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Tarentaise

Spring Brook Farm Cheese specializes in award-winning French Alpine-style cheeses. In 2008 we produced our first make of Tarentaise, a farmstead cheese made using fresh raw milk from the Spring Brook Farm milking herd of 40 Jersey cows. It has a natural washed rind, is semi-firm in texture, and aged for a minimum of nine months.

Depending on the season, the flavor profile on Tarentaise can range from bright red berries and floral undertones to nutty, browned butter to wonderfully savory and brothy.

Tarentaise Reserve follows the same make process as Tarentaise but is allowed to age for a minimum of 12 months to produce a cheese that is even more complex in flavor.

Awards

2023

  • Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards

  • Bronze Medal (Tarentaise Reserve), World Cheese Awards

  • 3rd in Category (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Society

2022

  • Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards

  • Bronze in Category, The Big E Cheese Competition

2020

  • Best in Class, World Championship Cheese Contest

2019

  • 1st Place in Category (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Soceity

  • Silver in Category, The Big E Cheese Competition

  • Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards

2018

  • 1st Place in Category (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Society

  • Best in Show (Tarentaise Reserve) and Gold in Category (Tarentaise), The Big E Cheese Competition

  • Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards

2017

  • Best in Show (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Society, Denver, Colorado

  • Bronze Medal, World Cheese Awards, London, England

  • Bronze Medal, World Jersey Cheese Awards

  • Good Food Awards

2016

  • Gold Medal in Category – Big E Cheese Competition, West Springfield, Mass.

  • Gold Medal, Best Jersey Cow’s Milk Cheese - World Cheese Awards, San Sebastian, Spain

2015

  • 1st Place in Class, American Cheese Society, Rhode Island

  • 3rd Place in Class (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Society, Rhode Island

  • Silver in Category, The Big E Cheese Competition

2014

  • Best in Show (Tarentaise Reserve), American Cheese Society, California

  • 1st Place in Category, American Cheese Society, California

  • Good Food Awards, California

2013

  • 1st Place in Category, American Cheese Society, Wisconsin

  • 1st Runner-Up, Best US Cheese, US Championship Cheese Contest, Wisconsin

  • Best in Class, US Cheese Championship Cheese Contest, Wisconsin

  • Gold Medal, The Big E Cheese Competition

2012

  • Gold Medal, World Championship Cheese Contest, Birmingham, England

2011

  • Super Gold, World Cheese Awards, Birmingham, England

  • Second Place, American Cheese Society, Montreal, Canada

  • Best North American Cheese; North American Jersey Cheese Awards, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

  • Best of Class; US Championship Cheese Contest, Madison, Wisconsin

2010

  • 1st Place in Category and Third Place, Best of Show; American Cheese Society, Seattle, Washington

  • 1st Place in Category and Best USA Cow’s Milk Cheese; World Championship Cheese Contest, Madison, Wisconsin

  • 1st Place in Category and Best USA Cow’s Milk Cheese, World Cheese Awards, Birmingham, England

2009

  • 2nd Place, American Cheese Society, Austin, Texas

  • 2nd Place, US Championship Cheese Contest, Madison, Wisconsin