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Grand Master Cheesemaker named at Wisconsin State Fair
Wisconsin has a new grand master cheesemaker. Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese won the honor Thursday.
Beth Crave tells Brownfield, “That is quite an honor. It was super exciting and a shock to our whole team.”
Crave tells Brownfield for her team, “It’s a labor of love and dedication to the cheese-making process from the beginning, from producing the crops to milking the cows to making phenomenal high-quality cheeses, and then out to the consumers.”
And for her grand champion chocolate mascarpone, it goes great with certain foods and wines but, “People ask me what you pair it with. I say a spoon.”
Crave received the Grand Master Cheesemaker award Thursday evening during the Champion Dairy Products auction at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Each blue-ribbon entry from the dairy products contest was sold during the Champion Dairy Products auction, which raised $45,565 for student scholarships and dairy promotion at the state fair.
CHAMPIONS
Grand Champion Butter: Organic Salted butter, exhibited by CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley of LaFarge
Grand Champion Yogurt: Yodelay Rhubarb Swiss Yogurt, exhibited by Yodelay Yogurt of Madison
Grand Champion Sour Cream: Sour Cream-based French Onion Dip, exhibited by Westby Co-op Creamery of Westby
Grand Champion Milk: Reduced Fat Milk, exhibited by Weber’s Farm Store of Marshfield
Here are the products, prices, and winning bids:
LOT 21 2 LBS.
Chocolate Mascarpone
Made by Crave Brothers Team
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, Waterloo
Buyer: Nelson Jameson
Price per pound: $850
Total sell price: $1,700
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LOT 1 10 LBS.
Buholzer Brothers Dill Havarti
Made by Luke Buholzer
Klondike Cheese Co., Monroe
Buyer: Emmi Roth
Price per pound: $275
Total sell price: $2,750
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LOT 2 40 LBS.
Mild Cheddar
Made by Andy Kindschy
AMPI-Blair (Associated Milk Producers Inc.), Blair
Buyer: Master’s Gallery Foods
Price per pound: $35
Total sell price: $1,400
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LOT 3 22 LBS.
Wheel Swiss
Made by Team Deppeler
Chalet Cheese Cooperative, Monroe
Buyer: We Energies
Price per pound: $75
Total sell price: $1,650
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LOT 4 13 LBS.
Low Moisture Mozzarella, Whole Milk
Made by Pat Doell
Agropur, Luxemburg
Buyer: Cheese Market News
Price per pound: $150
Total sell price: $1,950
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LOT 5 4 LBS.
Rhubarb Swiss Yogurt
Made by Yodelay Yogurt, Madison
Buyer: Ivarson
Price per pound: $140
Total sell price: $560
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LOT 6 2 LBS.
LMPS String Cheese
Made by Kevin Entringer
Baker Cheese Factory Inc., St Cloud
Buyer: Chr. Hansen
Price per pound: $600
Total sell price: $1,200
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LOT 7 9 LBS.
Garden Tomato Hand Rubbed Fontal
Cello Mascarpone
Both made by Lake Country Dairy
Lake Country Dairy/Schuman Cheese, Turtle Lake
Buyer: Oshkosh Cold Storage
Price per pound: $275
Total sell price: $2,475
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LOT 8 10 LBS.
Buholzer Brothers Brick
Made by Tylan Saglum
Klondike Cheese Co., Monroe
Buyer: Nelson Jameson
Price per pound: $125
Total sell price: $1,250
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LOT 9 6 LBS.
Low Fat Strawberry Kefir
Reduced Fat Milk
Both made by Weber’s Farm Store, Marshfield
Buyer: DRCWISC Executive Advisors
Price per pound: $150
Total sell price: $900
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LOT 10 40 LBS.
Salsa Cheddar
Maple Bacon Cheddar
Both made by Team Shullsburg – Jerry Soddy and Donovan Taylor
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc/Shullsburg Creamery, Shullsburg
Buyer: L&M Corrugated Container
Price per pound: $50
Total sell price: $2,000
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LOT 11 42 LBS.
Reduced Fat / Farmers
Made by Anthony Dew
Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain
Buyer: Nelson Jameson
Price per pound: $20
Total sell price: $840
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LOT 12 34 LBS.
Deer Creek – The Imperial Buck
Deer Creek – The Robin
Both made by Henning’s Cheese for the Artisan Cheese Exchange
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan
Buyer: Ivarson
Price per pound: $60
Total sell price: $2,040
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LOT 13 12 LBS.
Donatello
Made by Robert Wills
Cedar Grove Cheese, Plain
Buyer: Dairy Connection
Price per pound: $50
Total sell price: $600
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LOT 14 10 LBS.
Buholzer Brothers Gouda
Made by Ron Bechtolt
Klondike Cheese Co., Monroe
Buyer: Berenz Packaging
Price per pound: $100
Total sell price: $1,000
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LOT 15 20 LBS.
Organic Salted Butter
Organic Unsalted Butter
Both made by CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley, LaFarge
Buyer: Ivarson
Price per pound: $100
Total sell price: $2,000
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LOT 16 18 LBS.
Roth Grand Cru Original Wheel
Made by Team Emmi Roth – Monroe
Emmi Roth, Monroe
Buyer: Elegant Farmer
Price per pound: $25
Total sell price: $450
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LOT 17 4 LBS.
LaClare Creamery Chipotle Honey Goat Cheese
LaClare Creamery Original Goat Cheese
Both made by Robert Garves
Mosaic Meadows, Kaukauna
Buyer: Master’s Gallery Foods
Price per pound: $175
Total sell price: $700
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LOT 18 10 LBS.
American & Monterey Jack Cheese Loaf
Made by AMPI’s Dinner Bell Creamery
Associated Milk Producers Inc., Portage
Buyer: WIsconsin Aging and Grading Cheese
Price per pound: $95
Total sell price: $950
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LOT 19 18 LBS.
Feta Cheese
Made by Charles Henn
Agropur, Weyauwega
Buyer: Chr. Hansen
Price per pound: $75
Total sell price: $1,350
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LOT 20 8 LBS.
Odyssey Vanilla Yogurt
Odyssey Traditional PSG Yogurt
Odyssey Whole Fat Yogurt
Odyssey Reduced Fat Greek Tzatziki
Made by Klondike Cheese Co., Monroe
Buyer: Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation
Price per pound: $50
Total sell price: $400
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LOT 22 20 LBS.
Smoked Provolone
Provolone Cheese
Both made by Roger Krohn
Agropur, Luxemburg
Buyer: Dairyland Packaging
Price per pound: $125
Total sell price: $2,500
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LOT 23 10 LBS.
Chihuahua Cheese
Made by Team Browntown
V&V Supremo – Chula Vista Cheese, Browntown
Buyer: Nelson Jameson
Price per pound: $125
Total sell price: $1,250
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LOT 24 12 LBS.
Toasted Onion Cold Pack Cheese Spread
Made by Team Pine River
Pine River Pre-Pack, Newton
Buyer: Oshkosh Cold Storage
Price per pound: $175
Total sell price: $2,100
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LOT 25 6 LBS.
Deer Creek The Indigo Bunting
Made by Carr Valley for The Artisan Cheese Exchange
The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Sheboygan
Buyer: Master’s Gallery Foods
Price per pound: $425
Total sell price: $2,550
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LOT 26 20 LBS.
French Onion Dip
Sour Cream
Both made by Westby Cooperative Creamery, Westby
Buyer: Dairyland Packaging
Price per pound: $100
Total sell price: $2,000
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LOT 27 16 LBS.
White Curd
Tomato Basil Bacon White Curd
Havarti
All made by Decatur Cheesemakers
Decatur Dairy, Brodhead
Buyer: Master’s Gallery Foods
Price per pound: $175
Total sell price: $2,800
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LOT 28 20 LBS.
OPEN CLASS FOR HARD CHEESE – Asiago
Made by Aaron Quick
Sartori Company, Plymouth
Buyer: Nelson Jameson
Price per pound: $210
Total sell price: $4,200
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