PLEASANT RIDGE RESERVE (LB)

Uplands Dairy in beautiful Dodgeville, ands Dairy in beautiful Dodgeville, Wisconsin makes Pleasant Ridge Reserve, a Farmstead cheese made in the style and tradition of mountain cheeses from the French Alps. The cheese is made from the non-pasteurized milk of a single herd of Wisconsin cows fed and managed using natural, old world practices. The cows graze lush pastures from early spring through fall, just as all cows did before the industrialization of our food system. The resulting milk has better nutritional value and more varied and subtle flavors.

The aging techniques they use at Uplands were originally developed in the Middle Ages when cheeses similar to Pleasant Ridge Reserve were aged in limestone caves and washed frequently with a brine solution. Washing the rind keeps it free of unwanted microbes and produces a variety of pleasing flavors. Because of the time-consuming handwork involved this practice is rarely used. The sweet flavors of the pasture grasses, clovers, herbs and wildflowers are experienced in every taste of this cheese.