Rogue Creamery

Rogue Creamery is a cheese maker in Oregon, U.S., founded in 1933. Since 2002, Rogue Creamery has been making award winning artisan cheeses.[1] Founder Tom Vella brought mold, cultures and recipes for Oregon Blue to Central Point, Oregon from Roquefort, France. Rogue Creamery was the first U.S. cheese maker to export raw-milk cheese to the European Union.[2][3]

Rogue probably first commanded worldwide respect for American cheese makers.[4]

Awards

In their first competition under the new artisan owners, Rogue's Rogue River Blue won the 2003 World Cheese Award for best blue cheese.[2]

Rogue's Rogue River Blue won best blue cheese in the world at the 2012 World Cheese Awards and two medals out of 2,781 cheeses from around the world.[5] Rogue Creamery won four medals—two silver and two bronze—at the 2013 World Cheese Awards, the world’s largest cheese event and the most respected competition of its type in the world. There were more than 2,700 cheeses from 34 countries with 250 judges.[6] Rogue won again in 2014 with one super gold medal—making it one of the top 60 cheese in the world—and one bronze medal.[7]

References
  1. "Cheese, Glorious Cheese: 5 Great US Creameries". ABC News. Retrieved December 15, 2015. Founded during World War II by Italian immigrant—and American artisan cheese Godfather—Gaetano Vella, this creamery was sold to Cary Bryant in 2002," said O'Neill. "The next year, with the help of his business partner David Gremmels, they received a World Cheese Award for Best Blue cheese.
  2. Sarah Lemon (March 19, 2008). "Rogue Creamery exports its raw-milk cheeses to the European Union". Mail Tribune. Retrieved December 15, 2015. Capturing the distinction as maker of the world's best blue cheese — Rogue River Blue — at the 2003 World Cheese Awards, as well as the first American cheese maker to be featured at 2007's prestigious Cheese Festival in Bra, Italy, didn't hurt either. ... Increasing production poised the creamery to ship across the pond as soon as they received the go-ahead. In December, Whole Foods UK and Neal's Yard Dairy, both in London, received batches of the creamery's blue cheese.
  3. "Rogue Creamery: 2015 Food Finalist, American Made Since 2002". Martha Stewart. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  4. Cole Dawson (June 19, 2012). Cheese It! Start making cheese at home today. i5 Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 1620080095. Processed cheeses defined the American dairy case for decades. Until 2003. Actually, the revolution in cheese crafting began with experiments by California goat farmers in the 1980s, but in 2003 Rogue Creamery of Oregon stole the honors at the World Cheese Awards in London with its Rogue River Blue. That's London—home to Stilton and English Cheddar. It was the beginning of a burgeoning respect for America's artisan cheese makers.
  5. dccheese (November 29, 2012). "World's Best Blues {and World Cheese Award Results}". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  6. Terry Richard (November 27, 2013). "Rogue Creamery cheeses win four medals at World Cheese Awards in England". Oregon Live. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  7. "Rogue Creamery Wins Super Gold at World Cheese Awards". Specialty Food News. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

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