UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Lake County Wine Studio (LCWS) is hosting a Wine Country Cheez Mouse production with cheese expert, Gail Bickett on Sunday, April 10.

The class will take place from noon to 2 p.m. The cost of the class is $20 per person and reservations are required.

The two-hour class will include a short lecture on the history of cheese, a description of the artisan cheese movement, the cheese-makers and the farms where the milk comes from. Bickett will advise proper storage, serving and pairing recommendations with other foods and wines.

The five cheeses to be samples will include California cow, goat (a local feature from Yerba Santa Dairy) and sheep and each will be paired with a different wine.

Bickett's affinity for cheeses and cheese-making began in West Virginia in the 1970s when she bought a mountain farm, a cow, goats and chickens, and learned how to make butter, yogurt and cheese.

Presently working as a wine educator in the Napa Valley, she has attended cheese-making classes at Cal Poly and Redwood Hills Dairy, as well as cheese tasting and pairing classes held in San Francisco with over 200 cheeses tasted to date.

There are only 20 spaces available for this private cheese and wine tasting class. Gail will be donating 10 percent of class profits to Farm Sanctuary in Orland.

Reservations can be made by contacting Susan Feiler, 707-293-8752.