{"id":8061,"date":"2025-09-25T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?page_id=8061"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:05:52","slug":"2025-maine-cheese-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?page_id=8061","title":{"rendered":"2025 Maine Cheese Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8061 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?attachment_id=8063#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"67\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/roundmetasting.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Maine Tasting Center\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?attachment_id=8064#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"55\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/MCGogo-small.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Maine Cheese GuildLogo\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2025 Maine Cheese Guild<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cheese Awards Winners List<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>1.\u00a0 \u00a0Fresh<strong> Cheeses \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable \u2013 Any Milk<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>First Place \u2013 Tie: Noisy Acres Farm &#8211; Chevre and York Hill Farm \u2013 Dairy Duet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Scalawag Farm \u2013 Fresh Chevre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>2.\u00a0\u00a0 Fresh Cheeses &#8211; Firm<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Creamy Acres Creamery &#8211; Curds<\/li>\n<li>Second Place &#8211; Springdale Farm \u2013 Queso Tencho<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Widdershins, LLC &#8211; American<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>3.\u00a0\u00a0 Brined Cheeses<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Widdershins, LLC &#8211; Feta<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Balfour Farm \u2013 Sea Breeze Feta<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery &#8211; Feta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>4.\u00a0\u00a0 Bloomy Rind<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Spring Day Creamery &#8211; Evangeline<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm \u2013 Frost Gully<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Yellow Birch Farm \u2013 Fog in Eggemoggin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>5.\u00a0\u00a0 Washed Rind<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm &#8211; Terzetto<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Kennebec Cheesery &#8211; Titcomb<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Josh Pond Farm \u2013 Rosy Woodsman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h1>6.\u00a0\u00a0 Washed Curd<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery &#8211; Landslide<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Oaklands Farm &#8211; Roxanne<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm &#8211; Noname<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>7.\u00a0\u00a0 Aged, Pressed Curd Cheeses<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Pineland Farms Dairy \u2013 Reserve Cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Pineland Farms Dairy \u2013 Vintage Cheddar<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Tie: Kennebec Cheesery \u2013 Highlands Caerphilly and Pineland Farms Dairy \u2013 Sharp Cheddar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>8.\u00a0\u00a0 Mountain\/Alpine Cheeses<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Tie: Josh Pond Farm &#8211; Meddybemps and Winter Hill Farm &#8211; Collinsbrook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Kennebec Cheesery \u2013 Sugarloaf Mountain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>9.\u00a0\u00a0 Blue Cheese<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Winter Hill Farm \u2013 Bradbury Mountain Blue<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Spring Day Creamery \u2013 Spring Day Blues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flavored Cheeses<\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place \u2013 Fuzzy Udder Creamery &#8211; Alpenglow<\/li>\n<li>Second Place \u2013 Yellow Birch Farm \u2013 Sundried Tomato &amp; Sumac<\/li>\n<li>Third Place \u2013 Balfour Farm \u2013 Smokey Ghost Cheddar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST IN SHOW<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TIE<\/p>\n<p>Fuzzy Udder Creamery \u2013 Polar Vortex\u00a0 and Spring Day Creamery &#8211; Evangeline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Maine Cheese Guild Cheese Awards Winners List &nbsp; \u00a0 1.\u00a0 \u00a0Fresh Cheeses \u2013 Soft\/Spreadable \u2013 Any Milk \u00a0First Place \u2013 Tie: Noisy Acres Farm &#8211; Chevre and York Hill Farm \u2013 Dairy Duet Third Place \u2013 Scalawag Farm \u2013 Fresh Chevre 2.\u00a0\u00a0 Fresh Cheeses &#8211; Firm \u00a0 First Place \u2013 Creamy Acres Creamery &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":917,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8061"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8081,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8061\/revisions\/8081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}