Imagine, if you will, another world: a Dionysian playground, rife with culinary delights and revelry. Overflowing from more than a thousand platters, covering every available surface, sculpted into a scale model of the surrounding metropolitan skyline, is that mouthwatering, life-giving currency we call CHEESE.

No we're not crazy. We're just back from the 25th annual American Cheese Society Conference. Here are some of the winners.

Meadow Creek Grayson 1st place in category 2nd place Best of Show

Haystack Mountain Queso de Mano 1st place in category

Sweet Grass Green Hill 1st place in category

Beehive Barely Buzzed 1st place in category

Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog Mini 1st place in category

Roth Kase Gran Queso 1st place in category

Crave Brothers Farmer's Rope 1st place in category

Calabro Ricotta 1st place in category

Edelweiss Emmentaler 1st place in category

Carr Valley Bread Cheese 1st place in category

Vt. Butter & Cheese Crottin 1st place in category

Old Chatham Camembert 1st place in category

Penterman Marieke Aged Gouda Multiple winner

Haystack Mountain Red Cloud 2nd place in category

Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam 2nd place in category

Consider Bardwell Manchester 2nd place in category

Uplands Cheese Co. Pleasant Ridge Reserve Extra Aged 2nd place in category

Rogue Creamery Oregon Blue 2nd place in category

Roth Kase Grand Cru Surchoix 3rd place in category

I’m Completely Filled with Cheese and Secrets:
Memoir of an ACS Judge
by Zoe Brickley

Show how much you really love cheese. 4 new tee shirts capture the sentiment.

Special thanks to all of you who entered the slogan contest. Our winners, Julia B. in Richmond, VA and Beth and Aaron from our Grand Central store will all receive their winning design!

Murray's Shirt

Less Is Morbier

Ripe & Ready

Milk Made