Tierra de Sabor cheeses triumph at the Cincho Awards 2022

08/08/2022

The 10th edition of Cincho Awards Organisers announced the winning cheeses for the 2022 edition. For them, this has been a record event, as a total of 1,375 cheeses from 20 countries entered in the international contest.

In this Contest, a benchmark for the sector at national and international level, cheeses under the Tierra de Sabor Guarantee Mark, once again stood out for their quality, winning 16 of the 109 medals awarded to the participating cheeses.

The 16 awards obtained by the cheeses protected under the Tierra de Sabor Guarantee Brand, 6 of which are Gold Cinchos and 10 Silver Cinchos, represent 40% of the awards obtained in Castilla y León.

The 6 "Gold Cincho" distinctions obtained by the cheeses with the Tierra de Sabor quality label went to the following cheeses:

• Campoveja Semicurado submitted by Campoveja Cheese Factory (Herederos de Félix Sanz S.L.) in Valladolid, in the category of "Semi-cured raw sheep's milk cheeses"
• Fundador, by Industrias Lácteas Benaventanas, S.A. in Zamora, in the category of "Aged raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• Queso Quevedo, by Quesos Quevedo, S.L. in Valladolid, in the category of "Cured raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• Quesos y Lácteos Puebla Luis, entered by Quesería Artesanal del Río Carrión S.L., in Palencia, in the category of "Cream cheese spread".
• San Ruffino (El Pastor), by Quesos El Pastor Hijos de Salvador, S.A. in Zamora, in the category of "Aged raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• San Vicente, submitted by Industrias Lácteas San Vicente, S.L. in León, in the category of "Tender mixed milk cheeses".

On the other hand, the ten cheeses protected under the Tierra de Sabor Guarantee Mark awarded a "Silver Cincho" are the following:

• DM, submitted by Industrias Lácteas Benaventanas, S.A. in Zamora, in the category of "Cured raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• El Pastor de Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa, by Quesos El Pastor Hijos de Salvador, S.A. in Zamora, in the category of "Aged raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• Fundador, entered by Industrias Lácteas Benaventanas, S.A. in Zamora, in the category ¿Cured raw sheep's milk cheeses¿.
• La Antigua de Fuentesaúco Añejo, submitted by Gestión Agro Ganadera, S.L. of Salamanca, in the category of ¿Aged raw sheep's milk cheese¿.
• La Olmeda, from Quesos Lagunilla y La Olmeda, S.L.U. of Palencia, in the category of "Old blended milk cheeses".
• Laurus entered by El Carrizal de Zamora, in the category of "Aged raw sheep's milk cheeses¿.
• Marcos Conde submitted by Queserías de Zamora, S.A. of Zamora, in the category "Old pasteurised sheep's milk cheeses".
• Quesos y Lácteos Puebla Luis, by Quesería Artesanal del Río Carrión, S.L. from Palencia, in the category of "Cured raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• Quesos y Lácteos Puebla Luis, by Quesería Artesanal del Río Carrión, S.L. from Palencia, in the category of "Semi-cured raw sheep's milk cheeses".
• Torre Campos, by Quesos Revilla, S.L., from Zamora, in the category of "Cured raw sheep's milk cheeses"

CONSOLIDATION OF THE CONTEST

The analytical verification of all the participating cheeses has been carried out by the technical teams of the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACYL) on the composition of the milk-producing species, in order to guarantee and offer rigour to the contest. This ensures and certifies that the Cincho Awards establish the quality in the category and composition of the cheeses.

Thanks to the large participation mentioned above, entrants from all the autonomous communities and from twenty countries have been recorded: Andorra, Argentina, Croatia, Ecuador, Spain, United States, France, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. This has also been a milestone in the history of this celebration.

CELEBRATION AND AWARDS CEREMONY

The awards ceremony will take place on September 16 in the great cheese capital, Zamora, coinciding with the celebration of Fromago, a cross-cutting integration project aiming to position the province and Castilla y León as a reference space for cheese and the sheep sector at national and international level.