TASTE SPAIN

September 06 2021 - October 11 2021

Gouda

Spanish Cheese tasting

The tremendous variety of Spanish cheeses stems from Spain’s geographical and climatic diversity. They are made from the milk of cows, ewes, and goats, as well as different blends of these, and in most cases the milk is obtained from native breeds. Coagulation may be by enzymes, lactic acid or mixed, and cheeses may be round or square, of different sizes, and with rinds of different colors – often engraved and sometimes smoked, rubbed with oil or flavored with spices. Alongside large-scale industrial production, there are also small dairies producing artisan cheeses that retain their authentic characteristics and traditional flavors.

ICEX/Foods and Wines from Spain in The Netherlands is organising this year, in cooperation with the Dutch cheese guild (Kaas Gilde), a presentation with a tasting of Spanish cheeses, with the aim of promoting the presence and knowledge of these products in the country.

The event will take place in the Netherlands on October 4 and will consist of a tasting commented by a Dutch expert in the sector, to present the selected Spanish cheeses to a professional audience in the Netherlands (cheese shops and gourmet shops).

The duration will be about 2 hours for the presentation of the cheeses + 20 minutes for questions & answer. After will be a networking season paired with Spanish wines from the Spanish Wine Competition in The Netherlands 2021.

Members of the Cheese Guild are cordially invited to this tasting.

Download Tasting Notes (PDF)

Cheese expert and Grandmaster of the Cheese Guild Wim Tiemessen provides the presentation and guides the tasting of a wide variety of cheeses from different Spanish regions.

Win Tiemessen Cheese Expert

Guilde Zegel

Win Tiemessen

Who is Wim Tiemessen?

I started in foreign cheese in 1968 in my father's company.

We distributed the products to:
- Cheese shops, deli shops, market dealers, wholesalers and supermarkets.
- From 1973 I gave presentations about our products for our customers.
- In 1986 we sold our company and worked under the name Boering.
- Fulfilled a number of management positions in the field.
- At the time, also buyer for French cheeses.
- Always looked for and found new selling opportunities.
- At the moment I still give workshops on behalf of the Guilde des Maîtres Fromagers in The Netherlands.

Annelies van den Ende

About Annelies van den Ende

“Working in the Cheese business is the most joyful thing there is!”
That seems, because Annelies did cut first piece of cheese at the age of fifteen, at the local supermarket. After this adventure she wanted to work in more specialized food stores.

Eventually she managed her own cheese shop in beautiful The Hague, in the Archipelbuurt neighbourhood, for more than twelve yours on a row.
Nowadays Annelies still likes to advise, and make you enthusiastic about cheese, whether it’s for the Guilde or for her own company where she is specialized in giving cheese courses, organizing big cheese buffets, temporary employment services, furnishing cheese shops… everything about cheese!

Since 2012 Annelies is proud to be member of the Guilde des Maîtres Fromager aux Pays-Bas.

CHEESE

PRODUCER

DOP/PDI/IGP

Tetilla 45% MG

Teodoro García, SA

DOP Queso de Tetilla

Mold Matured Gourmet Soft Goat Cheese

Lodyn SRL

Cheese from cow's milk with black garlic

El Gran Cardenal SL

Tierra de Sabor