Vella Cheese Company
Handmade in Sonoma, CA since 1931
Sustainably produced since 2003
Handmade in Sonoma, CA since 1931
Sustainably produced since 2003
After 94 years, we have made the incredibly difficult decision to close Vella Cheese Company. Our business has never fully recovered from the challenges of COVID, and the financial demands of operating a small, artisanal company in today's fast-paced food industry have become more than we can sustain.
Cheese production has ceased. Our retail store and wholesale warehouse will remain open until our remaining inventory is sold.
Thank you to our customers, distributors, vendors, community and friends for your continued loyalty, support and patronage. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to share Vella Cheese with you.
With Heartfelt Gratitude,
The Vella Cheese Company
Since 1931, Vella Cheese has been a companion to the finest foods in the world. As an ingredient, sprinkled on top, or served alongside the full fresh flavor and smooth creamy texture of Vella Cheese is guaranteed to satisfy.
The success of Vella Cheese lies in the personal attention each day's production is given. Quality starts in the pasture. Every cow is not the same. Every day is not sunny; every blade of grass is not green and lush. But, if you insist on the finest breeding of herds, the finest feeds, the greatest care in milking and transporting the top grade milk, so that you have the best possible natural raw material, you have set the stage for super cheese.
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Family Tradition Behind the Excellence of Vella Cheese
Only natural ingredients go into our cheeses and their coatings.
All the milk in our cheese comes from a local sustainably-farmed dairy and their happy free range California cows.
Our whey, which is a by-product of cheesemaking, returns to the dairy and to local vineyards to enrich their crops.
We are the first solar powered business in Sonoma.
We are committed to waste diversion, including recycling, composting, and furthering the sustainability of all our operations.
