Cheese tastings, cave tours, markets and cheese routes in Rías Baixas.
A guide to cheese experiences in Rías Baixas.
Arzúa's cheese fair, a Festa de Interese Turístico de Galicia built around Arzúa-Ulloa, with a producers' fair, workshops, a tapas contest and concerts. Arzúa is in A Coruña province, outside the Rías Baixas wine area, in Arzúa-Ulloa's home country.
Vilalba's cheese fair for the DOP San Simón da Costa, with showcooking, cheese tastings paired with sake, cava and Ribeiro wines, a children's cooking workshop and evening concerts. Vilalba is in the Terra Chá in the north of Lugo province, outside the Rías Baixas wine area.
Fair devoted to requeixo and honey in As Neves, in the Condado do Tea subzone inside the Rías Baixas wine area. It has run since 1991 and was declared a Festa de Interese Turístico de Galicia in 2013; the Condado-Paradanta cooperative organises it.
A visit to the Anzuxao dairy beside a pazo in the Deza, inland in Pontevedra province and outside the Rías Baixas wine area: a walk round the grounds, an audiovisual on cheesemaking and a tasting of Galician cheeses, with a view of production through a glass wall when the visit coincides with cheesemaking. Groups book ahead.
Santiago's public market, in A Coruña province, north of Pontevedra and outside the Rías Baixas wine area. Its cheese stalls include Máis que Queixos, Chacinería Seco (Galician and imported cheeses) and Chacinería Hernández (national and imported cheeses).
Discover the essence of Albariño wines. This guided winery experience takes you through vineyards, inside a modern yet tradition-driven cellar, and a tasting of three ...
You will get to know our facilities, where we will explain the different processes of grape transformation and wine production until bottling. Two wines and a vermouth...
You will get to know our facilities, where we will explain the different processes of grape transformation and wine production until bottling. Two wines and a vermouth...
A concave-convex cone with a small nipple at the tip, 9 to 15 cm tall, according to the DOP consortium; the rules set the height between the radius and the diameter of the base.
Galician Wikipedia says it can also be taken with a young red wine or with Albariño, after a list of simple companions. It does not call this the local pairing, so our Albariño pairing is an editorial one.
It is a Galician DOP, not a Rías Baixas one. The consortium lists makers in A Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra and Ourense provinces, including Lalín and Agolada in Pontevedra.
The register allows up to 26 cm across, 5 to 12 cm high and 0.5 to 3.5 kg. The most common size is 18 to 20 cm across and 6 to 8 cm high, according to Galician Wikipedia.
Sources differ. Galician Wikipedia names light white wines such as Ribeiro or Albariño; Spanish Wikipedia names full-bodied reds. Spanish Wikipedia adds quince paste or honey if it is eaten plain.
A version made only from the milk of the cheesemaker's own cows, with the same characteristics as the standard cheese, according to Spanish Wikipedia.
It is matured at least six months and has a compact, deep yellow paste and a buttery, salty flavour, while the standard cheese needs only six days and is soft and mild.
Spanish Wikipedia gives it as a traditional Galician name of the aged cheese, along with queixo do tempo dos nabos and queixo do ano.