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Grand Selection "The principal or leader in a hierarchy "

"The action and result of choosing one or more people or things from among others, setting them apart and preferring them".

The principals and leaders among oils, saffrons, honeys, cheeses and wines from Castile-La Mancha. Those selected and preferred above other contestants competing in a fair fight with expert tasters under the strict regulations governing the process of tasting and scoring, in order to achieve the highest prize offered by the regional Government for the food and drink category, the Grand Selection Awards.

Castile-La Mancha has a first-class heritage and an exceptional ally, nature, which contributes the essential raw materials so that the legacy of the producers, the most advanced food and agricultural technology, the daily work and effort of all those who participate in the process, is translated into genuine pleasure for diners and into engineering tools for the most exclusive restaurateurs.

The tradition of generations of agriculturalists, men and women of the land, entrepreneurs, an inheritance from the crucible of cultures which have formed and still form today the essence of Castile-La Mancha. Wisdom acquired with the spirit of those who unite their commitment to progress and the implementation of new technologies and ecological production.

This web site includes the products and brands which won prizes in the 2006 seventeenth edition of the Grand Selection Food and Drink Awards which can be considered, in their purest essence, the true standard-bearers of our region, both within and beyond our borders, while aspiring to be a seductive invitation to seek from within, the wisdom of the masters of our land, the delicacies of the Grand Selection.

José María Barreda Fontes
President of Castile-La Mancha Autonomous Region