Cheese Appreciation Level 2

Cheese Appreciation Level 2 builds upon the knowledge gained in the pre-requisite course Cheese Appreciation Level 1. The emphasis in this course is on New World Cheese and the issues it must deal with to develop and fine tune the craft of cheesemaking from New Zealand to Canada.

You will discover that new world cheeses are just as exciting and delicious as new world wines.

New World Regions : (US, Australia, Canada, Mexico, South America)
	Considerations for a North American PDO
	Regulatory and trade issues
	Raw vs. pasteurized by region*
	Industrial vs. artisan*
	Organic and Biodiverse Dairy Agriculture
Developing a Cheese Vocabulary
	The affinage process*
	Animal pedigree and well being
	Geographic influences of regions*
	Continued cheese category discovery*
	Cheese regulations and standards
	Importance / effect of milk quality*
	Technology in milk treatment & effect*
* Indicates tasting component will be incorporated into the discussion.

Next Scheduled Course: Cheese Appreciation 2

Starts: February 25, 2009 
Wednesday evenings - 6:30 – 9:30 PM for 8 weeks
Location:  Toronto

Cost: $550.00 + GST($27.50) = $577.50
(includes cheese in class, course materials, testing and certificate

Prerequisite: Cheese Appreciation 1
Duration: 24 hours (3 hours x 8 weeks)
Class size: Maximum 25 people.
Result: Certificate of Achievement