Sarah Marcus

Proprietor & Cheesemaker

Sarah was born and raised in sunny San Rafael, California. Upon graduating college, she followed her first love – radio broadcasting. After several years at a radio station in California, Sarah moved on, choosing to work at an independent record store and related positions to satisfy her second love – music.

But the winds of change soon moved her to San Francisco where she spent two years with the highly renowned international nonprofit organization, The Nature Conservancy. In the summer of 2005, Sarah worked behind the counter at Cowgirl Creamery in San Francisco's Ferry Building, selling and learning about some of the world's finest cheeses. It was only a matter of time before her love affair with curd was in full bloom, sending her on the road to fully embrace what she calls her third and final love, cheesemaking.

After taking a class in cheesemaking at California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, Sarah returned to San Francisco to served as a cheesemaker's apprentice at Cowgirl Creamery, followed by apprenticeships at Ticklemore Cheese in Devon, England, and Goat Lady Dairy in Climax, North Carolina as well as additional classwork at the University of Vermont and Oregon State University. All of which culminated in Sarah's setting up shop in Dundee, Oregon, and the launch of Briar Rose Creamery.

According to Sarah, "I'm following my passion in Dundee, Oregon. I have my own goat cheesemaking business making fresh chevre and soon, aged cheeses. The more I work with cheese, the more I know I'm living my dream."