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Article: MAKING OF SPECIALTY CHEESES ON THE RISE IN WISCONSIN.(BUSINESS)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2001
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Byline: Deborah Kades Business reporter
MONROE -- As California churns out more and more cheese, specialty cheeses become more important to Wisconsin's dairy economy -- and its stature as the nation's Dairyland.
"My biggest market is the West Coast," said Jeff Wideman of the Maple Leaf Cheese Co-op in New Glarus, whose newest cheese is a white cheddar studded with cranberries. "They don't have many specialty cheese makers in California."
While no one is claiming that specialty cheeses are going to replace the enormous market for commodity cheeses -- the commonplace Cheddars and other varieties that Americans are familiar with -- they are ...