Emmi Roth USA wins World Championship Cheese title
Cheeses from Switzerland and the Netherlands are first and second runners-up. Among U.S. states, Wisconsin dominated with 38 gold medals.
Press release from the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
Madison, Wis. For the first time since 1988, an international panel of expert judges has named a cheese made in the United States the best cheese in the world.
A smear-ripened hard cheese Roth Grand Cru Surchoix from Emmi Roth USA earned a score of 98.88 out of 100 to claim the title as the 2016 World Championship Cheese.