The cheese is from Cellars at Jasper Hill in Vermont.

The Guild of Fine Food expects to receive a record-breaking 3,500 cheese entries.

NCI Chairman David Ahlem presented the award to Barbano at Dairy Forum 2018.

The Super Jury of 16 judges awarded the cheese 75 points out of a possible 80.

Roelli Cheese Co., Shullsburg, Wis., was named Best of Show at the 2016 American Cheese Society competition in Des Moines, Iowa, this summer

Cheddars produced by Glanbia Ingredients Ireland won awards at the 2015 International Cheese Awards in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

Plymouth, Wis., cheesemaker Sartori Co. was awarded three gold medals at the International Cheese Awards held in Nantwich, Cheshire, U.K.