Wow, it’s been a busy few months here at culture,
but we’re finally taking a breather to congratulate this year’s ACS winners.
First off, congratulations to the 2019 ACS Best of Show winners!
1st PLACE – Stockinghall
Murray’s Cheese and Old Chatham Creamery
2nd PLACE – Professor’s Brie
Wegman’s and Old Chatham Creamery
3rd PLACE – Aries
Shooting Star Creamery
Click here to see a full list of 2019 ACS winners. Read on to see winners by category.
GOAT’S MILK CHEESES
Fresh Rindless Goat’s Milk Cheese Aged 0 to 30 days (black ash coating permitted)
1st PLACE – Original Medallion
Laura Chenel, California Team Laura Chenel
2nd PLACE – Celebrity Original
Atalanta Corporation/Mariposa Dairy, Ontario Pieter Van Oudenaren
& Bella Capra Goat Chevre
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – Creamy Classic Chevre Log
Goat Lady Dairy, North Carolina Carrie & Bobby Bradds
Fresh Goat’s Milk Cheese Aged 0 to 30 days (hand-shaped, formed or molded into pyramid, disc, drum, crottin, basket or other shape)
1st PLACE – Idyll puck
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
2nd PLACE – Ashed Pyramid
Country Winds Creamery, Michigan John Windemuller
3rd PLACE – Idyll Gris 1 pound
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
Goat’s Milk Cheese Aged 31 to 60 days
1st PLACE – Malloy
Barn First Creamery, Vermont Rebecca Velazquez
2nd PLACE – Hanna’s Awashed
Ruggles Hill Creamery, Massachusetts Tricia Smith
3rd PLACE – Black Diamond
Yellow Springs Farm LLC, Pennsylvania Al and Catherine Renzi
Aged Over 60 days
1st PLACE – Latte Da Caerphilly
Latte Da Dairy, Texas Anne Jones
& Finger Lake Gold Reserve
Lively Run Dairy, New York Pete Messmer
2nd PLACE – Eleven Brothers
Boston Post Dairy, LLC, Vermont Anne Doe
3rd PLACE – Sweet Land Farm Goat Milk Tomme
Sweet Land Farm, LLC, Hawaii Emma Bello
SHEEP’S MILK CHEESES
Fresh Rindless Sheep’s Milk Cheese Aged 0 to 30 days
1st PLACE – Meadowood Farms Strawbridge
Old Chatham Creamery, New York Brian Schlatter
2nd PLACE – Fresh Plain
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
& Natural Brebis
Landmark Creamery, Wisconsin Landmark Creamery
3rd PLACE – Brebis
Blackberry Farm, Tennessee Chris Osborne
Aged 31 to 60 days
1st PLACE – Magnolia
Blackberry Farm, Tennessee Chris Osborne
2nd PLACE – Mini Kinderhook Creek
Old Chatham Creamery, New York Brian Schlatter
3rd PLACE – Dirt Lover
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
Aged Over 60 days
1st PLACE – Donatello
Cedar Grove Cheese, Wisconsin Cedar Grove Cheese team
2nd PLACE – Lenberg Farms, Tania
Atalanta Corporation/Mariposa Dairy, Ontario Pieter Van Oudenaren
3rd PLACE – San Andreas
Bellwether Farms, California Liam Callahan
& Ewenique
Central Coast Creamery, California Reggie Jones
& SUPER EWEMAZING
Eckerman Sheep Company, Wisconsin Katie Fuhrmann
CHEESE CURDS
All milks
1st PLACE – White Cheddar Cheese Curds
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Crave Cheese Team
& White Cheddar Curds
Springside Cheese Corp, Wisconsin Wayne Hintz
2nd PLACE – Curdz
Calkins Creamery, Pennsylvania
Emily Montgomery and Delanie Schaepe
3rd PLACE – Marvin’s Cheese Curds
Litehouse Simply Artisan, Idaho Marvin Sharp
& White Cheddar Cheese Curds
WW Homestead Dairy, Iowa WW Homestead Dairy
MASCARPONE AND CREAM CHEESE
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Mascarpone
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Crave Cheese Team
2nd PLACE – Smithfield Cream Cheese Un-whipped
Savencia Cheese USA, Pennsylvania Team New Holland
3rd PLACE – Smithfield Cream Cheese Whipped
Savencia Cheese USA, Pennsylvania Team New Holland
RICOTTA
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Hand Dipped Ricotta
Calabro Cheese Corporation, Connecticut CALABRO CHEESE CORPORATION
& Hand-Dipped Ricotta
Caputo Cheese, Illinois Team Caputo
2nd PLACE – BelGioioso Platinum Ricotta
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Jason Radke
3rd PLACE – BelGioioso Ricotta con Latte Whole Milk
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Jason Radke
FROMAGE BLANC, FROMAGE FRAIS, AND QUARK
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Fromage Blanc
Bellwether Farms, California Liam Callahan
2nd PLACE – FROMAGE BLANC
Cowgirl Creamery, California TEAM CADER
& Quark
Vermont Creamery, Vermont
Vermont Creamery Fresh Cheese Team
3rd PLACE – Quark
Clock Shadow Creamery, Wisconsin Clock Shadow Cheese Team
OPEN CATEGORY – FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – BelGioioso Stracciatella
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Dean Egnarski
2nd PLACE – Russian-style Fresh Farmer Cheese
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – COTTAGE CHEESE
Cowgirl Creamery, California TEAM CADER
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Spreadable Idyll Pastures
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
2nd PLACE – Ricotta
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
3rd PLACE – Straight Up
Cypress Grove, California Cypress Grove
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Fresh Sheep Cheese
Bellwether Farms, California Liam Callahan
2nd PLACE – No winner named
3rd PLACE – No winner named
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – RICOTTA
Liuzzi Cheese, Connecticut LIUZZI CHEESE
2nd PLACE – Ricotta di Bufala
Calabro Cheese Corporation, Connecticut CALABRO CHEESE CORPORATION
3rd PLACE – Margherita
Alta Langa USA, California Alessandro Alberti
BRIE
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Noblette
Calkins Creamery, Pennsylvania
Emily Montgomery and Delanie Schaepe
2nd PLACE – 1kg Brie President
Lactalis USA Belmont, Wisconsin Lactalis Belmont
3rd PLACE – 8oz Brie President
Lactalis USA Belmont, Wisconsin Lactalis Belmont
CAMEMBERT
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Cirrus
Mt Townsend Creamery, Washington Mt. Townsend Creamery
2nd PLACE – Carolina Moon
Chapel Hill Creamery, North Carolina
Brian Goodale. Portia McKnight, Flow Hawley and Alexander Kast
3rd PLACE – Buncom in Bloom
By George Farm, Oregon Jonny steiger
& Camembert 8oz Wheels
Old Europe Cheese, Inc., Michigan Old Europe Cheese
TRIPLE CRÈME – SOFT-RIPENED/CREAM ADDED
All milks
1st PLACE – 8oz Triple cream brie President
Lactalis USA Belmont, Wisconsin Lactalis Belmont
2nd PLACE – Mt Tam
Cowgirl Creamery, California TEAM CADER
3rd PLACE – Triple Crème Brie
Marin French Cheese Company, California Marin French Cheese
OPEN CATEGORY – SOFT-RIPENED CHEESES
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Cashmere
Haystack Mountain Creamery, Inc., Colorado Jackie Chang
2nd PLACE – Meadow Bloom
Cherry Valley Dairy, Washington Meghan McKenna
3rd PLACE – Little Hosmer
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
& Dorothy Comeback Cow
Savencia Cheese USA, Illinois Gilbert Bourgoin
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Humboldt Fog Mini
Cypress Grove, California Cypress Grove
& Mont Idyll Aged
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
2nd PLACE – Ada’s Honor
Ruggles Hill Creamery, Massachusetts Tricia Smith
3rd PLACE – Celebrity Ashlyn
Atalanta Corporation/Quality Cheese Inc., Ontario Team Quality/Mariposa Dairy
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Hawkins Haze
Blackberry Farm, Tennessee Chris Osborne
2nd PLACE – Woolly Rind
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – Professor’s Brie
Wegmans Food Markets, New York
Old Chatham Sheepherding Creamery, LLC
2nd PLACE – Dos Caras
Lark’s Meadow Farms, LC, Idaho Kendall Russell
3rd PLACE – Ruby
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
CHEDDAR aged through 12 months
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Cave Aged Cheddar
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Cabot Creamery
& English Hollow Cheddar
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
2nd PLACE – Aged Cheddar
Face Rock Creamery, Oregon Brad Sinko
3rd PLACE – Sharpsburg Cheddar
Pennland Pure, Maryland
Kylie Schriever and Thomas Queeney
Made from goat’s, sheep’s, buffalo’s, mixed, or other milk
1st PLACE – Route 66
Salvatore BKLYN, Arizona Saguaro Creamery
2nd PLACE – Sheep Milk Cheddar
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
& Capra Bianca Aged Goat Cheddar
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – Goat Cheddar
Central Coast Creamery, California Lindsey Mendes
AGED CHEDDAR aged 13 months through 23 months
All milks
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Vermont Team Cabot Creamery
& Deer Creek The Stag
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning
2nd PLACE – Flagship
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, New York Beecher’s Cheesemakers
3rd PLACE – 2 Year Old Cheddar
COWS CREAMERY, Prince Edward Island COWS CREAMERY
& Extra Old Cheddar
COWS CREAMERY, Prince Edward Island COWS CREAMERY
MATURE CHEDDAR aged 24 months through 47 months
All milks
1st PLACE – Deer Creek Vat 17 World Cheddar
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning
2nd PLACE – Mount Mazama Cheese
Rogue Creamery, Oregon
Rogue Creamery Cheddar Production Team
3rd PLACE – Four Year Flagship
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Washington Beecher’s Cheesemakers
& 3 Year Old Cheddar
COWS CREAMERY, Prince Edward Island COWS CREAMERY
& 2 Year Aged Cheddar
Springside Cheese Corp, Wisconsin Wayne Hintz
& Tillamook Extra Sharp Cheddar
Tillamook County Creamery Association, Oregon Tillamook Team 1
Aged 48 or more months
All milks
1st PLACE – Cabot Centennial
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Vermont Team Cabot Creamery
& Deer Creek The Imperial Buck
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning
2nd PLACE – Cabot Old School Cheddar
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Vermont Team Cabot Creamery
3rd PLACE – Balderson Heritage Cheddar – 5 year cheddar
Parmalat Canada, Ontario Winchester Cheddar Team
CHEDDAR WRAPPED IN CLOTH, LINEN aged through 12 months
All milks
1st PLACE – Stockinghall
Murray’s Cheese, New York Old Chatham Creamery
2nd PLACE – Traditional Clothbound Cheddar
Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont Team Grafton
3rd PLACE – Cabot Clothbound
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Cabot Creamery
Aged 13 or more months
All milks
1st PLACE – Flagship Reserve
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Washington Beecher’s Cheesemakers
2nd PLACE – Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar
COWS CREAMERY, Prince Edward Island COWS CREAMERY
3rd PLACE – Cloth Bound Windsordale
Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company, Vermont Rick Woods
FARMSTEAD CHEESES
Aged less than 60 days – All milks
1st PLACE – Liwa
Tomales Farmstead Creamery, California Ashley Coffey
2nd PLACE – Ponderosa Farmstead Mini Whips
Ponderosa Dairy Products, Wisconsin Ben Shibler
3rd PLACE – Ste. Maure
Pure Luck Farm and Dairy, Texas Amelia Sweethardt
Aged 60 days or more – 39% or higher moisture – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Mad River Blue
von Trapp Farmstead, Vermont von Trapp Farmstead
2nd PLACE – Tomme
Revittle, Pennsylvania Revittle
3rd PLACE – Dutchman’s Peak
By George Farm, Oregon Jonny Steiger
& Winnimere
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
& Hickory Grove
Chapel Hill Creamery, North Carolina
Brian Goodale, Portia McKnight, Flow Hawley and Alexander Kast
& Grayson
Meadow Creek Dairy, Virginia Helen Feete
Aged 60 days or more – less than 39% moisture – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Extra-Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve
Uplands Cheese, Wisconsin Uplands Cheese
2nd PLACE – Tapping Reeve
Arethusa Farm Dairy, Connecticut Arethusa Farm Dairy Cheese Team
3rd PLACE – Everton
Jacobs and Brichford Farmstead Cheese, Indiana Matthew Brichford
Aged 60 days or more – Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – No winner named
2nd PLACE – Morse Camembert
Sage Farm Goat Dairy, Vermont Molly Pindell
3rd PLACE – Latte Da Cabra Reserva
Latte Da Dairy, Texas Anne Jones
& Greta’s Fair Haven
Ruggles Hill Creamery, Massachusetts Tricia Smith
Aged 60 days or more – Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – No winner named
2nd PLACE – Shepherd’s Delight
Revittle, Pennsylvania Revittle
& Nuberu
Fairy Tale Farm, Vermont Alissa Shethar
3rd PLACE – Friesago
Shepherd’s Way Farms, Inc., Minnesota Jodi Ohlsen Read
Aged 60 days or more – Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – Starr
Mt. Mansfield Creamery, LLC, Vermont
Stanley Biasini Mt. Mansfield Creamery/Molly Pindell, Sage Farm Goat Dairy
WASHED RIND CHEESES
Soft-Ripened Washed Rind – high moisture over 42% – all milks
1st PLACE – Poco Rojo
Lark’s Meadow Farms, LLC, Idaho Kendall Russell
2nd PLACE – Yellow Door Creamery Redhead
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
3rd PLACE – Hartwell
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
Raclette-style – Aged over 45 days – all milks
1st PLACE – Snowmass Raclette
Haystack Mountain Creamery, Inc., Colorado Jackie Chang
2nd PLACE – San Geronimo
Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., California Aaron Langdon
3rd PLACE – Reading
Farms For City Kids Foundation/Spring Brook Farm, Vermont Spring Brook Farm Team
Open Category – Washed Rind Cheeses Aged more than 60 days – up to 42% moisture – Cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Alpha Tolman
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
2nd PLACE – Yellow Door Creamery Altu
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
3rd PLACE – Bon Secret
Atalanta Corporation/Quality Cheese Inc., Ontario Dan Patel
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Dream Weaver
Central Coast Creamery, California Lindsey Mendes
2nd PLACE – Mont St. Francis
Capriole, Indiana Capriole Cheese
3rd PLACE – Cabra La Mancha
FireFly Farms, Maryland FireFly Farms
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Ocooch Mountain Grande Reserve
Hidden Springs Creamery, Wisconsin Brenda Jensen
2nd PLACE – Anabasque
Landmark Creamery, Wisconsin Landmark Creamery
3rd PLACE – Bear Hill
Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont Team Grafton
& Bierstadt
Lark’s Meadow Farms, LLC, Idaho Kendall Russell
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – Bamboozle
Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy, Pennsylvania Goat Rodeo Team
2nd PLACE – 80:10:10
Murray’s Cheese, New York Old Chatham Creamery
3rd PLACE – Gisele
Boston Post Dairy, LLC, Vermont Anne Doe
RINDLESS BLUE-VEINED
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Gorgonzola Cheese
Emmi Roth, Wisconsin Team Emmi Roth – Seymour
2nd PLACE – AmaBlu
Caves of Faribault – Prairie Farms, Minnesota Rueben Nilsson & CoF Team
3rd PLACE – Salemville® Blue Cheese
Saputo Specialty Cheese, Wisconsin Salemville Cheesemakers
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – No winner named.
2nd PLACE – Black and Blue
FireFly Farms, Maryland FireFly Farms
& Barneveld Blue
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
3rd PLACE – No winner named
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Ewe’s Blue
Old Chatham Creamery, New York Eric Anderson
2nd PLACE – Little Boy Blue
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
Shepherd’s Way Farms, Inc., Minnesota Jodi Ohlsen Read
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – No winner named.
2nd PLACE – BelGioioso Gorgonzola with Sheep’s Milk
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Tony Ellis
& EWE CALF to be KIDding Blue
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
3rd PLACE – No winner named.
EXTERNAL BLUE-MOLDED CHEESES
All milks
1st PLACE – Classic Blue Log
Westfield Farm, Massachusetts Kim Hayes
2nd PLACE – Bearded Lady
Prodigal Farm, North Carolina Team Prodigal
Tulip Tree Creamery, Indiana Fons Smits
& Bluebonnet
Westfield Farm, Massachusetts Kim Hayes
BLUE-VEINED WITH A RIND OR EXTERNAL COATING
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Point Reyes Bay Blue
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California Kuba Hemmerling and Team
2nd PLACE – Arethusa Blue
Arethusa Farm Dairy, Connecticut Arethusa Farm Dairy Cheese Team
3rd PLACE – Felix
Caves of Faribault – Prairie Farms, Minnesota Rueben Nilsson & CoF Team
& Bayley Hazen Blue
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – No winner named.
2nd PLACE – Blue Line
Asgaard Dairy, Inc., New York Rhonda Butler and Gail Huston
3rd PLACE – Blue Velvet
Yellow Springs Farm LLC, Pennsylvania Al and Catherine Renzi
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – No winner named.
2nd PLACE – No winner named.
3rd PLACE – Boonter’s Blue
Pennyroyal Farm, California Erika McKenzie-Chapter
HISPANIC & PORTUGUESE STYLE CHEESES
Ripened, aged over 90 days – All milks
1st PLACE – RBCC Queso Cotija
Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc., California Sam Ram
2nd PLACE – Roth GranQueso Original Wheel
Emmi Roth, Wisconsin Team Emmi Roth – Monroe
& Cotija
Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc., California Sam Ram
3rd PLACE – Queso Cotija
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
Fresh, Unripened – All milks
1st PLACE – Panela Cheese
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
2nd PLACE – Queso Fresco Casero Cheese
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Queso Fresco Cremoso Cheese
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
3rd PLACE – Oaxaca
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Crave Cheese Team
Cooking Hispanic – Cheeses intended to be consumed heated or melted – All milks
1st PLACE – RBCC Oaxaca
Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc., California Sam Ram
2nd PLACE – RBCC Grilling Cheese
Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc., California Sam Ram
3rd PLACE – Don Froylan Queso Oaxaca
Ochoa’s Queseria, Oregon Francisco Ochoa
ITALIAN TYPE CHEESES
Grating types (Aged Asiago, Domestic Parmesan, Grana, Reggianito, Sardo; Romano made only from cow’s or goat’s milk) – All milks
1st PLACE – RoundBale
Ferndale Farmstead, Washington
Dan Utano & Ferndale Farmstead Team
2nd PLACE – Aged Asiago
Saputo Specialty Cheese, Wisconsin Almena Plant
3rd PLACE – Sartori Reserve Extra-Aged Asiago
Sartori Company, Wisconsin Team Sartori
& Cello Copper Kettle Cheese Reserve
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
& Cello Organic Copper Kettle Cheese
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
Traditional Regional Italian Cheeses – All milks
1st PLACE – Reverie
Parish Hill Creamery, Vermont Peter Dixon & Rachel Fritz Schaal
2nd PLACE – Bella Vita
FireFly Farms, Maryland FireFly Farms
3rd PLACE – Saxon Creamery Asiago Fresca
Saxon Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Team Saxon
Pasta Filata types (Provolone, Caciocavallo) – All milks
Parish Hill Creamery, Vermont Peter Dixon & Rachel Fritz Schaal
2nd PLACE – Suffolk Punch
Parish Hill Creamery, Vermont Peter Dixon & Rachel Fritz Schaal
3rd PLACE – BelGioioso Sharp Provolone Mandarino
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Kevin Benzel
Mozzarella types (Brick, Scamorza, String Cheese) – All milks
1st PLACE – Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella
Lactalis American Group, New York Mozzarella Team
& Scamorza
Mozzarella Company, Texas Mozzarella Company
& Whip String Cheese
Renard’s Rosewood Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Chris Renard
2nd PLACE – Low Moisture Buffalo Mozzarella
Annabella LLC, Antioquia A. Tabares
3rd PLACE – Farmstead String Cheese
Ponderosa Dairy Products, Wisconsin Ben Shibler
& String Cheese
Renard’s Rosewood Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Chris Renard
Fresh Mozzarella – 8 oz. or More (Balls or Shapes) – All milks
1st PLACE – Don Froylan Liliana’s Cheese Ball
Ochoa’s Queseria, Oregon Francisco Ochoa
2nd PLACE – OF Gourmet FDL
Calabro Cheese Corporation, Connecticut CALABRO CHEESE CORPORATION
3rd PLACE
8oz Fresh Mozzarella Ball
Lactalis American Group, Idaho Nampa Fresh Mozz Team
& Filoncino
Liuzzi Cheese, Connecticut Liuzzi Cheese
Fresh Mozzarella – Under 8 oz. (Ovalini, Bocconcini, Ciliegine sizes) – All milks
1st PLACE – Fior di Latte Ciliegine
Ferndale Farmstead, Washington
Daniel Wavrin & Ferndale Farmstead Team
2nd PLACE
Mozzarella di Bufala Bocconcini
Bufalinda, Maturin Bufalinda
& Bocconcini
Calabro Cheese Corporation, Connecticut CALABRO CHEESE CORPORATION
& Nodini
Caputo Cheese, Illinois Team Caputo
3rd PLACE
Mozzarella di Bufala Ciliegine
Bufalinda, Maturin Bufalinda
Burrata – Fresh mozzarella encasing a distinctly separate core made from softer curd and cream, or other soft cheese – All milks
1st PLACE – Burratini
Caputo Cheese, Illinois Team Caputo
2nd PLACE – Buffalo Milk Burrata
Bufalinda, Maturin Bufalinda
& BURRATA
Liuzzi Cheese, Connecticut LIUZZI CHEESE
& Narragansett Creamery Burrata
Narragansett Creamery, Rhode Island Mark Federico
3rd PLACE – Burrata di Bufala
Belfiore Cheese Company, California Arcangelo Esposito
& BelGioioso Burrata
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Bobby Wheeler
FETA CHEESES
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Brinza Feta
Karoun Dairies LLC, California Jaime Graca
& Whole Milk Feta
Maplebrook Farm, Vermont Mike Scheps
2nd PLACE – Odyssey Feta in Brine
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Adam Buholzer
3rd PLACE – Feta Cheese
Euphrates, Inc., New York Euphrates
& Feta in Brine B
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Nasonville Dairy, Inc.
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Feta
Caprini Creamery, Indiana Caprini Creamery/Kristy Kikly
2nd PLACE – Feta
Pure Luck Farm and Dairy, Texas Amelia Sweethardt
3rd PLACE – Feta
Vermont Creamery, Vermont Vermont Creamery
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Shepherds Manor Fetina
Shepherds Manor Creamery, Maryland Colleen Histon
2nd PLACE – Farmstead Feta
Hidden Springs Creamery, Wisconsin Brenda Jensen
3rd PLACE – Farmstead Feta Reserve
Hidden Springs Creamery, Wisconsin Brenda Jensen
AMERICAN MADE / INTERNATIONAL STYLE
Dutch-style (Gouda, Edam etc.) – All milks
1st PLACE – Aged Gouda
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
& Aged Gouda
Oakdale Cheese & Specialties, California John Dirk Bulk
2nd PLACE – Sir Farmer Cheese
Farmer Rudolph’s Creamery, Pennsylvania Rudy Yoder
& Mild Gouda
Oakdale Cheese & Specialties, California John Dirk Bulk
3rd PLACE – Grand Gouda
Cal Poly Creamery, California Creamery Team
Emmental-style with Eye Formation (Swiss, Baby Swiss, Blocks, Wheels) – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Guggisberg Baby Swiss Cheese
Guggisberg Cheese, Inc., Ohio Richard Guggisberg
2nd PLACE – Holey Cow
Central Coast Creamery, California Lindsey Mendes
3rd PLACE – Baby Swiss Wheel
Prairie Farms Dairy Cheese Division, Wisconsin Shullsburg Team
Open Category – American Made/International Style
Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Tarentaise Reserve
Farms For City Kids Foundation/Spring Brook Farm, Vermont Spring Brook Farm Team
& Fontina
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
2nd PLACE – Rupert Reserve
Consider Bardwell Farm, Vermont Leslie Goff
3rd PLACE – Roth Grand Cru Original Wheel
Emmi Roth, Wisconsin Team Emmi Roth – Monroe
& Roth Organic Grand Cru Original Wheel
Emmi Roth, Wisconsin Team Emmi Roth – Monroe
& Tom
Reverie Creamery, New York Riko Chandra
& Wanderer
Reverie Creamery, New York Riko Chandra
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Bijou
Vermont Creamery, Vermont
Vermont Creamery Aged Cheese Team
2nd PLACE – Mont Idyll
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
& Crottin
Laura Chenel, California
Team Laura Chenel – Simon Perrier
3rd PLACE – Camembert 10oz
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Wischago
Hidden Springs Creamery, Wisconsin Brenda Jensen
2nd PLACE – Vermanchego
Cate Hill Orchard, Vermont Maria Schumann
& Wischago Reserve
Hidden Springs Creamery, Wisconsin Brenda Jensen
3rd PLACE – Sheep Milk Butterkase
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – Goatlet
Crown Finish Caves, Vermont Consider Bardwell Farm
& Shepsog
Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont Team Grafton
& Well Aged Invierno
Vermont Shepherd LLC, Vermont David Major, Daniel Grover, Alex Major
2nd PLACE – BUF Halloumi
BUF CREAMERY LLC, Cundinamarca Adam Rojas
3rd PLACE – Sartori Limited Edition Pastorale Blend
Sartori Company, Wisconsin Mike Matucheski
AMERICAN ORIGINALS
Brick Cheese – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Traditional Washed Rind Brick Cheese
WIDMER’S CHEESE CELLARS, Inc., Wisconsin Widmer’s Cheese Cellars Team
2nd PLACE – Brick
Edelweiss Creamery, Wisconsin Ben Workman
3rd PLACE – Mild Brick Cheese
WIDMER’S CHEESE CELLARS, Inc., Wisconsin Widmer’s Cheese Cellars Team
Dry Jack – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Dry Jack
Rumiano Cheese Company, California Rumiano Cheese Company
2nd PLACE – No winner named
3rd PLACE – Aquasco Jack Reserve
P A Bowen Farmstead, Maryland Sally Fallon Morell
Monterey Jack – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Tillamook Monterey Jack
Tillamook County Creamery Association, Oregon Tillamook Team 2
2nd PLACE – Colby Jack
Arena Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Bill Hanson
& Vona Monterey Jack
Pennland Pure, Maryland
Kylie Schriever and Thomas Queeney
3rd PLACE – Organic Traditional Jack
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
Brick Muenster – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Muenster
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Dave Buholzer
2nd PLACE – McCadam Brick Muenster
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, New York Team Chateaugay
& Muenster
Edelweiss Creamery, Wisconsin Ben Workman
3rd PLACE – Vona Muenster
Pennland Pure, Maryland
Kylie Schriever and Thomas Queeney
Colby – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Deer Creek The Robin
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning
2nd PLACE – Marbled Colby
Cedar Grove Cheese, Wisconsin Cedar Grove Cheese Team
3rd PLACE – Traditional Colby
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
& Natural Colby Cheese
WIDMER’S CHEESE CELLARS, Inc., Wisconsin Widmer’s Cheese Cellars Team
Original Recipe / Open Category – Made from cow’s milk
Central Coast Creamery, California Lindsey Mendes
& Appalachian
Meadow Creek Dairy, Virginia Helen Feete
& Cupola Artisan Cheese
Red Barn Family Farms, Wisconsin Mike Brennenstuhl
2nd PLACE – St. Anthony
Redhead Creamery, Minnesota Alise Sjostrom
3rd PLACE – Point Reyes Toma
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California Kuba Hemmerling and Team
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Spruce
Sage Farm Goat Dairy, Vermont Molly Pindell
2nd PLACE – Providence
Goat Lady Dairy, North Carolina
Bobby Bradds, Josh Angel and Jessie Laughlin
3rd PLACE – Sweet 16
Wegmans Food Markets, Vermont Vermont Creamery
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Aries
Shooting Star Creamery, California Avery Jones
2nd PLACE – Ewereka
Central Coast Creamery, California Lindsey Mendes
3rd PLACE – Bossa
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
Made from mixed or other milks
1st PLACE – LaClare Family Creamery Cave Aged Chandoka
LaClare Family Creamery, Wisconsin Team LaClare, Affineur David Rogers
2nd PLACE – Briar Summit
Nettle Meadow, New York Team Nettle Meadow
& Cremont
Vermont Creamery, Vermont
Vermont Creamery Aged Cheese Team
3rd PLACE – Flagsheep
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Washington Beecher’s Cheesemakers
LOW FAT / LOW SALT CHEESES
Fat Free and Low Fat cheeses – All milks
1st PLACE – Galbani Low Fat Ricotta
Lactalis American Group, New York Ricotta Team
2nd PLACE – Galbani Fat Free Ricotta
Lactalis American Group, New York Ricotta Team
3rd PLACE – Odyssey Fat Free Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Justin Lowery
Light/Lite and Reduced Fat cheeses – All milks
1st PLACE – Celebrity Light
Atalanta Corporation/Mariposa Dairy, Ontario Pieter Van Oudenaren
& Neufchatel 3#
Prairie Farms Dairy Cheese Division, Iowa Luana Team
2nd PLACE – Reduced Fat String Cheese
Lactalis American Group, Idaho Nampa String Team
3rd PLACE – Odyssey Reduced Fat Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Steve Webster
MARINATED CHEESES
Cheeses Marinated in Liquids and Ingredients – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Deer Creek The MoonRabbit
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning with Katie Fuhrmann
2nd PLACE – Deer Creek The Night Walker
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Kerry Henning with Katie Fuhrmann
3rd PLACE – Sartori Reserve Tennessee Whiskey BellaVitano
Sartori Company, Wisconsin Team Sartori
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Herbes de Provence
Pure Luck Farm and Dairy, Texas Amelia Sweethardt
& CHEVOO: Fennel Pollen & Orange
CHEVOO, California Gerard Tuck
& CHEVOO: Urfa Chili & Lemon
CHEVOO, California Gerard Tuck
2nd PLACE – CHEVOO: Dill Pollen & Garlic
CHEVOO, California Gerard Tuck
3rd PLACE – CHEVOO: Smoked Salt & Rosemary
CHEVOO, California Gerard Tuck
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – BUF Ciliegine in Infusion
BUF CREAMERY LLC, Cundinamarca Adam Rojas
COLD-PACK AND CLUB CHEESES
Open Category – with a maximum moisture of 42% – all milks
1st PLACE – Balderson Spreadable Cheese spread
Parmalat Canada, Ontario Parmalat Cheese Team
& Classic Spreadable Goat Cheese
Vermont Creamery, Vermont
Vermont Creamery Fresh Cheese Team
2nd PLACE – Pub Cheese Sharp Cheddar Spreadable Cheese
Lactalis American Group, Wisconsin Lyle Gast Jr
3rd PLACE – Aged Asiago Cold Pack Cheese Food
Pine River Pre-Pack, Inc, Wisconsin Phil Lindemann
FLAVORED CHEESES
Fresh Unripened Cheese with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Chocolate Mascarpone
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Crave Cheese Team
2nd PLACE – Honey & Sea Salt Fromage Blanc
By George Farm, Oregon Jonny Steiger
3rd PLACE – Fromage Blanc with Herbs
Cherry Valley Dairy, Washington Meghan McKenna
Cheese Curds with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Cheese Curds with Flavor
Arena Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Bill Hanson
& Bacon Morita White Cheddar Cheese Curds
WW Homestead Dairy, Iowa WW Homestead Dairy
2nd PLACE – Hatch Chile Curds
Beehive Cheese Company LLC, Utah Pat Ford
3rd PLACE – Grilled Steak & Onion White Cheddar Cheese Curd
WW Homestead Dairy, Iowa WW Homestead Dairy
Soft-Ripened with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – We Be Chivin
Wegmans Food Markets, Vermont Vermont Creamery
2nd PLACE – 3 Kg Brie with Black and Green Peppercorns
Old Europe Cheese, Inc., Michigan Old Europe Cheese
3rd PLACE – Truffle Tremor Mini
Cypress Grove, California Cypress Grove
& 3 Kg Brie With Herbs
Old Europe Cheese, Inc., Michigan Old Europe Cheese
International-Style with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Marieke Gouda Bacon
Marieke Gouda, Wisconsin Marieke Gouda Cheese Team
2nd PLACE – Marieke Gouda Foenegreek
Marieke Gouda, Wisconsin Marieke Gouda Cheese Team
& Cumin Gouda
Oakdale Cheese & Specialties, California John Dirk Bulk
3rd PLACE – Roth 3 Chile Pepper Gouda Cheese Wheel
Emmi Roth, Wisconsin Team Emmi Roth – Monroe
& Dill Havarti
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Ron Bechtolt
Cheddar with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Cabot Garlic & Herb Cheddar
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, New York Team Chateaugay
& Peppercorn Harvest Clothbound Cheddar
Face Rock Creamery, Oregon Brad Sinko
2nd PLACE – Organic Rogue’s Mary Cheddar
Rogue Creamery, Oregon
Rogue Creamery Cheddar Production Team
3rd PLACE – Marco Polo Reserve
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Washington Beecher’s Cheesemakers
& In Your Face Spicy 3 Pepper Cheddar
Face Rock Creamery, Oregon Brad Sinko
Farmstead Cheese with Flavor Added (must conform to all guidelines in Category M) – All milks
1st PLACE – Idyll Pastures with Fennel Pollen
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
& Idyll Pastures with Honey and Lavender
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
2nd PLACE – Spreadable Idyll Pastures Honey and Lavender
Idyll Farms llc, Michigan Team Idyll
& Claire’s Mandell Hill
Ruggles Hill Creamery, Massachusetts Tricia Smith
3rd PLACE – Foggy Morning with Garlic and Basil
Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., California Aaron Langdon
& Field of Creams
Prodigal Farm, North Carolina Team Prodigal
Hispanic-Style with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Chees-E-Que Brat Style
Cedar Grove Cheese, Wisconsin Cedar Grove Cheese team
2nd PLACE – Chipotle Queso Blanco
University of Connecticut Department of Animal Science Creamery, Connecticut UConn Creamery Team
3rd PLACE – Menonina Pimiento
Mozzarella Company, Texas Mauricio Travesi
& Green Chile Queso Blanco
University of Connecticut Department of Animal Science Creamery, Connecticut UConn Creamery Team
Feta with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Odyssey Peppercorn Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Steve Buholzer
2nd PLACE – Odyssey Tomato & Basil Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Steve Webster
3rd PLACE – Odyssey Mediterranean Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Luke Buholzer
Reduced Fat Cheese with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Reduced Fat Mediterranean Feta
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Matt Erdley
2nd PLACE – Farmers with Pesto
Renard’s Rosewood Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Chris Renard
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Ron Buholzer
Rubbed-Rind Cheese with added flavor ingredients rubbed or applied on the exterior surface of the cheese only – All milks
1st PLACE – Yellow Door Creamery Mayan Cocoa Coffee Rubbed Fontal
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
2nd PLACE – PIERCE POINT
Cowgirl Creamery, California TEAM CADER
3rd PLACE – Yellow Door Creamery Creamy Dill Rubbed Fontal
Schuman Cheese, Wisconsin Team Lake Country Dairy
American Originals with Flavor Added – all milks
1st PLACE – Natural Colby Cheese with Caraway
WIDMER’S CHEESE CELLARS, Inc., Wisconsin Widmer’s Cheese Cellars Team
2nd PLACE – Cowboy Jack
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California Kuba Hemmerling and Team
& Traditional Washed Rind Brick Cheese with Caraway
WIDMER’S CHEESE CELLARS, Inc., Wisconsin Widmer’s Cheese Cellars Team
Fresh Goat Cheese with Flavor Added – 100% goat’s milk
1st PLACE – PsycheDillic
Cypress Grove, California Cypress Grove
2nd PLACE – Basil and Garlic Chevre
Goat Lady Dairy, North Carolina Carrie Bradds
& Herb Garlic Capri
Westfield Farm, Massachusetts Kim Hayes
3rd PLACE
Fig & Honey Chevre Log
Goat Lady Dairy, North Carolina Carrie Bradds & Bobby Bradds
& Garlic & Chive 5.4oz
Laura Chenel, California Team Laura Chenel
& Clover Blossom Honey Fresh Goat Cheese
Vermont Creamery, Vermont
Vermont Creamery Fresh Cheese Team
Sheep Cheese with Flavor Added – 100% sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Hudson Flower
Murray’s Cheese, New York Old Chatham Creamery
2nd PLACE – Fresh Spicy Chili
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
3rd PLACE – Fresh Garlic Herb
Green Dirt Farm, Missouri Cheese Kitchen Team
Cold-Pack and Club Cheeses with Flavor Added – With a maximum moisture of 42% – All milks
1st PLACE – The Fork Original Blue & Date Spread
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California Jennifer Luttrell and Team
& The Fork Pimento Cheese
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California Jennifer Luttrell and Team
2nd PLACE – Hickory Smoked Cheddar Pimiento Cheese
Red Clay Gourmet, North Carolina Lance & Michele Sawyer
& PIMENTO CHEESE
Sweet Grass Dairy, Georgia Jeremy Little
3rd PLACE – Sheep milk pimento
Blackberry Farm, Tennessee Chris Osborne
& Rondele Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Spreadable Cheese
Lactalis American Group, Wisconsin Tony Gessler
& Proper Pepper Pimento Cheese – Classic Flavor
Proper Pepper Pimento Cheese, Vermont
Deana Tanner Bibb dba Proper Pepper Pimento Cheese
Open Category – Cheeses with Flavor Added – All milks and mixed milks
1st PLACE – Burrata Con Tartufo
Lioni Latticini, Inc., New Jersey Lioni Latticini, Inc.
2nd PLACE – BelGioioso Black Truffle Burrata
BelGioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin Bryan Springborn
3rd PLACE – ALDI-exclusive Specially Selected Roasted Garlic with Tomato Basil Handcrafted
ALDI Inc., Wisconsin
& Calderwood
Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont Jasper Hill Creamery
& Deer Creek The Blue Jay
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin Terry Martin
SMOKED CHEESES
Smoked Italian Styles (Mozzarella, Scamorza, Bocconcini, Ovalini, etc.) – All milks
1st PLACE – Burrata
Liuzzi Cheese, Connecticut Liuzzi Cheese
2nd PLACE – Smoky Scamorza
Ferndale Farmstead, Washington
Daniel Wavrin & Ferndale Farmstead Team
& Naturally Oven Smoked Mozzarella
Global Foods International, Inc., Illinois Global Foods International Inc
3rd PLACE – Smoked Fresh Mozzarella
Liuzzi Cheese, Connecticut Liuzzi Cheese
Smoked Cheddars – All milks
1st PLACE – Apple Walnut Smoked Promontory
Beehive Cheese Company LLC, Utah Warren Buchanan
2nd PLACE – LaClare Family Creamery Smoked Cheddar
LaClare Family Creamery, Wisconsin Team LaClare
& Hickory Smoked Cheddar Cheese
Yancey’s Fancy, Inc., New York Adam Cooper
3rd PLACE – Tillamook Smoked Medium Cheddar
Tillamook County Creamery Association, Oregon Tillamook Team 3
Open Category – Smoked Cheeses – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Smoked Grand Gouda
Cal Poly Creamery, California Creamery Team
& Naturally Smoked Aged Traditional Gouda
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
2nd PLACE – Organic Smokey Blue Cheese
Rogue Creamery, Oregon
Rogue Creamery Blue Production Team
& Saxon Creamery Big Ed’s Smokehaus
Saxon Cheese, LLC, Wisconsin Team Saxon
3rd PLACE – Smoked Gouda
Fair Oaks Farms, Wisconsin Bruce Workman
& Naturally Smoked Aged Gouda
Maple Leaf Cheesemakers, Inc., Wisconsin Maple Leaf Cheesemaking Team
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Smokey Mountain Round
Goat Lady Dairy, North Carolina Carrie & Bobby Bradds
& Bella Capra Semi-Soft Smoked Goat Cheese
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
2nd PLACE – Smoked Chèvre
Sage Farm Goat Dairy, Vermont Molly Pindell
3rd PLACE – Smoked Capri
Westfield Farm, Massachusetts Debby Stetson
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Smoked Sheep Milk Gouda
Hook’s Cheese Company, Inc., Wisconsin Anthony Hook
2nd PLACE – No winner named
3rd PLACE – No winner named
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – No winner named
2nd PLACE – No winner named
3rd PLACE – Smoked Cerberus
Cedar Grove Cheese, Wisconsin Cedar Grove Cheese team
BUTTERS
Salted Butter with or without cultures – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Brethren Butter Amish Style Hand Rolled Salted Butter
Graf Creamery Inc., Wisconsin Roy M. Philippi
2nd PLACE – CROPP/Organic Valley Salted Butter
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Wisconsin Team McMinnville
3rd PLACE – Organic Valley Salted Butter
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Wisconsin Team Chaseburg
Unsalted Butter with or without cultures – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Organic Valley European Style Cultured Butter, Unsalted
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Wisconsin Team Chaseburg
2nd PLACE – CROPP/Organic Valley Pasture Butter, Cultured
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Wisconsin Team McMinnville
3rd PLACE – Cabot Unsalted Butter
Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Massachusetts Team West Springfield
& Organic Valley Cultured Butter, Unsalted
CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, Wisconsin Team Chaseburg
Butter with or without cultures – Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – No winner named
2nd PLACE – Bella Capra Goat Butter
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – Celebrity Butter (Salted)
Atalanta Corporation/Mariposa Dairy, Ontario Pieter Van Oudenaren
Butter with Flavor Added – All milks
1st PLACE – Herbed Rose Butter
Cherry Valley Dairy, Washington Blain Hages
2nd PLACE – Coffee Butter
Cherry Valley Dairy, Washington Blain Hages
CULTURED MILK AND CREAM PRODUCTS
Creme Fraiche and Sour Cream Products – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Creme Agria (Sour Cream)
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
2nd PLACE – Creme Fraiche
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – Crema Supremo Sour Cream
V&V Supremo Foods, Illinois Team Michoacan
Kefir, Drinkable Yogurt, Buttermilk, and Other Drinkable Cultured Products – All milks
1st PLACE – Plain Kefir
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Weber’s Farm Store
2nd PLACE – Jocoque
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Creamline Whole Cultured Buttermilk
Trinity Valley, New York Branden Brown
3rd PLACE – Karoun Whole Milk Kefir Drink
Karoun Dairies LLC, California Jaime Graca
Labneh, Greek Style Yogurt, and Other Strained Cultured Products – All milks
1st PLACE – Heroes Greek Yogurt
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
2nd PLACE – Plain Organic Cow Yogurt
Bellwether Farms, California Liam Callahan
& Odyssey Greek Yogurt Traditional
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Adam Buholzer
& siggi’s 4% Fat Plain Skyr
siggi’s dairy, Wisconsin Eric Weidman
& siggi’s Triple Cream Plain Skyr
siggi’s dairy, Wisconsin Eric Weidman
3rd PLACE – Odyssey 2% Greek Yogurt
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Adam Buholzer
& Odyssey Greek Yogurt Old World
Klondike Cheese Co., Wisconsin Adam Buholzer
Yogurts – Plain with No Additional Ingredients – Made from cow’s milk
1st PLACE – Plain Stir Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Whole Milk Plain Yogurt
Narragansett Creamery, Rhode Island Mark Federico
2nd PLACE – Bulgarian Yogurt
Karoun Dairies LLC, California Jaime Graca
3rd PLACE – Armenian Yogurt
Karoun Dairies LLC, California Jaime Graca
Made from goat’s milk
1st PLACE – Capretta Low Fat Goat Yogurt
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
2nd PLACE – Capretta Non-Fat Goat Yogurt
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
3rd PLACE – Capretta Rich & Creamy Goat Yogurt
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, California Ben Gregersen
Made from sheep’s milk
1st PLACE – Old Chatham Creamery Nature’s Perfect Original Sheep Yogurt
Old Chatham Creamery, New York Dylan Bush
2nd PLACE – Plain Sheep Yogurt
Bellwether Farms, California Liam Callahan
3rd PLACE – Sheep Yogurt
Garden Variety Cheese, California Rebecca King
Made from mixed, or other milks
1st PLACE – No winner named
2nd PLACE – Water Buffalo Yogurt – Plain
Annabella LLC, Antioquia A. Tabares
3rd PLACE – No winner named
Yogurt and Cultured Products with Flavor Added (Set yogurts, Greek-style, dips, etc.) – All milks
1st PLACE – Masala Yogurt Dip
Karoun Dairies LLC, California Jaime Graca
2nd PLACE – siggi’s Raspberry Triple Cream Skyr
siggi’s dairy, Wisconsin Eric Weidman
& siggi’s Vanilla Triple Cream Skyr
siggi’s dairy, Wisconsin Eric Weidman
3rd PLACE – Guava Stir Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
Yogurt and Cultured Products with Flavor Added (Drinkable, pourable, smoothie, etc.) – All milks
1st PLACE – Guava Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Mango Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Strawberry Banana Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Strawberry Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Raspberry Kefir
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Weber’s Farm Store
2nd PLACE – Peach Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Pina Colada Drinkable Yogurt
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
& Strawberry Banana Cereal Smoothie
Marquez Brothers International, Inc., California Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
3rd PLACE – Blueberry Kefir
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Weber’s Farm Store
& Strawberry Kefir
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Weber’s Farm Store
& Vanilla Kefir
Nasonville Dairy, Inc., Wisconsin Team Weber’s Farm Store
Margaret Leahy
Margaret Leahy is a Contributing Editor at culture.
