Admittedly, the author’s sarcastic tone is only barely detectable, and I understand your frustration with a seemingly brash generalization. However I assure you that we are gigantic fans of cheese from Wisconsin. Aside from Pleasant Ridge, we sell Les Freres from Crave Brothers, Gruyere Surchoix, Gran Queso and Knight’s Vail from Rothkase, Vintage Van Gogh, and probably the finest example of domestic Provolone from Grande.

Perhaps the author could have made mention of these and other Wisconsin cheeses that we sell so as not to give the impression that Pleasant Ridge Reserve was the only good cheese from Wisconsin. As the editor of this blog, I will be more cautious to prevent comments that you might consider snide or snobbish.

I must retort, however, to one comment you made. Wisconsin is far from the only state to contain “True Master Cheesemakers.” This is a great discredit to Mateo Kehler of Jasper Hill Farms in Vermont, Mark Gillman of Cato Corner in Connecticut, Mary Keehn of Cypress Grove in Humboldt County, California, Soyoung Scanlan from San Francisco, Judy Schad from Indiana, as well as myriad artisans who win awards not only domestically, but internationally.

I assure you that we are constantly trying to expand our offerings of American cheeses, and if you would like to suggest some from Wisconsin that we are missing, feel free. Some of our best relationships manifested from a customer’s suggestion.

I hope that this, in some way, assuages your frustrations. I hope that you will consider re-inserting us into your favorites list.