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2024 Maine Cheese Award Winners

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2024 Maine Cheese Awards announced.  The Awards are sponsored and organized by the Maine Tasting Center in Wiscassset Maine. Download a pdf file of Maine’s winning cheeses here.

Maine Tasting Center Events offer cheese enthusiasts an opportunity to sample and learn about  Maine  foods including cheeses. Check  out the Center’s  events calendar for their Taste of Maine  events.

 

“Maine Tasting Center is the name of our campus in Wiscasset, a well-provisioned, central location where we run our classes, operate our Tasting Room, and offer space to our industry partners, producer partners and community partners from across the state for their own educational purposes.”

~ Maine Tasting Center

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Guild Cheesemakers Win Awards at Big E

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At the Big E (Eastern States Exposition) 2024 Gold Medal Cheese Competition held in July, three members of the Maine Cheese Guild garnered fifteen medals in the competition among the best cheesemakers in New England!

• Three Charm Farm (Alfred, ME) won Bronze for their amazing Feta!

• Spring Day Creamery (Durham, ME)won Gold and Silver for their Soft Ripened White Mold Cheeses, Out & About and Evangeline!

• Pineland Farms ( Bangor, ME) won three Gold medals for their Sharp Cheddar, Colby Jack, and Smoked Gouda! And, nine more Silver and Bronze for their Cheddars, Hispanic Style Cheese, Flavor Added Cheese, and Flavored Unripened Dairy Products!

Congratulations to all three dedicated Maine Cheesemakers!

 

Maine Open Farm Day

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Always the fourth Sunday in July, Maine Open Farm Day is sponsored by Maine Dept. of Ag program Real Maine. It”s a great opportunity to get out there and visit the source of many of Maine’s farm food producers. This year the following Maine Cheese Guild members will be participating. Check with each farm you plan to visit for event hours.

Arkeo Farm, Sidney
Drain’ Farm, Wilton
Lakin’s Gorges, Waldoboro
ME Water Buffalo, Appleton
Pumpkin Vine Family Farm, Somerville
Smithereens Farm, Pembroke
Turning Page Farm, Manson