A Gruyère cheese made high on an alp in the Vaud mountains has been named the best Swiss cheese of 2016.
Cheesemaker Jean-Claude Pittet from Cottens was given the Swiss Cheese Award on Saturday evening, having beat off competition from around 800 other cheesemakers.
The jury at the ceremony in Les Charbonnières, also in canton Vaud, awarded prizes in 28 other categories, ranging from the best Emmental to the best Sbrinz, Raclette or Vacherin cheese. The 140 jurors include “key actors in the Swiss and international cheese sector”, according to the organisers.
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