La Casearia Carpenedo Brings Home Cheese Awards

Italian artisanal cheese flourished at the World Cheese Awards in London. Standing out against the more than 3,000 producers who submitted their products to what is considered the largest cheese competition in the world, La Casearia Carpenedo took home to the North of Italy three silver medals and one bronze. The top judges for the World Cheese Awards awarded the silver medals to Toma Blu alle Erbe, a semi-hard blue cheese, aged in barrels with hay and herbs; Gran Monteo, a soft cow's milk cheese; and Baronerosso di Capra, a semi-hard goat cheese, slightly crumbly, aged in the skins and stems of pressed Barbera d’Asti DOCG grapes. The bronze goes to Blu’61, a soft cow’s milk blue cheese, aged over three months using the local sweet wine, Passito di Raboso, and wine-soaked cranberries. Blu’61 was created in 2011 to celebrate 50 years of marriage between Antonio Carpenedo and his wife Giuseppina, and in 2012 was selected by Scott Winston, the purchasing manager for Harrod’s, where it is now for sale. Since 1976 La Casearia Carpenedo has combined passion and creativity to create excellent cheeses, with original tastes, that are appreciated all over the world, say company officials. Hay, grapes, herbs and spices are some of the ingredients that the Carpenedo family still uses to create original products of unique taste and long refined finish. These and other Casearia Carpenedo cheeses are currently available for purchase at All Foods Inc, Zabar’s on Broadway in New York, Murray’s in New York, Di Palo’s in New York, Zingerman's in Detrtoit and Central Market in Texas.