03.10.2008 – 10:30

von Mühlenen AG

Further Success for the von Mühlenen Family

Düdingen (ots)

The Cheese World Champion von Mühlenen family was
honoured 12 times at the World Cheese Awards in Dublin for its Le
Gruyère Premier Cru, Emmentaler Tradition

Premier Cru and 5 further Swiss cheese specialities.

The von Mühlenen family, Cheese World Champions in 1992, 2002,
2005 and 2006, collected a total of 12 awards at this year's World
Cheese Awards event, resulting in it being one of the most successful
participants; it also took the best Le Gruyère AOC and the best Hard
AOC Cheese titles, as well as achieving an overall 3rd place across
all classes. The annual World Cheese Awards was held this year in
Dublin from 29.09 to 1.10.08.

A total of 2,400 cheeses from around the world took part.

Gold Awards were received by:

- Le Gruyère Premier Cru Bio produced by Pierre Buchillier in Les 
    Moulins   
   - Le Gruyère Premier Cru produced von Adrian Scheidegger in 
    Niedermuhren    
   - Whitemountain produced by Marc Jakob in Kyburg - Buchegg   
   - Beechtree Mountain Cheese produced by Marc Jakob in Kyburg - 
    Buchegg

Silver Awards were received by:

- Le Gruyère Premier Cru produced by Markus Sturny in Lanthen
   - Alpine Bell produced by Franz Jungo in Struss
   - Alpine Rose Rustic produced by von Henri Ledentu in 
    Villar-s-Glâne

Bronze Awards were received by:

- Le Gruyère Premier Cru produced by Markus Sturny in Lanthen
   - Le Gruyère Premier Cru produced by Alexandre Guex in Châtonnaye
   - Le Gruyère Premier Cru produced by Franz Jungo in Struss
   - Emmentaler Tradition Premier Cru produced by Anton Wyss in 
    Mutten
   - Aegeri Mountain cheese produced by Niklaus Duss in Aegeri

The Le Gruyère Premier Cru Bio was honoured as the best Gruyère
AOC and the best hard AOC cheese and was chosen as the third best
cheese across all classes.

The von Mühlenen family has thus achieved further success for
Swiss cheese, following on from the World Champion titles claimed at
the World Cheese Awards held in 1992, 2002, 2005 and also in 2006 (in
Wisconsin, USA). The fact that also relatively unknown and new
cheeses received awards alongside the well known cheeses, such as Le
Gruyère and Emmentaler, demonstrates that Switzerland has a huge
selection of high quality cheeses to offer - and the von Mühlenen
family is proud to be able to contribute to Switzerland also having
international success with new cheeses.

The von Mühlenen family has been devoting itself for 4 generations
to traditional raw milk cheese from Switzerland, and markets these
across the world. The family is represented by its own subsidiaries
in the most important overseas markets - Germany, England and Italy,
and works with sales partners in other countries. The business is
managed by Roger von Mühlenen and his son Walo von Mühlenen. Over 50
cheese dairies supply their raw milk cheeses to the von Mühlenen
business, and the company's portfolio of cheeses includes over 100
specialities alongside the world renowned Le Gruyère Premier Cru and
Emmentaler Premier Cru.

Free stock images can be found at:

http://www.photopress.ch/image/von+muehlenen/world+cheese+award

Contact:

Walo von Mühlenen
3186 Düdingen, Switzerland
Tel.: +41/26/492'93'30
Fax: +41/26/492'93'39
Mobile: +41/79/217'54'11
E-Mail: walo@vonmuhlenen.net
Internet: http://www.vonmuhlenen.ch