El Department of agriculture each year is responsible for granting the Spanish Food Award to the companies and institutions that have managed to raise the status of national foods. Since 1987, a specialized jury determines the winners of this contest to award them the award correspondent. We tell you!
Food Award from Spain, the winners of 2022
As every year, the Department of agriculture has made public the Food Awards of Spain, with what we already know the winners of various categories food. The judges of contest have come together to, in each category, select the best products from among the hundreds of participants. Take note, because you may be interested in meeting the Winners to prepare some high-level lunch or dinner.
The best wine of 2022 has been for Ramon do Casar Named 2020, with a denomination of origin Brook. To select this award, several highly regarded individuals from wine tasting came together to select a winner. Among the five participants, the Ramon do Casar was victorious this year.
It is a white wine aged in French oak barrels for more than 3 months. The grape that composes it is of a variety treixadura, own production. Its solid structure and balance between freshness and bitterness have helped it win.
The explotion Ramon do Casar It has an approximate extension of 20 hectares of its own vineyard. It is located on the banks of the My no and were planted in the year 2000 with varieties autochthonous on granitic soils. They are at 350 meters of altitude and have the influence of the Atlantic oceanic climate. It is thanks to this that the wine pays homage to other classic varieties without losing its own identity, offering a delicious result.
The award-winning ham
El ham It is undoubtedly one of the most characteristic foods of Spain. Many of us identify this juicy manjar with the gastronomic culture of our country. And it is not for less, because it is a food that has been elaborated for centuries and perfecting on the peninsula. We already have an article talking about the best hams in Spain, but… Which one has received the award for best food?
Well, it turns out that for this category, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food convenes two different categories: The category of Ham from Acorn-fed Iberian and the Ham category Serrano u Other Figures of Recognized Quality. The participants have been a total of 55, 34 in the first modality compared to 21 in the second. It is one of the categories interesting of the awards.
In the modality of Acorn, the winner was the 100% Iberian acorn-fed ham Aljomar. The piece has been presented by Aljomar Hams from Guijuelo. On the other hand, in the category of Ham Serrano or Other Figures of Recognized Quality, the winner was the Serrano ham 24- Monte Nevado. This piece has been presented by Industrias Cárnicas El Rastrillo. Both hams have earned the prize, due to how well they integrate their flavor in the cut of their pieces.
More and more prizes
El olive oil extra virgin is another of the foods that are presented at this gastronomic contest. The value of our liquid gold It is known along the entire Mediterranean coast. Its modality is distinguished by the blind tasting of the product, in which the judges do not know the supplier while tasting the flavor of the olive.
The prize in the olive oil category bitter green fruity O'Oleum has taken it from the greenway, from the mill Sierra de Alcaraz Ecological Farming, in Alcaraz, Albacete. It is a balanced oil, with a variety of nuances and harmonic. On the other hand, in the category of ripe fruity, the prize has been awarded to the oil Castelanotti, from Agrodelpa, from Córdoba. It is an oil with notes of nuts, cinnamon and vanilla. On the palate it is sweet and almond-shaped, slightly bitter and spicy.
These have been the most relevant awards in the Food Awards of Spain. What do you think? Do you want to taste the taste of any of the winning foods?
