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Annual Maine Cheese Competition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What better way to showcase and celebrate the fine cheesemakers in our community than through some friendly competition? Cheeses from around the state have been anonymously judged by experts on their appearance, texture, consistency, and taste. You\u2019ll hear the winners announced \u2013 and can taste what the best-in-Maine-cheese has to offer.<\/p>\n

The winners of the Annual MaineCheese Competition are announced on the afternoon of every Cheese Festival.<\/p>\n

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Calling all Maine licensed cheesemakers!<\/strong> \u00a0Think your cheese is award-worthy? Enter the 6th Annual Maine Cheese Awards<\/em> and showcase your craftsmanship alongside the best cheesemakers in the state!\u00a0 Apply today!<\/a> (Entry deadline Sunday, Aug. 30th).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2025 Maine Cheese Guild Cheese
\nAwards Winners List<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1. Fresh Cheeses \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable \u2013 Any Milk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Tie:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noisy Acres Farm – Chevre<\/p>\n

York Hill Farm \u2013 Dairy Duet<\/p>\n

2. Fresh Cheeses – Firm<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Creamy Acres Creamery – Curds<\/p>\n

3. Brined Cheeses<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Widdershins, LLC – Feta<\/p>\n

4. Bloomy Rind<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Spring Day Creamery – Evangeline<\/p>\n

5. Washed Rind<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm – Terzetto<\/p>\n

6. Washed Curd<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery – Landslide<\/p>\n

7. Aged, Pressed Curd Cheeses<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Pineland Farms Dairy \u2013 Reserve Cheddar<\/p>\n

8. Mountain\/Alpine Cheeses<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Tie: Josh Pond Farm – Meddybemps
\nWinter Hill Farm – Collinsbrook<\/p>\n

9. Blue Cheese<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex<\/p>\n

10. Flavored Cheeses<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery – Alpenglow<\/p>\n

BEST IN SHOW: TIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex<\/p>\n

Spring Day Creamery – Evangeline<\/p>\n

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\nThank you to our partners at the Maine Tasting Center<\/a> for running the Competition and accepting over 100 cheeses to the competition.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Annual Maine Cheese Competition What better way to showcase and celebrate the fine cheesemakers in our community than through some friendly competition? Cheeses from around the state have been anonymously judged by experts on their appearance, texture, consistency, and taste. You\u2019ll hear the winners announced \u2013 and can taste what the best-in-Maine-cheese has to offer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/899"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}