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Success For Wensleydale Creamery At World Cheese Awards

The Wensleydale Creamery is celebrating after scooping a Super Gold award for its Wensleydale Blue cheese at the prestigious 2015 World Cheese Awards.

Held on 26th November at the BBC Good Food Show, Birmingham, the World Cheese Awards attracted 2,727 entries from across the globe and was judged by 250 industry experts. The Wensleydale Creamery’s Wensleydale Blue cheese came out top in its class and was awarded a Super Gold accolade, elevating it to being ranked one of the best 62 cheeses in the world.

Based at Hawes in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, The Wensleydale Creamery handcrafts its cheese to time-honoured recipes, using milk from local family farms to ensure the quality and authenticity of its cheese. The award-winning Wensleydale Blue is a delicately flavoured, creamy blue cheese with a texture that becomes almost velvety in the mouth and its mellow flavour appeals to both newcomers to blue cheese and connoisseurs alike.

David Hartley, Managing Director of The Wensleydale Creamery, said: “We’re delighted to be ending a very successful year of cheese-making with such a prestigious award.

“Our cheese was judged against some outstanding entries from across the globe and we’re over the moon to be walking away with a Super Gold for our hand-crafted Wensleydale Blue just as the busy festive season is getting underway. We’re sure our award-winning Wensleydale Blue will be enjoyed across the nation this Christmas time!”

The World Cheese Awards is the last major cheese event of 2015. The Wensleydale Creamery has been awarded almost 50 different awards for its cheeses, butter and Yorkshire Yogurt over the last 12 months.

For more information on the Wensleydale Creamery and its range of products, visit www.wensleydale.co.uk.

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