Upon tasting it, you may appreciate how sweet and smooth swiss is. Swiss cheese is sweet, mild, and nutty-everything an alpine-style cheese should be! When you first pick up a beautiful slice of swiss, you’ll notice its slightly yellow color and nutty aroma. And we’re so glad it did! All About Swiss Cheese As the Wisconsin dairy industry boomed and Wisconsinites developed an affinity for this delicious style of cheese, the alpine-style offerings evolved into emmentaler, swiss, and baby swiss. When Swiss immigrants came to Wisconsin-Green County, to be specific-in the late 1800s, they brought this cheesemaking technique with them. Swiss cheeses were traditionally made in large formats to preserve the milk from the summer as well as possible. Swiss cheesemakers would graze their cows here during the warm months of summer before returning to the safety of the lower elevations as the seasons changed. This family of cheese is known as alpine-style, created in high-altitude pastures. Swiss cheese was born in a lush valley in west central Switzerland-a region called Emmental. Read on to learn how this iconic cheese made its way to Wisconsin and why it deserves a place on your next cheese board. It's hole-y, it's buttery smooth, it's swiss cheese! Although our inner child still dreams of a moon made of swiss, we curdn't live without this rindless masterpiece here on Earth.