Welcome to the Insider's Madrid blog. This is our first of many entries to give you an idea of the type of events Insider’s Madrid has been involved in over the last few months in the Spanish capital.
In October, we hosted a lunch-time party for the Swiss company Solvias AG at their stand at Ifema, the Feria de Madrid trade fair centre, where they were celebrating their 10th birthday party at the CPhI convention.
The best of organic Spanish food was the remit - what better excuse than to serve the crème de la crème Iberian pata negra ham cured over three years alongside cheeses from different regions in Spain… Manchego from the La Mancha, Idizábal from the Basque Country and Torta del Casar from Extremadura, all served with Viña Mayor de Quintanilla, a red crianza from the Ribera de Duero region.
For anyone who hasn't tried this at home, cutting jamón is no mean feat which is why we called in jamonero supreme Juan Maria Jimeno to cut the "tapitas" of jamón for the guests. Amongst other deliciously organic tapas on the menu were the Iberian cured beef “cecina”, chorizo, asparagus Panini and langoustine brochettes.
Marrons glacés and strawberry and peach brochettes to sweeten the palate, and then it was time to blow out the candles.
