Grants help Widmer’s preserve tradition, award-winning cheese

Fourth-gen cheese producer revives business with state, federal support

THERESA – For more than a century, Widmer’s Cheese Cellars, Inc. has turned milk into cheese – a product that has long been its heritage.

Per widmerscheese.com, the company crafts cheese today the same way John Widmer did when he immigrated to Wisconsin from Switzerland in 1905 – using bricks, open vats, and wooden curing racks to produce its award-winning cheeses, such as its jalapeño cheddar cheese curds that won 3rd place at this year’s World Dairy Expo…

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