Lake Monona glistened in the bright sunlight outside the big windows of the Grand Terrace of the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Inside, oblivious to the picturesque setting, a team of international judges was scrutinizing, smelling and tasting 1,792 samples of the world’s best cheeses. It’s the 2006 Biennial World Championship Cheese Contest sponsored by the Madison-based Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.
(Photo shows Center for Dairy Research’s Mark Johnson judging)