New era, new cheese

This year, around 1,500 sheep crossed the Main Street, divided into five flocks. The official presentation of the new season of Idiazabal Cheese was held at the town hall. Julen Baz and Peli Perez de Anuzita from Garena Restaurant cut the cheese.

More than 1,500 sheep, of five herds, remember the transhumance of the shepherds in the streets of Ordizia in the Artzai Eguna ORDIZIA (GIPUZKOA), 23 (EUROPA PRESS) The town Guipuzcoa of Ordizia has hosted this Wednesday the XXXI edition of the Artzain Eguna (Herder's Day), in which the new cheese of [...] The entry The new Idiazabal cheese is of "exceptional quality" and is previewed an increase of the production appears first in Forbes Spain.

Spring has replaced winter, and, following the seasons, the sheep also leave the pastures where they spent the winter to where they will spend the summer. This is what the Shepherds' Day in Ordizia (Gipuzkoa) represents every year: the transhumance that sheep have carried out for centuries with the help of shepherds. It is now time to taste the harvest: the new cheese that the new era has brought. It has been a day to pay tribute to the latxa sh…