Artisan Cheese Trail
Wisconsin leads the nation in production of artisan and farmstead cheeses, thanks to the work of master cheesemakers around the state. Nearly 90% of Wisconsin's total milk supply is used to create our award-winning cheeses. Carve out a culinary tour based around these small-batch cheese delights.
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Cameo Rose Victorian Country InnPhone: 608-424-6340Toll Free: 866-424-6340 Cameo Rose Victorian Country Inn is located just minutes from several cheese factories and only 3 minutes from Paoli Cheese Cottage with it's fine collection of area cheeses. Belleville, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Lake Ripley Lodge Bed and BreakfastPhone: 1-877-210-6195Toll Free: 1-877-210-6195 Wisconsin Cheese throughout, Mullens Ice Cream, Famous Babcock Dairy, Cheese and Ice Cream Cambridge, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Franklin Street Inn, LLCPhone: 920-209-9711Toll Free: 888-993-1711 Franklin Street Inn, Appleton knows that our guest's favorite cheese tour & taste is at the Union Star Cheese Factory in Fremont. Without a doubt, it is worth the short 25 mile drive from the inn going west on Hwy. 10. For nearly 100 years, the Metzig family has crafted the finest natural cheeses. Their store also offers many cheese variteties & spreads for purchase. Perhaps you wish to watch a cheese making video only 5 miles to the north of the inn in Little Chute. Simon's Specialty Cheese Factory Store is owned and operated by the Simon family since 1940. They are the proud producers of award-winning cheese using fresh milk from local dairy farms. The closest place to our inn to buy the perfect cheeses for a WI souvenir is to go only one mile from our inn to the Arthur Bay Cheese Comapny. A store for true cheese lovers! Appleton, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Westby House InnPhone: 608-634-4112Toll Free: 800-434-7439 Cheeses in Southwestern Wisconsin's "Driftless" Region can be found in the hills and valleys of Westby. In the heart of Westby is the Westby Cooperative Creamery. Owned by local farmers, it is famous for its cheese curds, cheddar cheeses, butter, cottage cheese, and yogurt. A visit to their retail store is a must! Nordic Creamery is a family-owned small artisan. The Bekkum-Langard family members are not only involved in daily farming but also in cheese making. Al Bekkum is a licensed Wisconsin butter maker and cheesemaker, crafting some of the finest, award-winning goat and cow's milk artisan cheese in Wisconsin. Carr Valley Cheese Company is a 45 minute drive to the west. Westby, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Bay Point InnPhone: 920-868-3297Toll Free: 800-707-6660 Egg Harbor, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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A Victorian Swan On WaterPhone: 715-345-0595Toll Free: 800-454-9886 Stevens Point, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Bowman's Oak Hill Bed and BreakfastPhone: 608-253-5638Toll Free: 888-253-5631 Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Lindsay House Bed and BreakfastPhone: 920-596-3643Toll Free: 877-778-8758 Manawa, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Inn at Wawanissee PointPhone: 608-355-9899The more than 100-year-old, award-winning Carr Valley Cheese Company's cheese plant and store in LaValle is 45 minutes from us. See artisanal cheese being made the traditional way through a viewing window or call ahead for a tour. Owner and fourth-generation cheesemaker Sid Cook is the most awarded cheese maker in North America. Sample and stock up at its stores in Sauk City and Wisconsin Dells, each 20 minutes from here. Or attend the Carr Valley Cheese Cooking School classes held at the Sauk City store. Cedar Grove Cheese in Plain, a factory and store, is a scenic, 55-minute drive from here. See cheese being made the old-fashioned way and learn how this small-scale operation is better for the environment, farmers and consumers. Tour its innovative, wash-water treatment facility, the Living Machine, to see how wash water is cleaned in a beautiful and biological way. Arena Cheese in Arena, along the Lower Wisconsin River between Mazomanie and Spring Green, is the home of the original Co-Jack cheese. Purchase numerous cheeses and see cheese being made. 50 minutes from here. Spend a day making a loop from our inn to visit all three. You'll relax along the incredibly scenic drive through Sauk County's wooded hills dotted with the small farms that supply these cheese plants. Complement your cheese tour by stopping at Wollersheim Winery in Prairie du Sac. Enjoy these local delights during our wine and cheese hour each evening. Baraboo, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Naeset-Roe InnPhone: 608-877-4150Toll Free: 877-787-5916 What says Wisconsin better than cheese (well maybe beer)? Naeset Roe Inn is only a gentle drive away from some of Wisconsin’s award winning cheese makers. But if you don’t want to drive to far, park the car here and walk to Cheesers. This locally owned store features cheeses from Wisconsin and around the world. It’s only a block from the Inn so you can walk over pick up a few samples and some crackers and come sit on the porch and munch away as leisure Stoughton spreads out in front of you. Stoughton, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Grapevine Log CabinsPhone: 608-269-3619We are located near a Amish Creamery near Cashton, WI. They are a cheese factory. We are 30 miles from the Westby Co-op Creamery located in the scenic town of Westby Wisconsin. They specialize in Cheese curds, cheddar cheese's,cottage cheese, butter and yogurt. Visiting their retail store is a must. Their products are B.G.H. free. The milk from our farm goes to that creamery. Sparta, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Apple Tree Lane Bed and BreakfastPhone: 715-258-3107Toll Free: 877-277-5316 A picturesque short drive from our Inn, you will find Union Star Dairy outside of Fremont. This is one of the few privately owned and operated small cheese factories in Wisconsin. Each and every small batch of handcrafted cheese is a unique work of art - prized for distinctive richness, flavor, texture, and aroma. Sample, tour, learn the art of cheesemaking and purchase some of the finest products to take home! Also a very short drive from our Inn, is Weyauwega Star Dairy Inc, where some of the finest bulk cheese in Wisconsin and "Our Wisconsin Finest" All Beef Summer Sausage is offered. They have been in the cheese business for over 30 years and are also family owned and operated! Waupaca, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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The Roth HousePhone: 608-624-3884The Roth House B&B is in the heart of "Organic Valley", a locally owned coop that produces a wide variety of organically grown products, including a wide array of cheeses. In addition, southwestern Wisconsin boasts other locally-owned cheese factories that produce several varieties of fine Wisconsin dairy products from cow, goat, and sheep milk. Stops that you may want to include on your visit (and of course a taste test) include: Mt. Sterling Cheese Factory (well-known goat cheeses), Westby Coop Creamery (one of the oldest farmer-owned cooperatives in the state, Meister Cheese Company (third generation cheesemakers), and Carr Valley Cheese(blue ribbon artisan cheeses) Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Black Walnut Guest HousePhone: 920-743-8892Toll Free: 877-255-9568 The Black Walnut Guest House is within 12 miles of 2 Renards cheese stores. Sturgeon Bay http://www.renardscheese.com/?page_id=2 Ask about our local cheese, meat and fruit plate in your room upon arrival. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Cobblestone Bed and BreakfastPhone: 715-354-3494Toll Free: 800-659-4883 Millers Cheese House. Rice Lake Birchwood, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Port Washington InnPhone: 262-284-5583Wisconsin's reputation for producing cheese is humorously referenced in the "Cheesehead" moniker. That makes us laugh but think how dismal our lives would be without any cheese? We moved into this dairy state from Iowa but we were already familiar wi Port Washington, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Honeybee Inn Bed and BreakfastPhone: 920-485-4855Escape to Widmer's in Theresa, a cheese factory in operation for over 80 years. Choose from 70 varieties of cheese and sausage. Watch the cheese being made as you shop the retail store. Tours by appointment only. Horicon, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Token Creek Eco-InnPhone: 608-513-0016You can find some of the best cheese in the world, made in Wisconsin, and found here in Madison. The Dane County Farmers Market and several cheese shops in the city will set you up with samples and make recomendations based on your taste, budget and recipe. We will set you up with a map of where to go at farmers market as well as in Madison to send you on your cheese tasting experience. DeForest, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Lindsay House Bed and BreakfastPhone: 920-596-3643Toll Free: 877-778-8758 Manawa, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Pine Grove Park Bed and Breakfast Guest HousePhone: 866-524-0071Toll Free: 866-524-0071 We are Just minutes away from Carr Valley Cheese Company and Cedar Grove Cheese, The more than 100-year-old, award-winning Carr Valley Cheese Company's cheese plant and store in LaValle is 10 minutes from us. See artisanal cheese being made the traditional way through a viewing window or call ahead for a tour. Owner and fourth-generation cheesemaker Sid Cook is the most awarded cheese maker in North America. Sample and stock up at its stores in Sauk City and Wisconsin Dells, each 20 minutes from here. Or attend the Carr Valley Cheese Cooking School classes held at the Sauk City store. Cedar Grove Cheese in Plain, a factory and store, is a scenic, 30-minute drive from here. See cheese being made the old-fashioned way and learn how this small-scale operation is better for the environment, farmers and consumers. Tour its innovative, wash-water treatment facility, the Living Machine, to see how wash water is cleaned in a beautiful and biological way. Reedsburg, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Parkview Bed and BreakfastPhone: 608-524-4333We are located near Carr Valley Cheese Factory and their several retail stores in the area. Sid Cook, the owner, is a the master cheese maker, and the most awarded cheese maker in the world! The cheese factory was established in 1902 and has won more than 50 national and international awards in the past few years. It is one of Wisconsin's traditional cheese plants, famous for making cheese the old-fashioned way. Cheddar and many artisian cheeses are produced here. On Saturday we host a wine & cheese social featuring Carr Valley cheeses and Wollersheim and Von Steihl wines. Reedsburg, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Speckled Hen InnPhone: 608-244-9368Toll Free: 877-670-4844 From Fromagination on the Capitol Square to Carr Valley Cheese in Middleton, we know our way around the local artisan cheese scene. Let us help you discover Wisconsin's finest cheeses. Madison, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Brewery CreekPhone: 608-987-3298Cheese! Its almost a way of life around here. Don't take our word for it, when you can download a Cheese Map put out by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Copy the URL below and paste it into the address bar. Bingo. http://www.eatwisconsincheese.com/assets/pdfs/WisconsinCheeseMap.pdf Mineral Point, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
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Canyon Road InnPhone: 715-986-2121Toll Free: 888-251-5542 Turtle Lake, Wisconsin View more details and photos Go to Website |
