2017 Cheese Competition Results

Best in Show: Shepsog, Mixed Cows and Sheep Milk Cheese, Grafton Village Cheese, Brattleboro, Vermont

Reserve Best in Show: Cabot Clothbound Reserve, Cows Milk Cheese, Cellars at Jasper Hill, Greensboro, Vermont

Class 1 Cheddar - Aged up to 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Traditional Clothbound Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Gold	Cabot Clothbound Cheddar	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Gold	1959	Von Trapp Farmstead
Silver	Sweet Cheddar	Billings Farm
Silver	Pleasant Valley	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Silver	White Oak	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Cabot VT Extra Sharp	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Sharp Cheddar	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Contoocook Creamery Cheddar	Contoocook Creamery
Bronze	Butter Cheddar	Billings Farm

Class 2 Cheddar - Over 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Cabot Clothbound Cheddar Reserve	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Silver	Cabot Old School	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Governor's Cheddar	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze	Cabot Vintage Chorce	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Contoocook Creamery 2 year Cheddar	Contoocook Creamery
Bronze	Cabot Legacy Farmhouse	Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Class 3 - Colby, Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Monterey Jack	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Thomas Farm Farmstead Colby	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Colby	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Bronze	East Meadow	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Organic Jalapeno Jack	Neighborly Farms of Vermont

Class 5 - Italian Style Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Alpine Parmigiano-Reggiano	LFE Cheese
Silver	The Twain	The Mystic Cheese Company
Silver	Mascarpone	Vermont Creamery

Class 6 - Blue Veined Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Deja Blue - External Blue	Spring Day Creamery
Gold	Big Blue	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Gold	Bayley Hazen Blue	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Gold	Mad River Blue	Von Trapp Farmstead
Silver	Barden Blue	Consider Bardwell Farm
Bronze	Valdés Blue	Barn First Creamery

Class 7 - Flavored Soft Spreads

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Basil Herb and Garlic	Hancock Farm

Class 8 - Flavored Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Crème Fraiche	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Vanilla Crème Fraiche	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Thomas Farm Chive Chevre	Thomas Farm
Gold	Hartwell	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Silver	Apricot & Thyme Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Cranberry & Tarragon Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Thomas Farm Garlic Dill Chevre	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Fresh	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Bronze	Tomato Basil Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Orange, Cranberry Cinnamon Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Herb Chevre	Vermont Creamery

Class 9 - Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Dill Havarti	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Green Chile Queso Blanco	University of Connecticut Creamery
Bronze	Garden Vegetable Havarti	Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 10 - Flavored Hard Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Sage & Herb	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Silver	Sage Cheddar	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Silver	Black Truffle	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Organic Green Onion Cheddar	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Bronze	Garlic Peppercorn	Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 11 - Wash Rind/Smear Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Oma	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Silver	Willoughby	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Bronze	Pawlet	Consider Bardwell Farm
Bronze	Winnimere	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Bronze	Dorset	Consider Bardwell Farm

Class 12 - Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Quinby	Barn First Creamery
Silver	Cowles	Barn First Creamery
Silver	Evangeline - Ashed bloomy rind	Spring Day Creamery
Silver	Ballyhoo Brie	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Silver	Goat Milk Ricotta	Olympia Farm
Bronze	Classic Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Classic Chevre	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Thomas Farm Plain Chevre	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Moses Sleeper	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Bronze	Rhode Island Ayrshire Heritage Breed Cheese	Rhody Fresh

Class 14 - Smoked Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Contoocook Creamery Smoked Cheddar	Contoocook Creamery
Silver	Smoked Cheese	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Maple Smoked Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Smoked Garlic Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Natural Smoked Gouda	Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 15 - Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Feta	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Silver	Beaver Brooks Sheep Feta	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm

Class 16 - Flavored Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Marinated Feta	West River Creamery

Class 17 - Alpine Style

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Alpha Tolman	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Gold	Bear Hill	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Vermont Artisan Gouda	Shadagee Farmstead
Bronze	Thistle Hill Tarentaise	Thistle Hill Farm
Bronze	Savage	Von Trapp Farmstead
Bronze	Barbegazi	Fairy Tale Farm
Bronze	Founders Orne Meadows	Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Class 18 - Mold Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Harbison	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Gold	Ruggles Hill Creamery Greta's Fair Haven	Ruggles Hill
Gold	Ruggles Hill Creamery Claire's Mandel Hill	Ruggles Hill
Gold	White Diamond	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Gold	Melinda Mae	The Mystic Cheese Company
Silver	Bijou	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Will O' Wisp	Fairy Tale Farm
Silver	Mt Alice	Von Trapp Farmstead
Silver	Lille Coulumiers	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Silver	Manchester	Consider Bardwell Farm
Bronze	Coupole	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Cremont	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Grace's Choice	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Bonne Bouche	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Weybridge	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm

Class 19 - Open Class for All Other Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Arpeggio	Robinson Farm
Gold	Shepsog	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver	Ruggles Hill Creamery Ode to Joy	Ruggles Hill
Silver	Ruggles Hill Creamery Hanna's Awashed	Ruggles Hill
Silver	Tres Bonne	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze	Plymouth Cheese Curds	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Landaff	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm
Bronze	Danby	Consider Bardwell Farm
Bronze	Kinsman Ridge	Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm

Class 20 - Yogurt

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Cabot Greek Yogurt	Cabot Creamery Cooperative