Well, Canadian goat cheese Le Cendrillon won the 2009 World Cheese Award this year beating over 2500 other competitors so Canada must create some top quality goods.

However, personally I go for the Australian King Island produce - a lovely little island sitting in the middle of Bass Straight. Rich creamy cheese and dairy from an area free of pollution, noise, everything!

A quote from their website lists some of the awards etc

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King Island Dairy's recognition at some of the world's most prestigious dairy awards include success at the New York Fancy Food Show, the World Championship Cheese Contest (Wisconsin, USA), the Annual British Empire Cheese Show (Ontario, Canada), the Australian Grand Dairy Awards and the Australian Specialist Cheesemakers' Association Shows.
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If you ever get your hands on some, try it!!!!

Oh, chocolate and cheese, looks yummy!

In general, Swiss cheeses are my favorite, and by that, I don't mean 'Swiss Style" cheese, but any cheese from Switzerland. Some of my favorite goat cheese comes from Switzerland. Although, I like baby Swiss cheese and elemental.

I am, by far, a cheese nut, and a little bit a cheese snob.

For example, American Cheese is NOT cheese!

I'll take a sharp Wisconsin cheddar any day, but the NY sharps are really quite tasty.

I'll eat it blue, curdled, and creamed.

But I don't like cottage cheese. Sorry, but it looks like something my dog might throw up after he digs through the trash.

Brie is good cheese. My friend got me hooked on flavored baked Brie cheese wheels with a flaky crust. Yummm!

Camembert is good on my Melba Toast.

Some of the English cheese are OK but I think they are probably my least favorite. In general, they aren't as flavorful. I understand that's a problem many have with English food in general, so it's no surprise their cheeses are less flavorful. Still, Stilton both the yellow and the white are good mild cheeses, I just like others better. The more sharpness, the more I seem to like it on the harder cheeses.

The only word of warning I'll give someone wanting to try new cheeses - don't smell Limburger. GROSS!

If you want to try new cheeses, find a good store with a decent deli, and ask for samples. They will almost always slice you a small piece of the cheese to try before you decide to buy or not.

My favorite right now for melting and eating straight eating is Havarti, which is a relatively soft cheese but can still be sliced. It has a mild flavor and melts beautifully. You can also buy Havarti in flavors or with stuff mixed in with it and it makes a great fondue cheese.

you can ask my family and friends: I would melt cheese on everything if I could get away with it.