.

ASCA acts as a catalyst in stimulating the growth and development of the specialist and artisan cheese industry in Australia. In the industry's relatively short history, ASCA has witnessed significant development within the specialist and artisan cheese sector and a growing consumer appreciation of the quality products being produced.

ASCA’S VISION

That Australia produces, sustainably and profitably, high quality artisanal cheeses that Australians and those in the rest of the world love and admire.

ASCA’S MISSION

To promote and accelerate excellence, engagement, appreciation and collegiality within the Australian artisanal cheese industry.

To also advance the continuing professional growth and development of members by bringing together the best available knowledge and expertise to stimulate dialogue and provide continuing education, operational guidance and recognition.

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