Bennington Company Hires Italian Cheesemaker

BENNINGTON, Vt. — An Italian cheese maker has joined a local cheese company with plans to bring new products to market.

Maplebrook Farm has been selling hand-stretched mozzarella for several years. The Bennington-based company has grown since its founding in 2003, shipping mozzarella, ricotta and feta cheese along the east coast, and as far west as Ohio.

Now, partners Johann Englert and Michael Scheps have brought on Domenico Marchitelli to help the company bring burrata and provolone into the mix. Marchitelli, of Puglia, Italy, is well versed in cheese making, Englert said.

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