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Meet our masters and makers-
“To me, cheesemaking is all about a sensory experience; the sight, the texture, the taste... If i’m not making cheese i’m not happy.”
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“It’s up to me to know all the components, create consistency and combine it all into Roth cheese recipes.”
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“I’ve come to know the particular types of milk we can expect from each farm and how it affects the taste of our cheese”
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"Roth has a manufacturing principle that I truly believe is how all great companies operate."
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1863: 20-year-old Oswald Roth, a licensed cheesemaker from Niederbipp, Switzerland, founds O. Roth & Cie, a cheese company specializing in producing and exporting Emmentaler.
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1911: Otto, one of Oswald’s children, immigrates to NYC to start Otto Roth & Company, a subsidiary of O. Roth & Cie. that will serve as an importing agency for Swiss cheeses.
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1976: Fermo and Andre Jaeckle take over management. They target deli departments with the first full line of cut and wrapped cheeses and grow the business to become the largest specialty cheese importer/distributor in the U.S.
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1990: Cousins Fermo Jaeckle and Felix Roth scout locations to found Roth Käse USA. Monroe, WI was chosen as their company’s home for its geographic location, access to high quality milk, existing cheesemaking infrastructure, and the strong Swiss heritage of the region.
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1991: Roth Käse USA Ltd is open for business. The plant houses the country’s first copper vat for the production of Grand Cru®. The company reintroduces wooden boards for aging, focusing on importing technology, not cheese.
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2006: Roth Käse USA celebrates 15 years of crafting and curing award-winning cheeses in Monroe, Wisconsin and completes construction of the Affinage/Curing Cellar and Culinary Education Center.
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2010: Roth Käse USA and Emmi AG merged in 2010 to form Emmi Roth USA.
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This is cheese theater.
Admittedly, this is theater that’s a bit slow. At Roth Cheese, we can spend 10 minutes rolling cheese around on our tongues. You’ll see us argue over a wheel of cheese that won’t be ready to eat for two years. And if you ask about our latest batch, you’ll most likely get a meteorologist’s lecture on weather, feed, cows, farms and the daily milk haul. You probably don’t want to get stuck talking to us at a party. But slowly, deliberately, patiently, our obsession does make for some amazing cheese.