Cheese festival offers tasty tours, events

The annual California Artisan Cheese Festival returns in March, delivering three days of revelry filled with tastings, tours and conversations in Marin and Sonoma counties for everyone from casual snackers to devoted turophiles.

Kick off the 20th anniversary event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 20 with one of four guided farm and producer tours ($185). Each tour includes tastings, lunch and round-trip transportation to and from the Flamingo Resort and Spa in Santa Rosa.

Tour A winds through western Sonoma County...