ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (November 14, 2025) – Vermont took home 33 awards at the World Cheese Awards international competition in Bern, Switzerland for the 2025-2026 year. Honors included 2 Super Gold Awards, 4 Gold Awards, 14 Silver Awards, and 13 Bronze Awards among eight Vermont cheese producers.
A truly global cheese event, World Cheese brings together cheesemakers, retailers, buyers and food commentators worldwide to judge over 5,000 cheeses from over 40 countries. Taking place annually, the World Cheese Awards is hosted by different nations, working with the Guild of Fine Food to shine a light on local cheesemaking, food & drink tourism and culture.
Vermont cheese producers won the following awards:
SUPER GOLD WINNER
- ‘Withersbrook Blue’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘West West Blue’ – Parish Hill Creamery
GOLD WINNERS
- ‘Gisele, aged 8 months’ – Boston Post Dairy
- ‘Reverie’ – Parish Hill Creamery
- ‘Clover Blossom Honey Goat Cheese’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Cremont’ – Vermont Creamery
SILVER WINNERS
- ‘Cabot Clothbound’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Willoughby’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Moses Sleeper’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Harbison’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Bayley Hazen Blue’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Madison Blue’ – Green Mountain Blue Cheese
- ‘Lainey Rose’ – Mt. Mansfield Creamery
- ‘Hooper’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Mt Alice’ – von Trapp Farmstead
- ‘Mad River Blue’ – von Trapp Farmstead
- ‘Humble’ – Parish Hill Creamery
- ‘Idyll’ – Parish Hill Creamery
- ‘Jack’s Blue’ – Parish Hill Creamery
- ‘Kashar’ – Parish Hill Creamery
BRONZE WINNERS
- ‘Tres Bonne Reserve aged 8 months’ – Boston Post Dairy
- ‘Cabot Alpine Cheddar’ – Cabot Creamery Cooperative
- ‘Cabot Vintage Choice Cheddar’ – Cabot Creamery Cooperative
- ‘Alpha Tolman’ – Cellars at Jasper Hill
- ‘Shepsog aged approximately 11 months’ – Grafton Village Cheese Co.
- ‘Vermont Herdsman’ – Parish Hill Creamery
- ‘St. Albans’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Coupole’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Maple Chipotle Goat Cheese’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Honey Truffle Goat Cheese’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Strawberry Spritz Goat Cheese’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Classic Goat Cheese’ – Vermont Creamery
- ‘Oma’ – von Trapp Farmstead
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