California was well represented in the 2015 American Cheese Competition which took place July 27 & 28, 2015 in Providence, Rhode Island. If you're looking to expand your cheese horizons with locally made cheeses, try some of these winners listed, or see the complete list at cheesejudging.com You might also enjoy the Petaluma Artisan Cheese Festival!

AM: MASCARPONE AND CREAM CHEESE -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Franklin Foods, VT
Hahn's Cultured Cream Cheese
2nd arthur schuman inc, WI
Cello Rich and Creamy Mascarpone
2nd Lactalis American Group, ID
16oz Mascarpone
3rd Alouette Cheese USA, CA
California Cow Cream Cheese

AQ: FROMAGE BLANC, FROMAGE FRAIS, AND QUARK -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., CA
Foggy Morning
2nd Bellwether Farms, CA
Fromage Blanc


AC: OPEN CATEGORY - FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Narragansett Creamery, RI
Crescenza / Stracchino
2nd Atalanta Corporation/Quality Cheese Inc., ON
Stracchino
2nd Betty Acres Farm LLC/Modern Milkmaid
Farmstead Cheeses, NY
Modern Milkmaid Fresh Farmstead Cheese
3rd Karoun Dairies Inc, CA
Fresh Italian Basket Cheese

AG: OPEN CATEGORY - FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Montchevre-Betin, Inc., WI
Fromage Blanc
2nd Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Fromage Blanc

AS: OPEN CATEGORY - FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM SHEEP'S, MIXED OR OTHER MILKS
1st No Award Given
2nd Pennyroyal Farm, CA
Mixed Milk Laychee

B. SOFT-RIPENED CHEESES
White surface mold ripened cheeses (Brie, Camembert,
Coulommiers, etc.)
BB: BRIE - MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Marin French Cheese Company, CA
Traditional Brie 8oz

BT: TRIPLE CRÈME - SOFT RIPENED/CREAM ADDED - ALL MILKS
1st Lactalis American Group, WI
3 Kg. Triple Cream Brie
2nd Agropur Fine Cheeses, QC
L'Extra Triple Crème
3rd Cowgirl Creamery, CA
Mt Tam
3rd Marin French Cheese Company, CA
Petite Supreme

AG: OPEN CATEGORY - FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Montchevre-Betin, Inc., WI
Fromage Blanc
2nd Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Fromage Blanc

AS: OPEN CATEGORY - FRESH UNRIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM SHEEP'S, MIXED OR OTHER MILKS
1st No Award Given
2nd Pennyroyal Farm, CA
Mixed Milk Laychee
3rd Mozzarella Company, TX
Cella

B. SOFT-RIPENED CHEESES
White surface mold ripened cheeses (Brie, Camembert,
Coulommiers, etc.)
BB: BRIE - MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Marin French Cheese Company, CA
Traditional Brie 8oz'

BT: TRIPLE CRÈME - SOFT RIPENED/CREAM ADDED - ALL MILKS
1st Lactalis American Group, WI
3 Kg. Triple Cream Brie
2nd Agropur Fine Cheeses, QC
L'Extra Triple Crème
3rd Cowgirl Creamery, CA
Mt Tam
3rd Marin French Cheese Company, CA
Petite Supreme

BA: OPEN CATEGORY - SOFT-RIPENED CHEESES -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Cellars at Jasper Hill, VT
Harbison
2nd Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., CA
Loma Alta

MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st York Hill Farm, ME
Ripened Chevre Roll with Ash
2nd Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Humboldt Fog Mini

CD: DRY JACK - MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st No Award Given
2nd P A Bowen Farmstead, MD
Aquasco Jack
3rd Rumiano Cheese Company, CA
Dry Monterey Jack

CJ: MONTEREY JACK - MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Southwest Cheese LLC, NM
Monterrey Jack
2nd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Graziers Raw Milk Monterey Jack
3rd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Organic Raw Milk Creamy Jack

CC: AMERICAN ORIGINALS ORIGINAL RECIPE / OPEN CATEGORY -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Emmi Roth USA, WI
Roth's Private Reserve
2nd Cowgirl Creamery, CA
Wagon Wheel
3rd Central Coast Creamery, CA

CG: AMERICAN ORIGINALS ORIGINAL RECIPE / OPEN CATEGORY -
MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Humboldt Fog Grande

CS: AMERICAN ORIGINALS ORIGINAL RECIPE / OPEN CATEGORY -
MADE FROM SHEEP'S MILK
1st Bleating Heart Cheese, CA
Fat Bottom Girl

EG: CHEDDAR - AGED UP TO 12 MONTHS - MADE FROM GOAT'S,
SHEEP'S, BUFFALO'S, MIXED, OR OTHER MILK
1st Central Coast Creamery, CA
Goat Cheddar

FM: BLUE-VEINED WITH A RIND OR EXTERNAL COATING -
MADE FROM SHEEP'S, MIXED OR OTHER MILKS
1st No Award Given
2nd Willapa Hills Cheese, WA
Two-Faced Blue
3rd Bleating Heart Cheese, CA
Buff Blue

HY: FRESH MOZZARELLA - 8 OZ. OR MORE (BALLS OR SHAPES) -
ALL MILKS
1st Atalanta Corporation/Quality Cheese Inc., ON
Bella Casara Buffalo Mozzarella
2nd Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., CA
Point Reyes Fresh Mozzarella

HB: BURRATA - FRESH MOZZARELLA ENCASING A DISTINCTLY
SEPARATE, SOFTER CURD AND CREAM, OR OTHER SOFT CHEESE,
CORE - ALL MILKS
1st Calabro Cheese Corporation, CT
Burrata
2nd Maplebrook Farm, VT
Burrata
3rd Di Stefano Cheese, CA
Burrata

I. FETA CHEESES
IC: FETA - MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Karoun Dairies Inc, CA
Brinza Feta
2nd Belfiore Cheese Company, CA
Belfiore Mediterranean Style Feta Cheese in Brine
12 ounce

IG: FETA - MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Briar Rose Creamery, OR
Goat Milk Feta
2nd Karoun Dairies Inc, CA
Basket Goat Feta

IS: FETA - MADE FROM SHEEP'S, MIXED OR OTHER MILKS
1st Barred Owl Creamery, ME
Barred Owl Organic Feta
2nd Cedar Grove Cheese, WI
Traditional Feta
2nd La Moutonniere Inc., QC
Feta
2nd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Tre Belle Donne Sheep & Goat Milk Feta

JR: LIGHT/LITE AND REDUCED FAT CHEESES - ALL MILKS
1st Guggisberg Cheese, Inc., OH
Reduced Fat Swiss Wheel
2nd Alouette Cheese USA, CA
California Cow Neufchatel Cream Cheese
3rd Alouette Cheese USA, CA
Smithfield Neufchatel Cream Cheese

KB: SOFT-RIPENED WITH FLAVOR ADDED - ALL MILKS
1st Ruggles Hill Creamery, MA
Lea's Great Meadow
2nd Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Truffle Tremor Mini
3rd Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
Truffle Tremor Original

KN: FRESH GOAT CHEESE WITH FLAVOR ADDED -
100% GOAT'S MILK
1st Cypress Grove Chevre, CA
PsycheDillic

M. FARMSTEAD CHEESES
Limited to cheeses and fermented milk products made with
milk from herds on the farm where the cheeses are produced
MA: FARMSTEAD CATEGORY AGED LESS THAN 60 DAYS -
ALL MILKS
1st Pugs Leap, CA
Petit Marcel

MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Shadow Brook Farm's - Dutch Girl Creamery, NE
Rosa Maria
2nd Pugs Leap, CA
Samson

N. GOAT'S MILK CHEESES
Open to all shapes and styles of goat's milk cheeses based on age
at time of Judging & Competition
NO: FRESH RINDLESS GOAT'S MILK CHEESE AGED 0 TO
30 DAYS (BLACK ASH COATING PERMITTED)
1st Atalanta Corporation/Mariposa Dairy, ON
Celebrity International Original Goat Cheese
2nd Pugs Leap, CA
Chévre

PG: CHEESES MARINATED IN LIQUIDS AND INGREDIENTS -
MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Appleton Creamery, ME
Chèvre in Olive Oil
2Nd Alcea Rosea Farm, Ca
Marinated Chevre
3rd Laura Chenel's Chevre, CA
Spicy marinated Cabecou with Jalapeño 6.2oz

QK: KEFIR, DRINKABLE YOGURT, BUTTERMILK, AND OTHER DRINK-
ABLE CULTURED PRODUCTS - ALL MILKS
1st Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, CA
Redwood Hill Farm Traditional Plain Goat Milk Kefir
2nd Karoun Dairies Inc, CA
Mediterranean Yogurt Drink

QL: LABNEH, GREEK STYLE YOGURT, AND OTHER STRAINED
CULTURED PRODUCTS - ALL MILKS
1st Klondike Cheese Co., WI
Odyssey Greek Yogurt
2nd Cabot Creamery Cooperative, VT
Cabot Plain Greek Style Yogurt
3rd Karoun Dairies Inc, CA
Karoun Labneh

QD: YOGURTS - PLAIN WITH NO ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS -
MADE FROM GOAT'S MILK
1st Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Capretta Low Fat Yogurt
2nd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Capretta Rich & Creamy Yogurt

RO: UNSALTED BUTTER WITH OR WITHOUT CULTURES -
MADE FROM COW'S MILK
1st Rumiano Cheese Company, CA
Organic Unsalted Butter
2nd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Graziers European-style Vat Cultured Unsalted Butter
3rd CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, WI
Organic European Style Cultured Butter
3rd Spring Hill Jersey Cheese, CA
Jersey Organic Unsalted Butter

RM: BUTTER WITH OR WITHOUT CULTURES - MADE FROM GOAT'S,
SHEEP'S, MIXED, OR OTHER MILKS
1st Haverton Hill Creamery, CA
Haverton Hill Sheep Butter
2nd Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, CA
Tre Belle Donne Sheep Butter

TR: RACLETTE-STYLE - AGED OVER 45 DAYS - ALL MILKS
1st Farms For City Kids Foundation, VT
Reading
2nd Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., CA
San Geronimo

Alcea Rosea Farm
575 Hollyhock Lane
Templeton, CA 93465
(805) 423-6662
www.alcearoseafarm.com
Nestled in the heart of California's Central Coast wine country lies Alcea Rosea Farm, one of the smallest producers of artisanal, licensed farmstead goat cheese in the United States. A small herd of LaMancha dairy goats browse our organic hillside all year long.

Belfiore Cheese Company
2031 2nd Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 540-5500
www.belfiorecheese.com

Bellwether Farms
9999 Valley Ford Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 763-0993
www.bellwetherfarms.com

BLEATING HEART CHEESE
Tomales, CA 94971
(858) 245-1682
www.bleatingheart.com

Central Coast Creamery
3850 Ramada Drive
Suite C3
Paso Robles, CA 93446
(805) 624-1968
www.centralcoastcreamery.com

Cowgirl Creamery
2080 LAKEVILLE HWY
Petaluma, CA 94954
(415) 717-7480
www.cowgirlcreamery.com

Cypress Grove Chevre
1330 Q Street
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 825-1100
www.CypressGroveChevre.com

Dairy Goddess Farmstead
Cheese and Milk
6240 21st Ave
Lemoore, CA 93245
(559) 924-2449

Di Stefano Cheese
1485 East 3rd street
Pomona, CA 91766
(909) 865-8301
www.distefanocheese.com

Fagundes Old-World Cheese
8700 Fargo Ave
Hanford, CA 93230
(559) 582-2000
www.OldWorldCheese.com

Fiscalini Cheese Co.
7206 Kiernan Ave.
Modesto, CA 95358
(209) 545-5495
www.fiscalinicheese.com

Haverton Hill Creamery
5110 Bloomfield Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 665-5457
havertonhill.com

Karoun Dairies Inc
13023 Arroyo Street
San Fernando, CA 91340
(818) 767-7000
www.karouncheese.com

Laura Chenel's Chevre
22085 Carneros Vineyard Way
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 996-4477
www.laurachenel.com

Marin French Cheese Company
7500 Red Hill Rd.
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 996-4477
www.marinfrenccheese.com

Montchevre-Betin, Inc.
4030 Palos Verdes Drive North, Suite 201
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(310) 541-3520
www.montchevre.com

Nicasio Valley Cheese Co.
999 Andersen Drive, Suite #155
San Rafael, CA 94901
(415) 451-3500
www.nicasiocheese.com

Oakdale Cheese & Specialties
10040 State Highway 120
Oakdale, CA 95361
(209) 848-3139
www.oakdalecheese.com

Pennyroyal Farm
PO Box 714
Boonville, CA 95415
(707) 895-2410
www.pennyroyalfarm.com

Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
P.O. Box 9
14700 Highway 1
Point Reyes, CA 94956
(415) 663-8880
www.pointreyescheese.com

Pugs Leap
5880 Carroll Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 876-3300
www.pugsleap.com

Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery
2064 Gravenstein Hwy. North
Bldg. 1, Suite 130
Sebastopol, CA 95472
(707) 823-8250
www.redwoodhill.com

Rumiano Cheese Company
P.O. Box 863
1629 County Road E.
Willows, CA 95988
(530) 517-2210
www.rumianocheese.com

Sierra Cheese Co., Inc.
916 S. Santa Fe Ave.
Compton, CA 90221
(310) 635-1216
www.sierracheese.com

Sierra Nevada Cheese Company
6505 County Rd. 39
Willows, CA 95988
(530) 934-8660
www.sierranevadacheese.com

Spring Hill Jersey Cheese
621 Western Ave
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 762-3446
www.springhillcheese.com

Tomales Farmstead Creamery
5488 Middle Rd
Tomales, CA 94971
(707) 878-2041
www.tolumafarms.com

Valley Ford Cheese Company
P.O. Box 382
Valley Ford, CA 94972
(707) 529-0836
www.valleyfordcheeseco.com
www.dairygoddess.com