The American Cheese Society has announced the winners for the 2015 Judging and Competition! Click here for a full PDF of all of the winners, and see below for Best in Show and winners in the Farmstead Cheese category.
Best of Show
1st Place: Celtic Blue Reserve
Glengarry Fine Cheese | Ontario, Canada
Cheesemaker: Wilma Klein-Swormink
2nd Place TIED: Standard Market Cave Aged Chandoka
LaClare Farms Specialties | LLC | Malone, Wisconsin
Cheesemaker: Katie (Hedrich) Fuhrmann and LaClare Team
2nd Place TIED: Roth’s Private Reserve
Emmi Roth USA | Monroe, Wisconsin
Cheesemaker: Team Emmi Roth USA
3rd Place: Harbison
Jasper Hill Farm | Greensboro, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Mateo Kehler
Farmstead Cheeses
Limited to cheeses and fermented milk products made with milk from herds on the farm where the cheeses are produced
Farmstead Cheeses Aged less than 60 Days—All Milks (MA)
1st Place: : Petit Marcel
Pugs Leap | Petaluma, California
Cheesemaker: Jennifer Kirkham
2nd Place TIED: Rippleton
Meadowood Farms| Cazenovia, New York
Cheesemaker: Veronica Pedraza
2nd Place TIED: Summer Snow
Woodcock Farm | Weston, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Mark & Gari Fischer
3rd Place: Tide Line
Winter Hill Farm | Freeport, Maine
Cheesemaker: Sarah Wiederkehr
Farmstead Cheeses Aged 60 Days or More—39% or Higher Moisture—Made from Cow’s Milk (MC)
1st Place: Winnimere
Jasper Hill Farm | Greensboro, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Mateo Kehler
2nd Place: Dancing Fern
Sequatchie Cove Creamery | Sequatchie, Tennessee
Cheesemaker: Nathan Arnold
3rd Place: Grayson
Meadow Creek Dairy | Galax, Virginia
Cheesemaker: Helen Feete
Farmstead Cheeses Aged 60 days or More—Less than 39% Moisture—Made from Cow’s Milk (ME)
1s Place: Tarentaise
Farms For City Kids Foundation | Reading, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Spring Brook Farm Team
2nd Place: Marieke Gouda Aged (9-12 Month)
Holland’s Family Cheese | Thorp, Wisconsin
Cheesemaker: Marieke Gouda Cheese Team
3rd Place: Extra-Aged Pleasant Ridge Reserve
Uplands Cheese | Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Cheesemaker: Uplands Cheese
Farmstead Cheeses Aged 60 days or More—made from Goat’s Milk (MG)
1st Place: Rosa Maria
Shadow Brook Farm’s Dutch Girl Creamery| Lincoln, Nebraska
Cheesemaker: Charuth Van Beuzekom
2nd Place: Samson
Pugs Leap | Petaluma, California
Cheesemaker: Jennifer Kirkham
3rd Place: Manchester
Consider Bardwell Farm | West Pawlet, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Consider Bardwell Farm
Farmstead Cheeses Aged 60 Days or More—Made from Sheep’s | Mixed, or Other Milks (MS)
1st Place: Verano
Vermont Shepherd | Putney, Vermont
Cheesemaker: David Major
2nd Place TIED: Ben Nevis
Bonnieview Farm | Craftsbury, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Neil Urie
2nd Place TIED: Fleur des Monts
Fromagerie La Moutonniere | Québec, Canada
Cheesemaker: Lucille Giroux
3rd Place: Will o’ Wisp
Fairy Tale Farm | Bridport, Vermont
Cheesemaker: Alissa Shethar
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