The Zuheros Cheese Fair closed this Sunday with “satisfaction” from exhibiting companies and organizers. Although visits were slightly lower than in previous editions (it is estimated that some 12,000 people gathered at the event), sales “did not decrease,” and some 12,000 kilos of cheese artisanal.
This is what Juan de Dios Serrano, director of The Balancharesthe company organizing the show, which emphasizes that “the lower attendance has allowed a greater fluidity. The visitors were very well distributed and were able to access the various exhibitors without any problems. In addition, the weather was good, so we can only do one very positive assessment“.
Regarding the workshops and tastings“They have been filled again and it is clear that we need to increase the number of places for the next editions,” says the manager.
The biggest challenge of this festival, one of the most important cheese fairs in Andalusia and one of the most significant at a national level, is the logistics related to the parking lots“It would be interesting to develop squares nearby, on the outskirts of the city. But not only for the Cheese Fair, but also for the tourism that visits Zuheros,” explains Serrano.
Participants
In this edition it was possible to taste and buy more than 40 varieties of cheese. Among the cheese factories present at the event were Granja Quesería Castrum – Erat (Badajoz), La Cañada Real Soriana SAT (Toledo), Lácteos Romero Pelaez, SL (Jaén), Los Balanchares (Córdoba), Quesería Artesanal Monte Robledo Aracena, SL ( Huelva), Doña Francisca Cheese Factory (Cáceres), Los Puertos Cheese Factory (Asturias), Prestes Cheese Factory (Lugo), Tierra de Barros Cheese Factory (Badajoz), Capricho de Guara Cheeses (Huesca), La Brañuca de Bejes Cheeses (Cantabria), Cheeses Marqués del Valle (Córdoba), Montefrieño Cheeses, SL (Granada), Sierra Sur Cheeses (Jaén), Torralba Cheeses (Menorca) and Valverde Carrasco Cheeses (Ciudad Real).
In addition to the exhibition and sale of cheeses, the Fair offered workshops of artisanal production, tastingstechnical days and competition.
