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Paso Robles
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1344 Pine St., Paso Robles
(805) 239-1001
Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun: 11am-4pm
THE BLENDERS
A UNIQUE WOMENS BOUTIQUE A UNIQUE WOMENS BOUTIQUE
MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS
538 12TH STREET • (805) 238-5554 538 12TH STREET • (805) 238-5554
Tues-Fri 10-4 • Sat 10-3 Tues-Fri 10-4 • Sat 10-3
HELLO
FALL!
Vivant Fine Cheese is the ultimate
cheese lover’s experience
Vivant Fine Cheese in Paso Ro-
bles is a gourmet cheese tasting
room and shop featuring premium
local and imported handcrafted
artisan cheeses paired with the
finest Central Coast wine and beer.
“We are located right in the heart
of historic Downtown Paso Robles
and easily accessible for those wish-
ing to take our exceptional cheeses
along with their wine tasting,” says
owner Danika Gordon.
Have a delicious lunch from the
menu including salads, sandwiches,
and paninis. Enjoy a delicious
cheese platter on the patio. The
friendly staff is happy to recom-
mend wine and cheese pairings
with local wines.
Stop in to fill up a picnic
basket, or a cheese gift basket, or
browse the wide variety of locally-
produced items and kitchen wares
to delight gourmets and cheese
aficionados!
Vivant Fine Cheese can cater
events. Try an educational, fun,
and entertaining wine and cheese
pairing workshop led by the owner
for your next party or gathering.
Vivant is also a wholesale cheese
make cheese, butter, ice cream, and
bottled milk. The last two of those
years focused on sales marketing,
which launched her 10-year career
as a cheese broker.
Gordon bought and sold
“truckloads of cheese” on the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange and
sold cheese to large manufacturers
such as Kraft and Sargento. After
working in the cheese brokerage
industry for ten years. She decided
to open her own business in June
2006.
“The last two years before I
opened the shop, I was commuting
to Wisconsin two weeks a month
and living on the Central Coast two
weeks a month. I was ready to come
home,” says Gordon. “I saw a need
for a cheese shop in Paso Robles
Browse, have lunch,
fill up a picnic or
gift basket
supplier to over 150 wineries, res-
taurants, and finer stores.
Whether it's centuries-old
creamery traditions or newer bold
innovations, Vivant is well-versed
in all that is cheese.
‘In love with cheese since…
forever’
Vivant Fine Cheese has been
a Paso Robles fixture since 2006.
Gordon took her lifelong inter-
est in cheese through the Cal Poly
Dairy Science program, where she
also worked in the creamery. Four
years in the creamery taught her to