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stanley cup t the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, beating out some 2,300 entries from 20 countries ranging from Argentina to Switzerland.Cheesemaker Cedric Fragniere took top honors with a Gruyere that judges lauded for its creamy texture and light hint of herbs. It s very smooth, it s aromatic and it has a very clean cheese flavor, said Bill Schlinsog, one of 30 judges. It has a burst of flavor and then it settles down very nicely in the mouth. Fragniere didn t attend the judging but will be invited to a banquet in his honor next month in Madison. The runner-up also was Swiss. Andeer Sennerei of Andeer, Switzerland, took second place with a smear-ripened hard cheese called an Andeerer Traum.Third place went to Alois Pesendorfer of Gmunden, Austria, whose Gmundner
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