Blue, cheddar, bergkäse, Oaxaca, Oregon punches way above its weight on the global cheese scene. Meet cheese makers large and small and see how cheese helped shaped Oregon's history.

And while Oregon doesn’t produce the quantity of cheese like Wisconsin, Idaho, or other leading states do today — Oregon punches above its weight class in terms of quality.

Judges scored 1,387 entries in 120 categories in May with awards handed out during a ceremony July 21 in Portland, Oregon. A Raclette-style cheese from Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro Bend, Vermont ...