FOOD · ROCK STREAM
Late July · Shtayburne Farm (and rotating hosts)
The Event
A single-day celebration of Finger Lakes artisan cheese, hosted at Shtayburne Farm Creamery and featuring cheesemakers from across the region — sheep, cow, and goat dairies, alongside partner wineries, breweries, and bread makers. Guests walk the farm, meet the animals, and taste their way through the region's small-production dairy scene.
It's one of the most underrated food events in the Northeast and a perfect anchor for a food-forward weekend — pair it with a Saturday farmers market, a Sunday winery lunch, and you have a weekend built around what the region actually produces.
What to Expect
Regional cheesemakers with full tasting flights
Partner wineries, breweries, and bakeries pouring alongside
Farm tours — meet the animals, see the creamery
Single-day event, typically Saturday
Outdoor, rain-or-shine — dress for farm weather
Why This One Matters
“The cheese equivalent of the wine festival — small-scale, focused, and the fastest way to taste Finger Lakes dairy.”
Planning Your Stay
Pair It With
DINING · ROCK STREAM
A working family dairy in Rock Stream doing both award-winning artisan cheese and farm-fresh ice cream — the cows you can see from the parking lot are the cows in your cone. One of the marquee stops on the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail. The combination of barn-fresh dairy and a kid-height ice-cream window is hard to beat.
Visit →FARM · HECTOR
Seventy-plus varieties of sweet and hot peppers from a specialist grower.
Visit →FARM · HECTOR
Local honey from a small apiary — open daily, self-serve.