Say ‘Cheese’...Or ‘Ciao’: Vella Cheese Company To Close

A farewell to great cheese, a gamble on good food. Clark Wolf and Daedalus Howell discuss Vella Cheese’s closure, the singular legacy of Ig Vella and the pressures squeezing small food producers. Then, a taste of Graton Resort & Casino’s expanding culinary scene offers a hopeful counterpoint—and a reminder that Sonoma County’s food story is still being written.