Great Canadian Cheese Festival

Coming from Northern Ny for the day, we had a wonderful day at the Cheese Festival. Super nice vendors.The cheese selection was absolutely delicious and paired wonderfully with the wines to sample.

I loved it. Great price for everything . I will be back next year.

Great variety of cheese, wine and all things delicious! Music was great. Only complaint was the terrain, very difficult to walk on uneven ground.

Had a fun time. Great selection of wine and cheese to taste. Also a booth with wonderful bread. The garlic parmesan was particularly good. Hummus to try spicy but good and for dessert Canaloni. The music was a nice compliment to the event. When our bags were full we came upon "The wine stuff" accessories from wine corks, openers, a great wine glass holder to clip on any chair.
The only downside festival was accessed by going down a steep hill then uneven ground throughout. Upon leaving with heavy bags climbing back up. We were ok but very difficult terrain for any one with bad knees or mobility issues.

Happy to have the cheese festival back in our region and I appreciate all the hard work and planning Patricia and her team have contributed to make this a successful event, and it was enjoyable, however, the Fort was a really poor choice, location wise. Seriously, who decided that navigation that hill to reach the event was even plausible??? CRAZY. The negative feedback and patrons unable to access, paid patrons having to turn their walkers around mid hill and head back up, and stories of people falling down the hill…WTH were you thinking??? You should have at least warned of the accessibility issues. Having said that, it was nice to see the big turn out of Quebec cheese makers, not sure what happened to our favourites from BC that were expected, this was not properly explained. Enjoyed the Quebec cheese seminar, however, a glitch with one of our party’s ticket could have been easily remedied had the multiple emails been returned in advance, instead of last minute. Vanessa gives a great explanation, but 3 of the cheeses are common, readily available in this region for years…was expecting more unusual, or cheese makers people may be less familiar with. A map showing the regions should have been provided in this class, also, not “you can find it online”. Maps are a available. Maybe bring one for everyone in the class next time. The local wine pairings were excellent. Overall, we enjoyed the show very much, despite the logistics and we enjoyed the seminar, as well, despite the lack of surprises and absence of the cheese makers map. I do hope the show continues in ‘26, only in a different location. Thanks for having us.

Really enjoyed the event. Great way to taste cheeses that you may not have a chance to try otherwise. Event was well attended. Sometimes a little difficult to get near some of the tables. Overall a great day!

It was awesomw!! I sampled a lot of products and purchased quite a few things. Will definitely attend again if it's on again.

Great selection of cheeses and prices were fair to a little on the high side. Would definitely try to make it next year again.

A lot of great samples and a very fun time.

Very well set up and planned well, except for 1 thing. There was a huge hill to go up and down and anyone with bad legs had a very hard time with that. There should of been a handicapped parking at the bottom lot. Would of helped .
Besides that we a fun time .