2023

In 2023 Vermont cheeses took home a striking 142 domestic and international cheese awards!  A third of these awards were international “win” categories.  These included 51 awards at The Big E, 44 at the American Cheese Society’s national Judging & Competition event, 24 at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards, and 23 at the Guild of Fine Foods’ World Cheese Awards. Congratulations to these 15 cheese producers who captured these great spots:

• Barn First
• Cabot Creamery Cooperative/Agrimark
• Crowley Cheese
• Fairy Tale Farm
• Grafton Cheese Co.
• Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home
• Jasper Hill Farm
• Maplebrook
• Mt. Mansfield Creamery
• Parish Hill Creamery
• Spring Brook
• Vermont Creamery
• von Trapp Farmstead
• Vermont Creamery
• Vermont Shepherd

ICDA – International Cheese & Dairy Awards

• Shepsog /Unpasteurized semi hard natural rind   Grafton Village cheese CO.           Gold
• Bearhill /Semi Hard Natural Rind               Grafton Village cheese CO.           Silver
• Story Teller / Wash Rind semi hard            Grafton Village cheese CO.           Bronze
• Sherry Gray         Jasper Hill Farm   Silver
• Whintey               Jasper Hill Farm   Gold
• Bayley Hazen Blue            Jasper Hill Farm   Silver
• Vault 5 Cave Aged            Jasper Hill Farm   Silver
• Cabot Clothbound            Jasper Hill Farm   Silver
• Willoughby          Jasper Hill Farm   Gold
• Alpha Tolman     Jasper Hill Farm   Gold
• Moses Sleeper   Jasper Hill Farm   Gold
• Bijou      Vermont Creamery          Bronze
• Coupole               Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Bonne Bouche    Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Herb Goat Cheese            Vermont Creamery          Silver
• Classic Goat Cheese Crumbles     Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Honey Truffle Goat Cheese           Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Classic Goat Cheese         Vermont Creamery          Bronze
• Unsalted Cultured Butter              Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Vanilla Crème Fraîche     Vermont Creamery          Bronze
• Chocolate & Cherry Goat Cheese               Vermont Creamery          Bronze
• Cremont              Vermont Creamery          Gold
• Classic Goat Cheese         Vermont Creamery          Bronze

The Big E

Reserve Best in Show:  Bijou, Vermont Creamery, Vermont

Honorable Mentions:

• Burrata, Maplebrook Farm, Vermont
• Sunbeam Sizzler, Hildene Cheese, Vermont

Awards by Class

• Silver     Nubian Nibbles  Hildene Cheese  Class 1 Cheddar – Aged up to 12 months
• Silver     Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar           Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 1 Cheddar – Aged up to 12 months
• Silver     Cabot Medium Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 1 Cheddar – Aged up to 12 months
• Bronze   Cabot White Oak Cheddar I         Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 1 Cheddar – Aged up to 12 months
• Bronze   Cabot Sharp Cheddar      Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 1 Cheddar – Aged up to 12 months
• Gold       Cabot 3 Year Cheddar     Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Silver     Cabot Private Stock         Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Silver     Cabot 2 Year Cheddar     Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Silver     Cabot Farmhouse Cheddar           Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Bronze   Sharp     Crowley Cheese Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Bronze   Cabot White Oak Cheddar II        Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 2 Cheddar – Over 12 months
• Bronze   Cabot Monterey Jack      Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 3 – Colby, Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster
• Gold       Burrata  Maplebrook Farm            Class 5 – Italian Style Cheeses
• Gold       Ricotta Alta         Maplebrook Farm            Class 5 – Italian Style Cheeses
• Gold       Mascarpone        Vermont Creamery          Class 5 – Italian Style Cheeses
• Bronze   Sheep Milk Ricotta           Fairy Tale Farm  Class 5 – Italian Style Cheeses
• Gold       Hildene Maple Chèvre    Hildene Cheese  Class 7 – Flavored Soft Spreads
• Silver     Vanilla Crème Fraîche     Vermont Creamery          Class 8 – Flavored Soft Cheese
• Silver     Herb Chèvre       Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Silver     Clover Blossom Honey Chèvre     Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Silver     Chocolate & Cherry Chèvre          Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Blueberry, Lemon & Thyme Chèvre           Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Cranberry, Orange & Cinnamon Chèvre   Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Strawberry Spritz Chèvre              Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Everything Chèvre            Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Honey Truffle Chèvre      Vermont Creamery          Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Cabot Pepper Jack           Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 9 – Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
• Bronze   Muffaletta           Crowley Cheese Class 10 – Flavored Hard Cheese
• Bronze   Hot Pepper          Crowley Cheese Class 10 – Flavored Hard Cheese
• Gold       Signature Fresh Chèvre   Hildene Cheese  Class 12 – Soft Cheese
• Silver     Crème Fraîche    Vermont Creamery          Class 12 – Soft Cheese
• Silver     Hildene Fresh Chèvre      Hildene Cheese  Class 13 – Soft Spreads
• Gold       Smoked Mozzarella          Maplebrook Farm            Class 14 – Smoked Cheeses
• Silver     Smoked Garlic    Crowley Cheese Class 14 – Smoked Cheeses
• Bronze   Whole Milk Feta               Maplebrook Farm            Class 15 – Feta – Unflavored
• Silver     Cabot Alpine Cheddar I  Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 17 – Alpine Style
• Silver     Cabot Alpine Cheddar II Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 17 – Alpine Style
• Gold       Bijou      Vermont Creamery          Class 18 – Mold Ripened Cheese
• Bronze   Coupole               Vermont Creamery          Class 18 – Mold Ripened Cheese
• Bronze   St. Albans            Vermont Creamery          Class 18 – Mold Ripened Cheese
• Gold       Chèvre  Vermont Creamery          Class 19 – Open Class for All Other Cheeses
• Gold       Crumbled Chèvre             Vermont Creamery          Class 19 – Open Class for All Other Cheeses
• Gold       Sunbeam Sizzler               Hildene Cheese  Class 19 – Open Class for All Other Cheeses
• Bronze   Nuberu  Fairy Tale Farm  Class 19 – Open Class for All Other Cheeses
• Gold       Cabot 10% Plain Greek yogurt     Cabot Creamery Cooperative       Class 20 – Yogurt
• Silver     Cabot Triple Cream Vanilla Bean Greek Yogurt      Cabot Creamery Cooperative               Class 20 – Yogurt
• Bronze   Sea Salt Cultured Butter Vermont Creamery          Class 23 – Butter
• Bronze   Unsalted Cultured Butter              Vermont Creamery          Class 23 – Butter

American Cheese Society Judging & Competition (ACS J&C)

• 3rd Place             Valdes Blue         Barn First Creamery
• 3rd Place             Cowles  Barn First Creamery
• 1st Place              “Cabot 83 BF Sea Salted Butter”  “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 1st Place              “Cabot 83 BF No Salt Butter”        “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 1st Place              Cabot Creme Fraiche       “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 1st Place              “Cabot Garlic Herb Cheddar”       “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 2nd Place            “Cabot 10% Plain Greek Yogurt”  “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 2nd Place            “Cabot Private Stock Cheddar”    “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 2nd Place            “Cabot Three Year Cheddar”        “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 2nd Place            “Cabot Extra Aged Cheddar”        “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 2nd Place            “Cabot White Oak Cheddar I”      “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot UnSalted Butter”               “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             Cabot Sour Cream           “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot Vermont Style Cottage Cheese”    “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot Legacy Farmhouse Cheddar”         “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar”       “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot Alpine Cheddar Extra Aged”          “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             “Cabot Triple Cream Vanilla Greek Yogurt”             “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 3rd Place             Cabot Colby Cheese        “Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Inc.”
• 1st Place              Calderwood        “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 1st Place              “Prosecco Wash Harbison”            “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 2nd Place            Willoughby          “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Cabot Clothbound            “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Cabot Clothbound            “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Little Hosmer      “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Sherry Gray         “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Hartwell               “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Harbison Mini    “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 3rd Place             Harbison              “Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm”
• 1st Place              Shepsog               “Grafton Village Cheese Co.”
• 1st Place              Clothbound Cheddar       “Grafton Village Cheese Co.”
• 2nd Place            Bearhill “Grafton Village Cheese Co.”
• 1st Place              Block Feta           Maplebrook Farm
• 2nd Place            Stracciatella        Maplebrook Farm
• 3rd Place             “Maplebrook Farm Burrata”         Maplebrook Farm
• 3rd Place             Patrolmans Blues             Mt. Mansfield Creamery
• 3rd Place             Tarentaise Reserve           “Spring Brook Farm Cheese, LLC”
• 2nd Place            “Sea Salt Cultured Butter”             Vermont Creamery
• 2nd Place            Crème Fraîche    Vermont Creamery
• 2nd Place            St. Albans            Vermont Creamery
• 2nd Place            Classic Goat Cheese         Vermont Creamery
• 2nd Place            “Everything Goat
• Cheese”               Vermont Creamery
• 3rd Place             Coupole               Vermont Creamery
• 3rd Place             Invierno               Vermont Shepherd

World Cheese Awards – Guild of Fine Foods

• Parish Hill Creamery        Humble SUPER GOLD
• Parish Hill Creamery        Idyll        SUPER GOLD
• Cellars at Jasper Hill         Harbison              SUPER GOLD
• Cellars at Jasper Hill         Willoughby          Gold
• Von Trapp Farmstead      Mt. Alice (Bloomy Rind Cheese)  GOLD
• Vermont Creamery          Wild Blueberry, Lemon and Thyme Goat Cheese  GOLD
• Vermont Creamery          Honey Truffle Goat Cheese           GOLD
• Cellars at Jasper Hill         Bayley Hazen Blue            GOLD
• Vermont Creamery          Crème Fraîche    SILVER
• Cellars at Jasper Hill         Vault 5 Cave Aged            SILVER
• Vermont Creamery          Bonne Bouche    SILVER
• Vermont Creamery          Coupole               SILVER
• Vermont Creamery          St. Albans            SILVER
• Vermont Creamery          Mascarpone        BRONZE
• Von Trapp Farmstead      Mad River Blue Cheese Cheese   BRONZE
• Vermont Creamery          Herb Goat Cheese            BRONZE
• Spring Brook Farm Cheese            Reading BRONZE
• Parish Hill Creamery        Jack’s Blue           BRONZE
• Vermont Creamery          Cremont              BRONZE
• Spring Brook Farm Cheese            Tarentaise           BRONZE
• Cellars at Jasper Hill         Little Hosmer      BRONZE
• Parish Hill Creamery        Vermont Herdsman         BRONZE
• Spring Brook Farm Cheese            Tarentaise Reserve           BRONZE