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28 October 2019 In Bergamo three key events of the dairy industry took place, the World Cheese Awards-2019, B2Cheese and Cheese Festival, as part of the international dairy exhibition FORME. At the World Cheese Awards Festival 2019, which is also called the "Cheese Oscars", the best hard pit cheese was considered to be the Russian artisan cheese factory "Сыр & Beer", which is based in the province of Moscow.

The jury was composed of 250 members, and there were 4,000 producers in the competition, coming from all over the world. Russian cheese is made exclusively by hand and the company is open to the public who can see the entire process. The company is family run, the owners are husband and wife, Viaceslav and Elvira Kovtun. After the victory, the company's stocks went immediately out of stock and already there are reservations for the next 200 forms. The next sale is scheduled for March 2020 only. Despite the commercial success, the owners do not intend to increase the price which is set at 1,800 rubles (about 27 euros) per kilo.