The 2025 “Concurso Oficial de Quesos Agrocanarias” took place on the 9th and the 10th of July in our very own Jameos del Agua here in Lanzarote.
The ruling was only was announced on the 8th of August in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, granting a total of 61 awards: 56 medals (27 great gold medals, 22 gold medals and 7 silver medals) plus 5 distinctions.
Out of the 73 participant cheesemakers with the grand total of 226 samples, Lanzarote has been awarded 8 medals (3 less than last year) to 5 different cheesemakers:
Finca de Uga, Quesería El Faro and Quesería Rubicón with 2 medals each and Quesería Montaña Blanca and Quesería Filo El Cuchillo with 1 medal each.
By types of medals, Lanzarote has taken home:
5 Grand Gold medals,
2 Gold medals and
1 Silver medal.
This is the list of winning cheeses by type of cheese:
Pasteurized Soft Cheese:
Queso de cabra ahumado “El Farito” from Quesería El Faro – Gold medal
Pasteurized Semi-Cured Cheese:
Queso de cabra “Guatisea” from Quesería Montaña Blanca – Grand Gold medal
Queso de cabra, untado con gofio “El Farito from Quesería El Faro – Silver medal
Pasteurized Aged Cheese:
Queso de oveja “Bodega” from Finca de Uga – Grand Gold medal
Raw Milk Soft Goat Cheese:
Queso de cabra ahumado from Quesería Rubicón – Grand Gold medal
Raw Milk Semicured Goat Cheese:
Queso de cabra semicurado from Quesería Filo El Cuchillo – Great Gold medal
Raw Milk Aged Goat Cheese:
Queso de cabra añejo from Quesería Rubicón – Great Gold medal
Cheese with mould inside:
“La Pluie” from Finca de Uga – Gold medal
Our congratulations to all the winners across the Canary Islands but especially those from Lanzarote!
Have you tried them all? Which one is your favourite?
