Artisan Cheese Gifts

Everybody loves artisan cheese gifts

Next time you need presents for a birthday, anniversary, or the holidays, remember these three words: artisan cheese gifts. Think about it: who wouldn't want a buttery block of brick cheese for their birthday? Or an extra-aged asiago on their anniversary? Or a horseradish havarti for the holidays? Artisan cheese gifts are the perfect thing for everybody on your list. Because if they don't love artisan cheese, well, they didn't really deserve to know you in the first place.

Here in Wisconsin, we never agonize over choosing the right gift, because we know that artisan cheese is at the top of everyone's wish list. It's the one present that never gets regifted. Heck, most artisan cheese gifts are devoured so fast, they never make it to the fridge. But then again, that's what you'd expect in a state that makes the tastiest, highest-quality, most award-winning artisan cheese in the world.

Take a walk around our website to meet some famous Wisconsin artisan cheeses for your next birthday or holiday gift basket. You'll also find links to some great gourmet cheese delivery services. Search our recipes for inspiration for meat and cheese trays or a recipe for mac & cheese night. Or scroll down for more artisan cheese gift ideas.

Some favorite artisan cheese gifts

Whether you're filling a cheese basket or ordering meat and cheese gifts, these artisan cheeses will never fail to please.

• Ewe Calf to be Kidding cheese is a bright and flavorful, award-winning cheese made with three kinds of milk, as the name suggests.
• Montague is a surprisingly mild, wash-rind, mixed-milk cheese.
• Roth Private Reserve is a rare, small-batch, award-winning, raw-milk treasure.
• The Blue Jay is a quintuple cream blue cheese infused with piney notes from the berries of juniper trees.
• Cupola is an award-winning, semi-hard cheese with caramel notes and toasted pineapple flavor – it's named for the small wooden pinnacles that top traditional Wisconsin barns.
• Gran Canaria is a deliciously intense, nutty, and robust olive-oil-cured cheese crafted with a blend of milk and aged for at least two years.
• Juustaleipa, or "bread cheese", is a squeaky, buttery, slightly caramelized cow's milk cheese that has a texture similar to toasted bread.
• Cheddar Red Rock Cheese combines the greatness of a fine English cheddar with the bite and creaminess of a French blue cheese.
• Marieke Gouda Premium is an aged gouda with a nutty, slightly sweet flavor and smooth, creamy texture.
• 15-Year Extra Sharp White Cheddar is a cheese bursting with smooth, sharp flavor, and crystallized texture.

Why Wisconsin artisan cheese gifts bring more cheer

Wisconsin cheesemakers have been making artisan cheese from day one. Over the past 180 years, cheesemakers, originally hailing from all over Europe, perfected the recipes they brought from their respective homelands while innovating and inventing new kinds of products that push the boundaries of what cheese can be. Today, Wisconsin cheesemakers produce nearly half of all the artisan cheese made in America – and they've taken home vat-loads awards in the process.

That's what you get when an entire state is dedicated to making and eating as much high-quality cheese as possible. And we hit that goal, with 600+ flavors, varieties, and styles of cheese – more than anywhere else in the world. So, next time you're looking for artisan cheese gifts, just look for the Proudly Wisconsin Cheese badge on label. That's when you know your artisan cheese will be the greatest gift of all.