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

The winners of the Annual Maine \"MaineCheese Competition are announced on the afternoon of every Cheese Festival. Thanks to our partners at the Maine Tasting Center<\/a>\u00a0 for running the Competition and accepting over 100 cheeses to the competition.<\/p>\n

2025 Maine Cheese Guild Cheese Awards Winners List<\/strong><\/h3>\n
1. Fresh Cheeses \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable \u2013 Any Milk<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Tie:<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Noisy Acres Farm – Chevre<\/h6>\n
York Hill Farm \u2013 Dairy Duet<\/h6>\n
2. Fresh Cheeses – Firm<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Creamy Acres Creamery – Curds<\/h6>\n
3. Brined Cheeses<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Widdershins, LLC – Feta<\/h6>\n
4. Bloomy Rind<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Spring Day Creamery – Evangeline<\/h6>\n
5. Washed Rind<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm – Terzetto<\/h6>\n
6. Washed Curd<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery – Landslide<\/h6>\n
7. Aged, Pressed Curd Cheeses<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Pineland Farms Dairy \u2013 Reserve Cheddar<\/h6>\n
8. Mountain\/Alpine Cheeses<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Tie: Josh Pond Farm – Meddybemps
\nWinter Hill Farm – Collinsbrook<\/h6>\n
9. Blue Cheese<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex<\/h6>\n
10. Flavored Cheeses<\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u2022 First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery – Alpenglow<\/h6>\n
BEST IN SHOW: TIE<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex<\/h6>\n
Spring Day Creamery – Evangeline<\/h6>\n
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2024\u00a0<\/strong>Maine Cheese Guild
\nCheese Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Winners List<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Traditional Fresh Cheese \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable: Goat<\/strong><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/em><\/strong> Fuzzy Udder<\/strong>, Plain Chevre<\/h6>\n
Second Place<\/strong><\/em> : Kennebec Cheesery<\/strong>, Classic Chevre<\/h6>\n
Third Place<\/strong><\/em>: Noisy Acres<\/strong>, Chevre- Classic Plain<\/h6>\n
Traditional Fresh Cheese \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable: <\/strong>Other Milks<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Cow, Sheep, Buffalo, exotics or mixed milk recipes that include Goat)<\/em><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em> York Hill, <\/strong>Dairy Duet – Plain<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/em> Fuzzy Udder<\/strong>, Vache<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong> <\/em>Springdale Farm<\/strong>, Fresh Cream Cheese<\/h6>\n
Flavored Fresh Cheese<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Same as above, but with added elements such as vegetables, herbs\/spices or smoke.\u00a0 Any milk type or combination.)<\/em><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em> York Hill<\/strong>, Dairy Duet – Green Peppercorn & Nutmeg<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Kennebec Cheesery<\/strong>,\u00a0 Chevre in Oil with Herbs de Provence<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Noisy Acres<\/strong>, Chevre in Olive Oil Marinade<\/h6>\n
Traditional Fresh Cheese – Firm<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Feta, Halloumi, Mozzarella,\u00a0 Curds, etc.- Flavored or Traditional)<\/em><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em> Creamy Acres<\/strong>, Mozzarella<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Crooked Face<\/strong>, Cheese Curds – Marinated<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong><\/em> Fuzzy Udder<\/strong>, Feta<\/h6>\n
Bloomy Rind<\/strong><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong> <\/em>York Hill<\/strong>,\u00a0 Ash<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Spring Day Creamery<\/strong>, Evangeline<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong> <\/em>Winter Hill Farm<\/strong>, Tide Line<\/h6>\n
Washed Rind <\/strong><\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/em> Fuzzy Udder<\/strong>, Cyclone<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong> <\/em>Kennebec Cheesery<\/strong>, Quaker Hill<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong><\/em> Balfour Farm<\/strong>, Town Square<\/h6>\n
Traditional Aged Cheese<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Semi-hard and semi-soft cheeses, pressed and aged, such as cheddar, jack, gouda, mountain cheeses, and tommes. Any milk.)<\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Pineland Farms<\/strong>, 48 month Cheddar<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Pineland Farms<\/strong>, 24 month Cheddar<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong><\/em> Josh Pond<\/strong>, Meddybemps Reserve<\/h6>\n
Flavored Aged Cheese<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Same as above, but with added elements such as vegetables, herbs\/spices or smoke.\u00a0 Any milk.)<\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Oaklands Farm<\/strong>, Roxanne<\/h6>\n
(Tied) Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Pumpkin Vine<\/strong>, Pandora<\/h6>\n
(Tied) Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Pineland Farms<\/strong>, Smoked Cheddar<\/h6>\n
Blue Cheese<\/strong><\/h6>\n
(Internal, external or both. Any milk.)<\/h6>\n
First Place:<\/strong><\/em> Fuzzy Udder<\/strong>, Polar Vortex<\/h6>\n
Second Place:<\/strong><\/em> Winter Hill Farm<\/strong>, Bradbury Mountain Blue<\/h6>\n
Third Place:<\/strong><\/em> Spring Day Creamery<\/strong>, Spring Day Blues<\/h6>\n
BEST IN SHOW:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h6>\n
York Hill \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dairy Duet – Green Peppercorn & Nutmeg<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n
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2024 Best of Show: York Hill, Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maine Cheese Competition The winners of the Annual Maine Cheese Competition are announced on the afternoon of every Cheese Festival. Thanks to our partners at the Maine Tasting Center\u00a0 for running the Competition and accepting over 100 cheeses to the competition. 2025 Maine Cheese Guild Cheese Awards Winners List 1. Fresh Cheeses \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable \u2013 […]<\/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":18,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheesefestival.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/576"}],"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}]}}