Spanish ham and wine tasting
We invite you to discover the secrets of the Spanish ham and to understand how to combine ham and wine.
Our Spanish ham and wine tasting is focussed in understanding and differentiate the different Spanish hams while doing a professional and funny tasting. Attendants are allowed to participate in the art of cutting.
Duration : 2 hours
Location : Madrid, Barcelona (other locations under request)
Minimum group : 10 people
About Spanish ham :
When we speak of Spanish Iberian ham we must make differentiate two fundamental aspects, the breed and the feeding they receive. As far as the breeds, there are basically two types: the Iberian and the one we call White Hog.
Within the Iberian breed, which is the quality product, we must distinguish 3 types of feeding.
Bellota (Acorns). A hog that spends his whole life on a free range and during the time of acorns, from October to January, it is slaughtered and only fed acorns for the last few months.
Recebo. The same as the acorn one, but at the end of its life and for various circumstances, it is fed animal feed and pulse.
Cebo. This animal is not in a free range, therefore it is sedentary, and it is fed exclusively with animal feed. It is fattened for 6 – 8 months and its quality is lower.
In the breeds we call “white” o “del país” (from the country) the type of feed is the same as the “cebo” Iberian pig.
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