# Artisan Manchego cheese tasting at Quesos César What to do en Consuegra · Consuegra Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/things-to-do/cheese-tasting-quesos-cesar · Revisado: 2026-11-13 - Desde: 30 € per person in groups of 16 or more - Duración: 2 h - Temporada: All year, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, by reservation - Para quién: Adults Tasting · 2 h · six sheep's cheeses of different ageing with local wine · €250 for up to six people, from €30 per person in a group Quesos César is an artisan cheese dairy in Consuegra founded by Cesáreo Verbo, a local man, and for some thirty years now it has been making sheep's cheese with milk from Consuegra shepherds. It is on the outskirts, on the CM-4133 road, km 1, and besides selling its cheeses it opens its house to guided tastings and workshops where you make your own cheese. It is an activity for groups or a table of friends, not for dropping in unannounced: everything is by reservation. The Premium Gourmet Tasting, step by step It is led by an agronomist. It begins with an audiovisual presentation on the world of cheese: where it comes from, the raw material, how it is made and what to look for when tasting it. Then each participant has their own board with six artisan sheep's cheeses of different ageing and a cured-cheese cream, with breadsticks, fresh or candied fruit, compote or jam, nuts and quince paste, and local wine to pair. It lasts about two hours. Among those made in the house are a creamy, slightly tangy young sheep's cheese, a semi-cured, an artisan cured, cheeses in oil and with honey, and El Gran César, cured for more than twelve months in the cellar, which was among the best cheeses in Spain at the GourmetQuesos competition in 2020. The workshop where you make your cheese The hands-on workshop also lasts about two hours. Each participant makes a home-style fresh cheese with all the material prepared and sees the stages the milk goes through: curdling, cutting the curd, draining the whey and moulding. At the end you take away your little cheese, of about 200 grams, in a container. It is completed with a tasting of sheep's cheeses with fruit, jams and nuts, and local wine. The workshop floor and the shop If the group's time coincides with production, you visit the workshop floor: the curd coming out of the vat, the moulding, the pressing and, if conditions allow, the maturing. It is included in the price. Afterwards you can drop into the shop, which sells its cheeses and local products: La Mancha saffron, extra virgin olive oil, wine, game pâtés, Iberian cured meats and craft beers. What it costs and how to book Prices are by group size, VAT included. The tasting: €250 for a group of up to six people, €35 per person for 7 to 15 and €30 per person from 16. The workshop: €300, €40 and €35. For a couple on their own, therefore, the tasting costs the same as for six. Bookings are made for Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, on 679 081 113 or at pverbo@quesoscesar.com; also on 925 480 387 and through the chat on its website. It is a good finish to a morning at the windmills on Calderico hill and the castle. If you come at the end of October, the Saffron Rose Festival fills the village. Lo organiza: Quesos César, desde 30 € per person from 16 people (€35 for ages 7 to 15; €250 for a group of up to 6) (https://www.quesoscesar.com/catas-y-talleres/) Lo organiza: Quesos César, desde 35 € per person from 16 people (€40 for ages 7 to 15; €300 for a group of up to 6) (https://www.quesoscesar.com/catas-y-talleres/) ## Practical details - Details checked on 13 November 2026. ## Cómo llegar y contacto - Coordenadas: 39.47, -3.62 ## Cerca de aquí - [El Retorno Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/where-to-eat/el-retorno-restaurant), a 1.6 km - [La Vida de Antes Rural Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/where-to-stay/la-vida-de-antes-rural-hotel), a 1.6 km - [Plaza de España, Los Corredores and the Archaeological Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/things-to-do/main-square-museum), a 1.6 km - [Saffron Rose Festival](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/things-to-do/saffron-rose-festival), a 1.6 km - [Oncemolinos Apartments](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/where-to-stay/oncemolinos-apartments), a 1.6 km - [Verde Gabán, Molino Bistró](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/where-to-eat/verde-gaban-molino-bistro), a 1.8 km - [The twelve windmills of Calderico hill and the Bolero windmill](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/things-to-do/calderico-windmills), a 1.8 km - [La Muela Castle, with a guided tour](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra/things-to-do/la-muela-castle), a 2.1 km ## Consejos ### Get together at least six The minimum price is the group rate for up to six; from there each person costs €35 or €30. ### Ask what time they make the cheese If you fit the tasting in with production, you see the workshop floor in action. ### Leave room in the boot The shop sells saffron, oil and whole cheeses. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Can a couple go on their own? Yes, but they pay the rate for a group of up to six: €250 for the tasting. ### On which days can the tasting be done? Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, by reservation. ### How long does it last? About two hours, both the tasting and the workshop. ### Do I take the workshop cheese home? Yes, a fresh cheese of about 200 g in a container. ### Where is Quesos César? On the CM-4133 road, km 1, on the outskirts of Consuegra. Destino: [Consuegra](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/castilla-la-mancha/consuegra.md)