Spanish cheese is becoming more and more popular thanks to the tapas dining trend. Complement a Spanish cheese plate with olives, marcona almonds, quince paste and crusty bread. ĦQue bueno! Tapas at home could not be easier (or more impressive).
Queso Cabrales is a natural cheese made in the artisan tradition by rural dairy farmers. This cheese can be made of pure cow's milk, but, depending on availability, it can ... [Read more]
This goat's milk cheese was once produced solely in the Garrotxa area of Catalonia. This is the area of Pyrenees region of Spain that is farthest to the East, lying right o... [Read more]
This handmade, unpasteurized sheep's milk cheese comes from the Spanish Pyrenees. Idiazabal is naturally smoked with a hard but edible orange-brown rind. In the old days, B... [Read more]
Mahon is produced on the Mediterranean island of Menorca in the Balearics. Although it is a small island, Menorca produces enough cheese to make Mahon Spain's second most p... [Read more]
Mahon is produced on the Mediterranean island of Menorca in the Balearics. Although it is a small island, Menorca produces enough cheese to make Mahon Spain's second most p... [Read more]
Traditionally, the orange rind on Mahon comes from being rubbed in butter, paprika and oil. When a cheese is aged, the taste intensifies and becomes bolder and nuttier. Typ... [Read more]
A genuine cheese from the La Mancha region, this artisan Manchego originates on small Spanish hillsides where La Mancha sheep flocks graze. The small-scale, artisan product... [Read more]
This special Manchego is aged for over 12 months, giving it a sharper, nuttier flavor and a firmer, more brittle texture than its younger namesake. It is produced in Centra... [Read more]
This special Manchego is aged for over 12 months, giving it a sharper, nuttier flavor and a firmer, more brittle texture than its younger namesake. It is produced in Centra... [Read more]
Murcia, a Spanish Queso de Cabra , is produced in the Murcia region. Murcia's rich variety of grasses, shrubs, and abundant wild herbs give this cheese a taste and aroma th... [Read more]
Similar to the Spanish wine cheese, Drunken Goat , this wine-bathed cheese is made from pasteurized goat's milk in Murcia region of Spain. This region has a rich variety of... [Read more]
In the Navarra region of the Spanish Pyrenees, lies the Roncal Valley. Seven villages make up this valley and control the production and marketing of the first Spanish name... [Read more]
Surrounded in the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean and mountains from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, Galicia has always been a remote region of Spain. This isolatio... [Read more]
Tradition lies at the heart of such delights as Tetilla Cheese, which is made in the farming and dairy producing land of Galicia. The pride of the land where it was created... [Read more]
This DOP Spanish blue cheese is often sold as Cabrales in the United States because its flavor is similar to that bold blue, but is slightly tamer. It, therefore, appeals t... [Read more]
Imagine evenings in warm, sunny Spain, relaxing outside a caf with a refreshing glass of beer or a fruity glass of Rioja, and simply basking in its atmosphere. One of our f... [Read more]
You sense it immediately - the heady aromas, the intensely fulfilling textures, and the vibrant flavors of Spain's artisan cheese tradition. Different milks, a diverse terr... [Read more]
While the origin of the word is not disputed (literally meaning lid), the origin of tapas as the feast of many small dishes is highly debated. Some claim tapas came to be w... [Read more]
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