Wisconsin is a world of cheese in just one state, earning 92 total awards in 52 different classes at the 2024 American Cheese Society Competition Awards Ceremony held in Buffalo, N.Y.  

Wisconsin cheese artisans grabbed 25% of all awards presented at the World Cheese Awards in Trondheim, Norway, in October, with Marieke Gouda of Thorp, Wis., earning the most awards of any United States competitor.

Producing the finest “artisan cheese for all” in the “Cheese Capital of the World” is pinnacle to success of Sartori Cheese. Founded in 1939, Sartori annually produces such iconic Italian-style cheeses as BellaVitano, MontAmoré, Parmesan and Asiago.

This year's contest received a record number 1,560 entries for cheese, butter, fluid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, sour cream, sherbet, cultured milk, sour cream dips, whipping cream, whey and other products from dairy processors throughout North America

Wisconsin has been making cheese even longer than it's been a state, the organization said, and this year marks a big milestone.