WAITSFIELD – The Vermont Cheese Council received word that Vermont took home at least 33 awards at the World Cheese Awards international competition in Bern, Switzerland. The Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm, Greensboro and Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Cabot, were among the cheesemakers who received awards.
Super Gold winner included Withersbrook Blue from Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Vermont cheese producers won the following awards:
Silver winners included Cabot Clothbound, Harbison, Willoughby, Moses Sleeper and Bayley Hazen Blue from Cellars at Jasper Hill.
Bronzer winners included Cabot Alpine Cheddar and Cabot Vintage Choice Cheddar from Cabot Creamery Cooperative and Alpha Tolman from Cellars at Jasper Hill.
Another Super Gold winner was West West Blue from Parish Hill Creamery, Westminster.
Other Gold winners from Vermont included Gisele, aged 8 months from Boston Post Dairy, Enoseburg Falls; Reverie from Parish Hill Creamery; Clover Blossom Honey Goat Cheese and Cremont from Vermont Creamery, Websterville.
Cheesemakers from Vermont winning Silver awards included Madison Blue from Green Mountain Blue Cheese, Highgate Center; French washed rind 4 months from Mt. Mansfield Creamery, Morristown; Kashar, Jack’s Blue, Idyll and Humble from Parish Hill Creamery; Hooper from Vermont Creamery and Mt Alice and Mad River Blue from von Trapp Farmstead, Waitsfield.
Bronze winners included Tres Bonne Reserve aged 8 months from Boston Post Dairy, Shepsog aged approximately 11 months from Grafton Village Cheese Co., Grafton; Vermont Herdsman, St. Albans; Coupole, Maple Chipotle Goat Cheese, Honey Truffle Goat Cheese, Strawberry Spritz Goat Cheese and Classic Goat Cheese from Vermont Creamery and Oma from von Trapp Farmstead.
The World Cheese Awards is an annual international competition hosted by different nations, working with the Guild of Fine Food to shine a light on local cheesemaking, food and drink tourism and culture. This year there were 5,000 cheeses from over 40 countries.
