Meet Wisconsin’s Proudest
Pioneers, Explorers
& Dreamers

Wisconsin Aging & Grading Cheese, Inc. (WAG Cheese) is the wholesale, custom sourcing specialist for quality cheddar cheese. For over 18 years, they have offered a number of services from grading, aging programs, spot sales, flavor profiling, to warehousing and financing programs. As a family owned business, WAG Cheese always operates under the highest integrity, honesty, and loyalty. Cheese is their family's legacy, and they look forward to being around for generations to come.

Purple Door is Milwaukee’s local, hand-crafted ice cream maker, producing super-premium, hand-crafted ice cream using local, fresh and natural ingredients as much as possible. Our quality ice cream is made and sold in Milwaukee with both standard and unique flavors. Purple Door is also committed to supporting local businesses and promoting social and environmental responsibility through the making, marketing and sales of our products. Having gone into business in April, 2011, Purple Door is a family business, owned, operated and managed by Lauren and Steve Schultz. Purple Door’s mission is driven by passion for ice cream, the community, and creating a local, honest business that customers can trust and enjoy. Purple Door believes that staying local and supporting the community is essential for small businesses. 100% of the milk and cream used in Purple Door ice cream comes from Wisconsin Dairies. Currently, Purple Door also partners with over 10 local businesses to source ingredients for the ice cream. Purple Door is committed to supporting non-profit social, environmental and educational programs in Milwaukee. With every container of Purple Door Ice Cream sold, a portion of the profits goes to Milk for Milwaukee, Purple Door’s community initiative that works with area homeless shelters to provide fresh milk for the residents. Our hope is as we grow so will our impact on this community and the people within.

Wisconsin has an impressive Guinness Book of World Records claim to fame. In 1995, Jim Knaus, President of Weyauwega Star Dairy, made the World Records for making the longest string cheese in the world (1.5 miles long). Strong men and women had to carry it through the town on their shoulders! Jim is clearly passionate about cheese making, and we can tell his passion also includes a great sense of fun. You'll find Jim and the rest of Star Dairy in the tiny central Wisconsin town of Weyauwega, Wisconsin, where the company has been operated by the Knaus Family since 1975. They are artisan cheesemakers specializing in handcrafted Italian cheese such as parmesan, asiago, and romano. Jim was born into cheesemaking. He literally grew up in a cheese vat. His parents put him there so they could watch him while they worked.