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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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