Sarah N.
Yelp
CHEESE, WINE AND DIANA!
Diana "IS" Valley Cheese & Wine. She is really a spectacular human being and true cheese authority. WOW! How lucky we Las Vegans are to have someone of her caliber in the cheese world here in the desert.
My girlfriend and I took a class called "Charcuterie & Chardonnay" at Valley Cheese & Wine last month. Drink wine, make a charcuterie board, it sounded like fun. Count me in.
Yes, I drank wine (reds not whites). Yes, I enjoyed cheese (who doesn't like cheese). But Diana the owner....you were the really special experience I did not see coming.
Diana is the ownership behind Valley Cheese & Wine. As she explains it, Valley Cheese & Wine was formerly owned by a wine guy that did not know cheese. Diana started as a cheese person who did not know wine. Now she knows both.
In my perspective, there are countless spots to learn a bit about wine out there in the world. But cheese, really getting to know cheese, intimately and up close, I could not think of even one in Southern Nevada until this class.
Diana and her humble beginnings of learning cheese many moons ago at Whole Foods is where it all began. Her enthusiasm, her depth of knowledge, her ability to share her passion for patrons to learn....I am blown away by Diana. She is a bit crazy, but a really great cheese fueled kind of crazy. She is the greatest ambassador to her brand, a marketers dream. She makes me want to up my cheese game in every way.
And for the cheese she introduced the class to, really delicious. Fresh, quality cheeses that came with a educational lesson on the varietals we consumed. I would absolutely take another one of these unconventional classes, I learned a lot about cheese and about this cool store.
I live way over in Summerlin, but can't wait to go back to this store for a class or a wine purchase or for a fun fromage outing or ordering a charcuterie tray for a holiday party. As with other Yelp reviews that explain that the staff is knowledgeable, having met Diana, it is clear that their staff absorb all the education and knowledge taught to them from the top down. What a great store, what a great owner, what a great experience. Thanks Diana!