Contest puts state association on the map Umhoefer The World Championship Cheese Contest was once a low-key affair. When John Umhoefer became executive director of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association in 1992, the biennial event was held inside a butter factory cooler. Fast forward to March 2014. More than 2,600 entries, competing in 90 categories, took up the entire exhibit hall of the convention center in Madison. And on April 23, the top finishers will be auctioned at the International Cheese Technology Exposition in Milwaukee, including the World Champion, a 220-pound wheel of Emmentaler from Switzerland. "The contest is great fun because it's an entirely… Read More