Uplands Cheese Company Makers of Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an artisanal farmstead cheese made in the style and tradition of mountain cheeses from the alpine regions of France. |  
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Uplands Cheese Company Makers of Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an artisanal farmstead cheese made in the style and tradition of mountain cheeses from the alpine regions of France. |
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 Pleasant Ridge Reserve is an artisanal cheese made from the non-pasteurized milk of a single herd of Wisconsin cows fed and managed using natural, "old world" practices. Our cows graze lush pastures from early spring through fall, just as all cows did before the industrialization of our food system. The resulting milk has better nutritional value and more varied and subtle flavors that are expressed in the delicate flavor profile of Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese. Pleasant Ridge Reserve has received numerous prestigious awards. Most notably, Best of Show at the 2005 American Cheese Society conference, an accolade it won for the second time, having been awarded Best of Show in 2001 as well. Additionally, Pleasant Ridge Reserve was named U.S.  Champion at the 2003 U.S Championship cheese contest. Pleasant Ridge Reserve is the only cheese to ever win both national competitions. Most recently Pleasant Ridge Reserve was awarded the 2007 Gallo Gold Medal Award for Best Artisanal Dairy Product.Pleasant Ridge Reserve is an original cheese inspired by farmstead cheeses from the alpine provinces of southeastern France. The aging techniques we use were originally developed in the Middle Ages when cheeses similar to Pleasant Ridge Reserve were aged in limestone caves and washed frequently with a brine solution. Washing the rind keeps it free of unwanted microbes and produces a variety of pleasing flavors. Because of the time-consuming hand work involved this practice is rarely used today.  Our Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese is the end product of a process linked to the seasons and life cycles of our animals as well as to the prairie soils and climate of southwest Wisconsin. The sweet flavors of the pasture grasses, clovers, herbs and wild flowers are experienced in every taste of our cheese. We hope you will try Pleasant Ridge Reserve and agree with us that producing food slowly, deliberately and with pride is a value worth preserving in our hurried, industrialized society.You can view a short video about how we make our Pleasant Ridge Reserve HERE.
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Uplands Cheese Company, Inc. 5023 State Rd. 23 North Dodgeville, WI 53533 Phone: 888-935-5558 FAX: 608-935-7030 E-mail: contact@uplandscheese.com  |
A portion of our profits are given to Second Harvest of Southern Wisconsin, a local food bank.