ORUJOS PANIZO SL

11 National Panizo Cocktail Contest

Orujos Panizo celebrates the final of the 11 edition of the National Cocktail Contest demonstrating that new flavours and textures can be created with distillates such as orujo liqueur (“grape liqueur”). An exceptional jury will select the most creative and innovative among the proposals of the 10 bartenders who have reached the final. The finalists will have a time limit of 7 minutes to prepare 5 glasses of their cocktail.The winner received a cash prize of €2,000, the runner-up a prize of €1,000 and the third runner-up of €500.First PrizeGorka Narciso Lerchundi, with his cocktail "Temére" (San Sebastian)Second classifiedFrancisco Blanca de Castilla, with the cocktail "Boulenizo" (Sevilla)Third classifiedNuria Basurto with the cocktail "Yi Peng" (Burgos)Jury:Custodio López Zamarra. Honorary President of the Sommeliers of MadridAlmudena Alberca. Master of Wine Carmelo Pérez. Former Zalacaín Manager Javier Pérez de Andrés. JournalistPepe Dioni. Advisor to the FABE PresidentRamón Ramírez Fresneda. Vice President of IBA (International Bartender Association)Pablo Martín (President UAES)Mayte Lapresta. Director of Sobremesa magazineNan Ferreres. Director of CETT of CataloniaJuan Carlos Muñoz Zapatero. President. FABE (Federation of Spanish Bartenders Associations)Marcelino Rodríguez. Public relationsSelected Contestants:Carlos Valle Saiz, with his cocktail "Fresh Rice" (Santander)Antonio García Doblas with his cocktail "La Inspiración de Hemingway" (Málaga)Javier Benito González, with his cocktail "Panizo Green Hope" (Peñafiel, Valladolid)Cristo Jesús García Luis, with his cocktail "Parlada en Tera" (Tenerife)Gustavo Romero Guedes, with his cocktail "Espresso Panizo" (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)Andrés Francisco Medina Venegas, with his cocktail "LanzaNizo" (Lanzarote)Gorka Narciso Lerchundi, with his cocktail "Temére" (San Sebastian)Nuria Basurto, with his cocktail "Yi Peng" (Burgos)Francisco Blanca de Castilla, with his cocktail "Boulenizo" (Sevilla)Marcos Ángel Vidal Fernández, with his cocktail "Bosque Amargo" (León)