Andy Hatch
Owner and cheesemaker
Studied dairy science at the University of Wisconsin Madison and apprenticed under Master Cheesemaker Gary Grossen. Came to Uplands in 2007 and took over the creamery from founder Mike Gingrich.
Uplands Cheese Company
Uplands Cheese is a seasonal grass fed dairy farm and creamery in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, making Pleasant Ridge Reserve and Rush Creek Reserve raw milk cheeses from its own herd.
Uplands Cheese is a 300 acre dairy farm and creamery on top of Pleasant Ridge, in the Driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin, owned and run by two families, Andy and Caitlin Hatch and Scott and Liana Mericka.
Both men began as apprentices under founders Mike Gingrich and Dan Patenaude, among the earliest American farmers to feed cows by rotational grazing, and bought the farm in 2014. The closed, selectively crossbred herd is milked seasonally, in time with the pastures, and grazed onto fresh grass each day through a series of small paddocks.
Two traditional artisan cheeses are made on the farm. Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an alpine style cheese aged up to two years, is made only with fresh, raw, grass fed milk during the summer grazing season. Rush Creek Reserve, a soft ripened cheese wrapped in a strip of spruce bark, is made in the fall when the cows' diet changes to hay. Cheese sells from the farm's online shop and through stockists nationwide.
What they sell
- Raw milk cheese
- Pleasant Ridge Reserve
- Rush Creek Reserve
- Aged alpine cheese
- Gift boxes
Plan your visit
- Not open for visits at the moment
- Delivers locally
Meet the farm team
From the community
4.9
From 27 Google reviews
2 January 2026
Living in New Mexico and getting this cheese shipped to me is a treat. I have shared it and we need more!
26 December 2025
We purchased Upland cheese/sausage for Christmas. It is fabulous!!! We have lived in Wisconsin for 18 years and were so happy to hear from Upland. Wonderful cheese and service..
26 December 2025
I got the Rush Creek Reserve cheese. Well done to perfection. The Outpost had some and I tried your great Alpine cheese as well. Your artisan cheese is better than any European cheese in my eating cheese experience. Thank you.
