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Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is
pleased to announce that it now distributes 10 varieties of Gouda cheese
crafted by master-cheese maker, Marieke Penterman of Holland’s Family
Cheese in Thorp, Wisconsin. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects
only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for
sale on the Internet. “Marieke’s Gouda cheeses are stunning for
their complex flavors and rich textures,” said Linda Remeschatis, owner
of Wisconsinmade.com. “Try any one of them and you know instantly
why Marieke has won so many awards. It’s almost as if you’re
tasting cheese for the very first time.
About Holland’s Family
Cheese: Marieke and Rolf Penterman of Holland’s Family Cheese emigrated
from the Netherlands to Wisconsin in 2002 to continue their passion for
dairy farming. Once here, they missed Holland’s world-renowned
Gouda cheese but knew they could replicate it with milk from their own
cows. Driven by a new passion, Marieke returned to Holland to
study cheese making. In 2006, she began crafting her own fine
Gouda cheeses on their Wisconsin farm. Four months later, her very
first batch of Marieke Gouda Foenegreek won Best of Class in the open
Class for Flavored Semi – Soft Cheeses at the 2007 U. S. Championship
Cheese Contest. Marieke yearly wins multiple national and
international awards for her Gouda cheeses. In the 2010 World
Championship Cheese Contest, Marieke took the gold for her Burning
Mélange Gouda.
The starting point of Marieke’s flavorful Goudas
is the rich, creamy milk of her Wisconsin cows. The Pentermans know
that treating their cows’ well means they will give the best quality
milk. They make sure the animals are as comfortable as possible,
and employ a dedicated farm staff to treat their “Gouda” cows with
respect and TLC.
The Pentermans pump the morning’s milk directly
from their milking parlor into the cheese vat…fresh and warm.
Marieke uses equipment, cultures, herbs and spices imported from Holland
to craft it into cheese. After two hours of pressing the young Gouda
into 18-pound wheels, she places it in a salt-brine for 60 hours. From
there each wheel is moved to a special cellar and placed on wooden
shelves imported from Holland until the cheese reaches its ideal
age…from smooth and creamy after 60 days to sharp and complex as it ages
for nearly two years more.
Holland’s Family Cheese has become a
local point of pride in the state of Wisconsin. 2010 marks the
official beginning of national distribution of Marieke’s Gouda by
Wisconsinmade.com.
About Wisconsinmade.com: The web-store
showcases over 2000 products made with pride and passion by more than
250 Wisconsin artisans. Visitors to Wisconsinmade.com find handcrafted
art for the home and office created in multiple media by Wisconsin
artisans. Also featured are books written by Wisconsin authors;
CD’s produced by Wisconsin musicians; Wisconsin-spots apparel; gift
baskets, and gourmet foods. Wisconsinmade.com receives national
attention for the regional-specialty foods it delivers, such as the
championship Wisconsin cheese, high-quality meats, sweetened
cranberries, pure maple syrup, and the gourmet pastries identified with
Wisconsin’s ethnic heritage.
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