Agroaldea
IT WAS AWARDED IN THE XII NATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS TABEFE GOAT MILK CHEESE, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EAGF 2014.
Pasteurized milk for Julián Díaz cured cheese (Tuineje, Fuerteventura) was chosen best cheese of the Canary Islands 2014, between 114 cheeses of the Canary Islands and other five participating communities.
Julián Díaz obtained, In addition, first place in three other categories, among a total of 114 soft cheeses, semi-cured and cured, raw and pasteurized milk from across Spain were presented at the fair of agriculture, Fisheries and livestock, EAGF 2014, it closed its doors last Sunday.
The President of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Mario Cabrera, and the Minister of agriculture, Livestock and fisheries, Rita Díaz, they gave the awards to the winners and highlighted the "high level" of participating cheeses in this competition than, They said, "it portends a path of growth in the sector based on the quality of their products and a few flavors, textures and scents with personality".
"Faced with a general market marking their prices and profits based on quantity of product, the participants in this national competition are running another way of marketing based on the quality of its cheese and to introduce that distinctive but intangible value in the consumer decision-making process", Cabrera and Diaz said.
[quote]The 114 cheeses selected for this edition of the awards Tabefe came from Canarias and other five autonomous communities: Madrid, Murcia, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura and Asturias.[/quote]
La Palma cheese left their mark on the competition. It was the case of the Moon of Awara, a handcrafted cheese that won first prize in the category of curing of raw milk.
On the other hand, The experience, prepared by Regino Ibarria Molina in Puntallana, it occupied the second place in the category of tender of raw milk. This cheese won the silver medal in the "World Cheese Awards 2006", held during the days 14 to the 18 of June of 2006 in Regent´s Park, in London.
Also the cheese stick Costa attained silver, product of exploitation of a family managed by Juan Carlos Pérez Martín, located next to the barranco de Garome, between the towns of Puntagorda and Tijarafe.
The relationship of the awards 2014:
Tender of raw milk 2014:
1º Julián Díaz (Fuerteventura)
2° The experience (La Palma)
Semi raw milk 2014:
1º Julián Díaz (Fuerteventura)
2º Costa of the stick (La Palma)
Curing of raw milk 2014:
1º Moon of Awara (La Palma)
2º Vallebron cheese (Fuerteventura)
Tender of pasteurized milk 2014:
1º Cheese Montefrieño (Granada)
2º Guriamen (Fuerteventura)
Semi-cured pasteurized milk 2014:
1º Finca UGA (Lanzarote)
2º Guriamen (Fuerteventura)
Curing of pasteurized milk 2014:
1º Julián Díaz (Fuerteventura)
2º Dairy Kings (Fuerteventura)
Best cheese of the Canary Islands 2014:
Curing of pasteurized milk of Julián Díaz (Fuerteventura)
The awards consisted of an allegorical trophy made by a craftsman island, a cash prize (thousand euros) and an honorable mention (500 EUR), for each of the groups in competition.
The Tabefe Awards represent one of the major events of the fair of the primary sector of Fuerteventura, EAGF. Its influence on the national sector of the cheese made from goat's milk is clear with a datum: only the first day of the registration period there were more than 100 cheeses from all Spain.