Hi from Spain

[asturiandream]

Looks like a new country has been added to the members list Spain.
My name is Bryan, I am an Englishman having lived in La Herradura Andalucia Southern Spain.
I am a retired shrink my wife owned a specialist cheese / deli approx 350 different cheese's from around the world were on sale we specialised in unpasteurised / Raw Milk, Farmhouse products and artisan cheese.
We have plans to move to the northern coast of Spain to the ' Green Coast '
Asturias has a huge variety of quality cheese, the rainfall in this area is one of the highest in Spain hence the term 'Green Coast' but combine this with the traditional breeds of Cattle, Sheep and Goats you have the right ingredients for potential world class quality.
Our dream is to own our own Organic Farm with total control on quality and health of our feeds and animals. Making cheese is a great journey.
Salud to all

 

[Tea]

Asturiandream welcome to the board.  I certainly sound like you live in a beautiful part of the world.  I certainly hope that your dream can come true for you.
Looking forward to your imput.

Tracey

[Tom Turophile]

Asturias -- gorgeous area of the country, and fantastic cheeses are made there.  Bienvenido.

[Cheese Head]

Hi Bryan and welcome to this forum, you are right, you are our first member in Spain! I just added you to the list and added a Spain Geographic Board in case you have any locaal type info.

Looking forward to whatever local info/pictures you can get on cheese !

[DeejayDebi]

   Welcome Bryan. Nice to meet you. I have been rsearching Spanish cheeses lately to make for a friend at work who is married to a girl from Spain.

I just made them Manchego and Mahon. Hopefully my guesses are close!

[asturiandream]

Thank you for a warm welcome, I look forward to the intercultural exchange of one common interest, Cheese !

http:www.infoasturias.com/action/InfoasturiasListadoTipoRecurso?metodo=getListadoRecursos&tipoRecursoId=1064&nodo=/saboreando/queso.menu

For your request of photos etc.  John (ch )  here is a great link complete with photo's, it is only on Cheese from Asturias and as you can see the varieties are numerous.
I will post further for other Spanish Cheese, but really my previous area of experience is in Farmhouse produced tradtional English Cheese.
My interest lies with Raw Milk Cheese as seen on the link above.
Hope this site will also showcase the incredible varied scenery found in Asturias
Regards to all

[Sailor Con Queso]

Welcome. I LOVE Spain.

Two years ago we sailed for two weeks from Barcelona to Valencia, out to the Baleric Islands (Ibesa, etc.) then back to Barcelona. I have never been anywhere in the world where the food was consistently wonderful every day. Can't wait to go back.

[Tom Turophile]

Welcome. I LOVE Spain.

Two years ago we sailed for two weeks from Barcelona to Valencia, out to the Baleric Islands (Ibesa, etc.) then back to Barcelona. I have never been anywhere in the world where the food was consistently wonderful every day. Can't wait to go back.

Same here (well, France, too).  I think I love the food of Spain so much because the average meal there is so much better than in the US.  It isn't just the great restaurants.

I lived in Madrid and Barcelona for 6 months, so I have a lot of fond memories.  I've been all over the country, except for the northwest (Galicia) and Extremadura.

[Cheese Head]

Bryan, thanks for that link, some beautiful cheeses there, too many ideas, not enough time!