This will be our 9th year setting the table in the gorgeous golden grasslands at Monteillet Fromagerie. Farmers and cheesemakers Pierre Louis and Joan are longtime friends of OITF and our farm dinner tour wouldn’t be the same without them. Joan grew up on her family wheat farm in Eastern Washington and Pierre Louis was raised near Roquefort, France. The pair met and fell in love while they were both traveling in Mexico and Pierre Louis hitchhiked to Walla Walla all the way from El Paso Texas to surprise Joan after the trip. As they say, the rest was history. Now they raise 50 goats and 50 sheep on their beautiful 32-acre farmstead in Dayton and make many delectable sheep and goat cheeses in their on-site fromagerie. We’ll get a tour of their impressive cheesemaking operation before we sit down to our meal in the field. Guest chef Maximillian Petty of Kinglet will bring a playful style to our four-course meal, featuring a sampling of Pierre Louis and Joan’s artisanal cheeses and perfectly paired Walla Walla wines.