2017 Cheese Competition Results
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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

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