2016 Cheese Competition Results

Best in Show: Mad River Blue, Raw Milk Organic Natural Rind Blue, Von Trapp Farmstead, Waitsfield, Vermont

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

Class 1 Cheddar - Aged up to 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Cabot Clothbound	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Cabot Extra-Sharp Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Cabot Seriously-Sharp Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Sweet Cheddar	Billings Farm
Bronze	Cabot White Oak Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Vermont Clothbound Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Smith's Farmstead Sharp Cheddar	Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 2 Cheddar - Over 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Woodstock Reserve Cheddar	Billings Farm
Bronze	2 Year Aged Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company

Class 3 - Colby, Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Colby	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Silver	Lake St Colby	Bridport Creamery
Bronze	Londonderry	West River Creamery
Bronze	Butter Cheddar	Billings Farm

Class 4 - Swiss Styles

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Smith's Farmstead Gouda Aged Gouda	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Farmstead Gouda	Shadagee Farm

Class 5 - Italian Style Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold		Foxboro Cheese Company
Gold	Mascarpone	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Caciocavallo	Calabro Cheese Corporation
Bronze	Burrata	Maplebrook Farm
Bronze	Ciliegine	Maplebrook Farm

Class 6 - Blue Veined Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Mad River Blue	Von Trapp Farmstead
Gold	Bayley Hazen Blue	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Big Blue	Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 7 - Flavored Soft Spreads

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Adelisca	Couet Farm & Fromagerie
Silver	Olive & Herb Spreadable Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Onion and Chive Spread	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Horseradish Spread	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Fresh Farmer's Cheese with Herb and Garlic	Hancock Farm

Class 8 - Flavored Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Fresh Cheese	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Gold	Apricot & Thyme Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Garlic & Dill Goat Cheese	Thomas Farm
Gold	Chive Goat Cheese	Thomas Farm
Silver	Herb Fresh Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Three Pepper Chevre	Sweet Pea Cheese
Bronze	Tomato & Basil Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Cranberry & Tarragon Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Dill Goat Cheese	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Fran de Maquis	Couet Farm & Frinagerie
Bronze	Orange, Cranberry & Cinnamon Fresh Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery

Class 9 - Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Claire's Mandell Hill	Ruggles Hill
Silver	Chipotle Pepper Queso Blanco	University of Connecticut
Silver	Green Chile Queso Blanco	University of Connecticut
Silver	Pepper Reading	Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver	Garlic, Oregano and Olive Oil Cheese Curd	Sweet Pea Cheese
Bronze	Jalapeno Jack	Neighborly Farms of Vermont

Class 10 - Flavored Hard Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Cheddy Topper	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze	Cabot Everything Bagel Encrusted Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Sea Dog Blueberry Alehouse Cheddar	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze	Pumpkinhead Alehouse Cheddar	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze	Jalapeno Flavored Cheddar	Contoocook Creamery
Bronze	Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Salsa	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Sage & Herb	Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 11 - Wash Rind/Smear Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Reading	Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver	Grace's Choice	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Silver	Bear Hill	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver	Eleven Brothers	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze	Arpeggio	Robinson Farm
Bronze	Willoughby	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Inspiration	Mt Mansfield Creamery
Bronze	Von Trapp Farmstead Oma	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Ashbrook	Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm

Class 12 - Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Classic Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Hand Dipped Ricotta	Calabro Cheese Cooperation
Gold	Chevre	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Quark	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Fromage Blanc	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Plain Goat Cheese	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Fresh Crottin	Vermont Creamery

Class 13 - Soft Spreads

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Classic Spreadable Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Fresh Farmer's Cheese	Hancock Farm

Class 14 - Smoked Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Smoked Cheddar	Shelburne Farms
Bronze	Smoked Cheese	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Smoked Chili Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Smoked Mozzarella	Maplebrook Farm
Bronze	Smoked Feta	Maplebrook Farm
Bronze	Maple Smoked Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Smoked Cambridge	West River Creamery

Class 15 - Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Goat Milk Feta	Flying Goat Farm
Silver	Feta	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Whole Milk Feta	Maplebrook Farm

Class 16 - Flavored Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Sal-Lee	Hickory Nut Farm

Class 17 - Alpine Style

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Tarentaise Reserve	Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Gold	Tarentaise	Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver	Gisele	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Silver	Alpha Tolman	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Cabot Alpine Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Lacey White	Hickory Nut Farm
Bronze	Savage	Von Trapp Farmstead

Class 18 - Mold Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Harbsion	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Gold	Coupole	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Cremont	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Moses Sleeper	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Gold	Bijon	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Bonne Bonche	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Ellie's Cloudy Down	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Mt Alice	Von Trapp Farmstead
Bronze	White Diamond	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze	Ada's Honor	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Lille` Coulommiers	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze	Camenbert	Appleton Creamery
Bronze	Brother's Walk	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Greta's Fair Haven	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Aged Chevre with Bloomy Rind	Flying Goat Farm
Bronze	Scholten Family Farm Weybridge	Cellars at Jasper Hill

Class 19 - Open Class for All Other Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Shepsog	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver	Plymouth Curds	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Queso Blanco	University of Connecticut
Bronze	Chevre with Basil and Pine Nuts	Appleton Creamery
Bronze	Farmstead	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm