The New York Times offered a tidbit on the Western North Carolina Cheese Trail. Writer Diane Daniel notes the new Cheese Trail plots out a road trip highlighting 10 artisanal and farmstead cheesemakers located across the scenic western wedge of the state. While the guide doesn’t yet rival the 44-stop Vermont Cheese Trail, it’s a great start, said an organizer, Jennifer Perkins of Looking Glass Creamery in Fairview, Stop 5 along the trail. “People are surprised to learn that not only is North Carolina the leader in the South in terms of artisan cheesemakers, with about 50 statewide, 20 of them are in the mountains,” she said