Live food demonstrations, tastings, pairing tastings and gastronomic workshops cheese as a common denominator. These are some of the activities carried out. 1st and 2nd October weekend The long-awaited VII Montanejos Artisan Cheese Fair. In this edition, Artisan dairy farms of the Valencian Community will be heroesDespite the fact that the guest dairy farms from different corners of our geography will also participate.
All will be a part artisan cheese market with stands from 11 am to 8 pm.There will be an extensive program of activities on both Saturday and Sunday, where visitors can taste and buy them, as well as at the Espacio Castelló Ruta de Sabor in Villa Purificación. live cooking demonstrations, pairing tastings or workshops that require prior registration.
As a novelty, in this edition will implement a cashless system for him payment and recharge of tastings using a digital wristbandAiming to improve the overall operation of the fair so that the public can enjoy Valencia Community cheese, wineries and events in the most comfortable way possible.
for the best cheese
At the VII Montanejos Artisan Cheese Fair, the Artisan Cheese Contest of the Valencian Community will be held, as is the tradition now, which is organized in partnership with the Community Craft Center and where this organization is held. 8 awards for the best cheeses: Fermented and curd cheese, Fresh Cheese, Lactic or mixed coagulation cheese, Pressed goat cheese, Pressed sheep cheese, Pressed cow cheese, Blue Cheese and Valencia Community Best Cheese.
with these Prizes will be delivered on Sunday, October 2 at 16:00.It is aimed to value the diversity, richness and personality of artisan cheeses made in the Valencian Community and to be known and distinguished by the consumer. For this a jury of experts who will value different cheeses and this will be released in the coming weeks.
This year, there will be 13 participating dairy from the Community of Valencia:
– Sereix (Mutxamel, Alicante)
– Masia Els Masets (Tower D’en Besora, Castellón)
– Corrales (Almedixer, Castellon)
– Lactic Art (Chiva, Valencia)
– Camp d’Elx Dairy Farm (Elche, Alicante)
– Cati cheeses (Catí, Castellon)
– Morella’s Shepherd (Morella, Castellón)
– Mills (Monóvar, Alicante)
– Farm El Parral (Barxeta, Valencia)
– Church Hole (Requena, Valencia)
– Rinya Farm (Albal, Valencia)
– San Antonio (Callosa d’en Sarrià, Alicante)
– Tot de Poble (Les Coves de Vinromà, Castellón).
And as guest dairy:
– Cerrón Cheeses (Alamo Fountain, Albacete)
– Cerrucos de Bleeding (Los Navalucillos, Toledo)
– Mas Claperol (Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Girona)
– Land of Mud (Villafranca de los Barros, Badajoz)
– Gaia Gourmets (Galicia)
– Crazy Manglano (Valencia)
The dairy will be accompanied by wines from PROAVA, Cooperativa de Viver and Alcoví winery, oils from Cooperativa de Altura, La Vidigonera craft beer from Montanejos and water from Cortes de Arenoso.
Show cooking, tastings and much more
this A cooking show will be held at 13:00 on Saturday. Products Castelló Ruta de Sabor with chef Daniel García PeinadoOfficial chef of the Spanish Football Team and captain of the Spanish Professional Cuisine Team, executive chef at the restaurant of the La Cala Resort hotel in Mijas (Malaga). At 18:00 there will be a tasting pairing of artisanal cheeses and wines. Castellón IGP with PROAVA, sommelier David Remolar, president of the Valencian Sommeliers Federation, Sommeliers trainer at CDT and postgraduate teacher at DO Valencia.
On Sunday, at 13:00, there will be a paired tasting of extra virgin olive oil. extra also with David Remolar and at 6:30 PM, a show me how to cook artisan cheeses, EVOO, truffles and wines Castellón PGI by PROAVA with chef José Manuel López Iglesias from the restaurant Peix i Brases 1 Michelin star and 2 Repsol suns from Denia (Alicante). It will all take place at the Espacio Castelló Ruta de Sabor in Villa Purificación.
Quality and professionalism
Together for a more technical approach and a professional audience also for cheese lovers and as part of the Montanejos Artisan Cheese Fair program III Conference on Artisan Cheese and the Promotion of Valencia Dairy FarmingIt is freely accessible and promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition.
VII Montanejos Artisan Cheese Fair is supported by Montanejos City Council, Montanejos Tourism Foundation, Provincial Tourism Board of Castellón Provincial Council, Castelló Ruta de Sabor, Turisme Comunitat Valenciana, L’Exquisit Mediterrani, Agricultural Advisor, Rural Development. , Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition and Sustainable Economy, Productive Industries, Department of Commerce and Labor and has the support of the Valencia Community Cheese Producers Association, Red Española Country and Artisan Cheese Producers, and the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
More information
Dates: Saturday 10/01/2022 and Sunday 10/02/2022
Check the schedule for this seventh edition here.