2017 UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP CHEESE CONTEST CHEESE AUCTION
ITEM 8: MONTCHEVRE MASTERY 25 LBS
Class 75: Sweet Soft Goat’s Milk
Fresh Goat Cheese, Blueberry Vanilla
Team Montchevre
Class 55: Flavored Soft
Burrata with Black Truffles
Bryan Springborn, BelGioioso Cheese,
Green Bay, WI
ITEM 9: MILL CREEK STREAK ITEM 1: AMPI LOVE IT! 1. Please visit the auction
stage prior to the event
for a bidding paddle with
your company name.
Class 1: Mild Cheddar
Mild White Cheddar
Shawn Sadler, AMPI, Jim Falls, WI
2. Bids during the auction are
made on a per-pound basis.
The total pounds of each item
for bid is noted next to each
item number. Some items
contain more than one product.
Class 49: Mild Pepper Cheese
Mild Pepper Queso Quesadilla
John (Randy) Pitman
Class 53: Semi-soft Cheeses
Farmer
John (Randy) Pitman
3. Successful bidders will
arrange payment immediately
following the auction.
Credit cards accepted.
4. Cheeses can be shipped to
winning bidders, however,
WCMA encourages bidders to
pick up their items Thursday
morning from 8–10 am at
the cheese display coolers.
2016 WINNING BIDDERS
GEA North America
TC Jacoby
DSM
R Mueller
V&V Supremo
Masters Gallery
ITEM 3: FAMOSO FORMAGGIO Class 104: Cheese Based Spreads
Two-Cheese Stuffed Mozzarella
Anthony Mongiello, Formaggio Italian
Cheese Specialties, Hurleyville, NY
Dupont
Separators Inc.
Class 62: Hard Reduced Fat
Vermont 50% Reduced
Fat Jalapeno Cheddar
Terry Chase, Cabot Creamery
Cooperative, Cabot, VT
Class 30: Gorgonzola
Salemville Gorgonzola
Salemville Cheese for
Saputo Specialty Cheese
Class 66: Cold Pack Spreads
Swiss Almond Spread
Carr Valley Cheese Makers
26 LBS
Class 34: Brie & Camembert
Moses Sleeper
Jasper Hill Team
Class 60: Smoked Hard Cheeses
Smoked Natural Swiss
Pearl Valley Cheese, Fresno, OH
ITEM 21: SCHUMAN SHINES
ITEM 36: SOUTHWEST SWEEP
45 LBS
Class 13: Part Skim Mozzarella
LMPS Mozzarella
Roger Krohn
38 LBS
Class 15: Mild Provolone
Provolone
Terry Lensmire, Agropur, Luxemburg, WI
Class 17: Smoked Provolone
Smoked Provolone
Team Lake Norden, Agropur, Lake
Norden, SD
Class 45: Smear Ripened Hard
Roth Grand Cru Reserve
Emmi Roth USA, Fitchburg, WI
ITEM 6: KLONDIKE GOLD ITEM 12: AGROPUR, FOR SURE 40 LBS
Class 23: Feta
Odyssey Feta
Steve Webster
ITEM 13: GILDED GUGGISBERG Class 11: Swiss Style
Emmental Block
Team Sugarcreek, Guggisberg Cheese,
Millersburg, OH
Class 24: Flavored Feta
Odyssey Mediterranean Feta
Luke Buholzer
ITEM 14: SUPER SAXON ITEM 25: BONGARDS BEST
36 LBS
Class 39: Smoked Gouda
Aged Smoked Gouda
Saxon Creamery Team
Class 37: Aged Gouda
Marieke Gouda Aged
Marieke Gouda, Thorp, WI
Class 96: Flavored High Protein Yogurt
Odyssey Greek Yogurt Vanilla
Ron Buholzer, Klondike Cheese Co.,
Monroe, WI
Class 50: Medium Pepper Cheeses
Aged Gouda, Serrano Peppers
Saxon Creamery Team,
Saxon Cheese LLC, Cleveland, WI
Prolamina
ITEM 7: MIGHTY MEISTER ITEM 15: WINNING WESTBY Chr Hansen
Class 2: Medium Cheddar
Medium Cheddar
Meister Team 3
Class 29: Cottage Cheese
Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Cottage Team
Class 9: Monterey Jack
Monterey Jack
Meister Team 2, Meister Cheese,
Muscoda, WI
Class 95: High Protein Yogurt
Smari Icelandic Yogurt Plain
Westby Yogurt Team, Westby
Co-op Creamery, Westby, WI
Cheese Market News
Commodity Risk Management
Milk Specialties Global
Proactive Solutions
Emmi Roth
Cargill
MCT
Loos Machine
40 LBS
ITEM 28: DYNAMIC DFA
40 LBS
ITEM 38: GREATEST GREAT LAKES
10 LBS
5 LBS
13 LBS
Class 7: Aged Bandaged Cheddar
Bandaged Cheddar
Wayne Hintz, Red Barn Family Farms,
Appleton, WI
ITEM 42: SUPREME SARTORI
38 LBS
10 LBS
Class 88: Butter
Salted Butter
Team 1, O-AT-KA Milk Products Co-op,
Batavia, NY
ITEM 41: RED BARN ROYALTY
5 LBS
13 LBS
Class 8: Colby
Colby Longhorn
Team 2, LaGrander’s Hillside Dairy,
Stanley, WI
ITEM 40: ATTA-BOY O-AT-KA
20 LBS
Class 86: Hard Mixed Milk Cheeses
Sartori Tre Donnes
Mike Matucheski
THE U.S. CHAMPION!
Class 57: Flavored Hard Cheeses
Sartori Reserve Black Pepper
BellaVitano
Mike Matucheski, Sartori Co., Antigo, WI
6 LBS
Class 12: Mozzarella
Whole Milk Mozzarella
Candido’s Team, DFA, Turlock, CA
10 LBS
ITEM 29: DECATUR DOES IT AGAIN
6 LBS
Class 59: Smoked Semi-soft
Smoked Brick
Team 2, Zimmerman Cheese,
South Wayne, WI
ITEM 39: LAGRANDER’S GRANDER
Class 93: Cow’s Milk Yogurt
Organic Plain Grassmilk Yogurt
Schreiber Foods for Organic Valley,
La Farge, WI
ITEM 27: MARVELOUS MARIEKE
ITEM 37: ZIMMERMAN’S PRIDE
Class 103: Natural Sliced
Havarti Shingle Slices
Slice Samurai, Great Lakes Cheese,
Plymouth, WI
Class 69: Pasteurized Process
American Deli Loaf
Loaf Day Shift, Bongards Premium
Cheese, Bongards, MN
ITEM 26: PEAK ORGANIC VALLEY
200 LBS
10 LBS
Class 38: Flavored Gouda
Gouda, Green Olives & Pimento
Christopher Gonzales, Glanbia
Nutritionals, Twin Falls, ID
Class 63: Lowfat Cheeses
Odyssey Fat Free Feta
Steve Webster
Dairy Connection
10 LBS
Class 102: Natural Snack Cheese
Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Curds
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese,
Waterloo, WI
Class 6: Mild Bandaged Cheddar
Old English Style Cheddar
Saxon Creamery Team
DDW
Class 51: Hot Pepper Cheeses
Habanero Cheddar
Team SWC, Southwest Cheese,
Clovis, NM
Class 52: Soft Cheeses
Crème Fraîche Madagascar Vanilla
Vermont Creamery, Websterville, VT
Class 10: Marbled Curd
Colby Jack
Sam Metzger, Agropur, Hull, IA
40 LBS
Class 48: Hot Pepper Jack
Ghost Pepper Jack
Class 14: Fresh Mozzarella
Fresh Mozzarella
Crave Brothers Team
ITEM 24: GLANBIA GOLD
8 LBS
Class 47: Medium Pepper Jack
Pepper Jack
Class 4: Cheddar,
Aged One to Two Years
Aged Cheddar
FIRST RUNNER UP
Terry Lensmire
Class 31: Blue Veined, Exterior Molding
Mad River Blue
von Trapp Farmstead, Waitsfield, VT
10 LBS
Class 20: Fresh Asiago
Southwest Asiago
Class 56: Flavored Semi-soft
Yellow Door Creamery Harissa
Rubbed Fontal Cheese
Lake Country Dairy Team
Class 36: Edam & Gouda
Marieke Gouda Belegen
SECOND RUNNER UP
Marieke Gouda Team
Andritz Separation
15 LBS
5 LBS
Class 70: Flavored Pasteurized Process
Horseradish PP with Old Croc Cheddar
Gilman Cheese Corp for Trugman Nash,
Millburn, NJ
ITEM 35: PEARL VALLEY PEARL
ITEM 22: WICKED WIDMER
10 LBS
Class 68: Flavored Spreadable Natural
Président Pub Cheddar Horseradish
Lyle Gast Jr., Lactalis USA, Merrill, WI
Class 100: Shredded Blends
Gourmet Cheddar Blend
Masters Gallery Foods, Plymouth, WI
ITEM 23: CRAVING CRAVE CHEESE
Class 5: Cheddar, Aged Two Years +
Aged Cheddar
Daniel Stearns, Agropur, Weyauwega, WI
Class 64: Reduced Sodium
Reduced Sodium Swiss
Connor Bowman, Rothenbuhler
Cheesemakers, Middlefield, OH
ITEM 20: MASTERS GALLERY MASTERPIECE 5 LBS
Class 83: Hard Sheep’s Milk
Bear Hill
Grafton Village Cheese, Brattleboro, VT
40 LBS
Class 22: Baby Swiss Style
Baby Swiss
Casey Petak
Class 67: Spreadable Natural
Whipped Plain Cream Cheese
Schreiber Foods, Green Bay, WI
Class 3: Sharp Cheddar
Sharp Cheddar
Dan Stearns
ITEM 4: AGROPUR AMAZES 200 LBS
ITEM 34: SCHREIBER SHOWSTOPPER
Class 99: Shredded Cheese
Cello Shredded Parmesan
Team Schuman, Schuman Cheese,
Fairfield, NJ
Class 35: Soft Ripened
Harbison
Jasper Hill Team
ITEM 31: ROTHENBUHLER REIGNS
Class 101: Prepared Cheese Foods
Garlic Bread Cheese
Carr Valley Cheese Co. Inc., LaValle, WI
Class 33: Brick & Muenster
Brick
Luke Buholzer
Dairy Directions
10 LBS
Class 32: Blue Veined
Montforte Bleu Wheel
Imperia Foods Montfort Team
Class 46: Mild Pepper Jack
Pepper Jack
Team Alto for Saputo
Specialty Cheese, Richfield, WI
Class 90: Flavored Butter
Butter, Cinnamon Sugar
Al Bekkum, Nordic Creamery, Westby, WI
ITEM 33: GILMAN GREATNESS
68 LBS
Class 21: Aged Asiago
Stella Aged Asiago
Team Almena
ITEM 11: VICTORIOUS VERMONT 40 LBS
Class 65: Cold Pack
Washed Rind Aged Brick Spread
Widmer’s Cheese Cellars, Theresa, WI
Class 25: Havarti
Whole Milk Havarti
Masters Gallery/ Wisconsin
Aging & Grading
ITEM 10: SPECTACULAR SAPUTO 20 LBS
ITEM 32: LUSCIOUS LACTALIC
ITEM 18: KING CABOT
Class 43: Soft Smear Ripened
Willoughby
Cellars at Jasper Hill,
Greensboro Bend, VT
Sargento
Nelson-Jameson
20 LBS
Class 28: Flavored String Cheese
String, Truffle Oil & Basil
Anthony Mongiello
ITEM 5: EMMI EMINENCE Great Lakes Cheese
10 LBS
Class 16: Aged Provolone
Aged Provolone
Team B, Foremost Farms USA,
Clayton, WI
DR Tech
Cherney Microbiological
45 LBS
15 LBS
Class 42: Hard Hispanic
Cotija Wheel
V&V Supremo Foods, Browntown, WI
ITEM 19: CARR VALLEY CADILLACS
Class 61: Reduced Fat Soft & Semi-soft
Reduced Fat Muenster
John (Randy) Pitman,
Mill Creek Cheese, Arena, WI
Class 71: Pasteurized Process Slices
American Slices
Process Slice Team, AMPI, Portage, WI
ITEM 2: FOREMOST FINEST 15 LBS
ITEM 30: NORDIC’S NUMBER ONES
Class 89: Unsalted Butter
Cultured Butter
Class 41: Hispanic Melting
Oaxaca Cheese Ball
Casey Berget
Class 79: Hard Goat’s Milk Cheeses
Trivium
Team Montchevre, Montchevre-Betin,
Belmont, WI
You’re bidding on Gold Medal Cheeses from the United States
Championship Cheese Contest held March 7-9 in Green Bay. Top
bidders earn these winning products along with the appreciation
of their manufacturer, as well as an exclusive golf polo shirt,
display ribbon and prominent recognition in dairy media.
AUCTION PROCEDURE
ITEM 17: V&V VICTORIES
Class 78: Flavored Semi-soft
Goat’s Milk
Crumble, Apricot & Sage
Team Montchevre
Noisy and fun, this is the auction event of the year, with proceeds
benefiting numerous Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
programs, including the Contest itself. Your generous bids fuel our
five student scholarships ($3,000 each!), our Management Skills
for Dairy Professionals certificate course, our Certificate in Dairy
Processing training with Center for Dairy Research and WCMA’s
support for dairy research facilities throughout the Midwest.
30 LBS
Class 19: Parmesan
BelGioioso Parmesan
Dan Szczepanski
Class 77: Semi-soft Goat’s Milk
Goat’s Milk Cheese Crumble
Team Montchevre
APRIL 12, 2017 | ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER | 5:00 PM
ITEM 16: BELOVED BELGIOIOSO Class 74: Flavored Soft Goat’s Milk
Fresh Goat cheese, Truffle
Team Montchevre
10 LBS
Class 26: Flavored Havarti
Havarti Mediterranean Herb
Decatur Cheesemakers, Decatur Dairy,
Brodhead, WI