Conferences and Tastings of MADRID FUSIÓN 2003, I International Gastronomy Summit

21 JANUARY (TUESDAY):
THE ENIGMATIC WORLD OF THE PURE CIGAR
PATROCINADOR: Habanos Montecristo
PONENTES:
José Ribagorda José Carlos Román Carlos Falcó Juan Echanove
The lecturers showed the principal steps in the ritual of cutting and igniting a pure cigar. Afterwards, they tasted the "Montecristo Doble Corona 2001".
NEW WAYS OF TASTING WINE
PONENTES:
Manel Plá
Manel Plá proposed to analyze the wine in different ways from the usual ones by using the music, sigth and textures.
THE WATERS AT THE RESTAURANT. TASTING DIFFERENCES
PATROCINADOR: Aquarel and Perrier (Nestlé)
PONENTES:
Luis Miguel Martín Jesús Oyarbide Juli Soler Benjamín Calles
The lecturers demostrated that every type of water has its own personality.
THE GREATEST HAMS AT DEBATE
PATROCINADOR: D.O. Huelva Attractive conference about the greatest hams of the world, acompanied of an interesting tasting.
22 JANUARY (WEDNESDAY):
COFFE, A THOUSAND SCENTS AND TASTINGS
PATROCINADOR: Nestlé
PONENTES:
Francisco Jurado Ricardo Otero Carmen Guasp Abraham García Ana Lorente
Animated meeting between in which four varieties of coffe were tasted.
MYTIC WINES OF THE WORLD
PONENTES:
Presidido por D. Carlos Flacó, el Jurado Internacional de Madrid Fusión contó con la presidencia de D. Rafael Ansón, Presidente de la Academia Española de Gastronomía.
Results: Château Cheval Blanc 1998. Château Beaucastel Hommage Jacques Perrin 1995. Dominus Napa Valley 1995. L'Ermita 1998. Mauro Vendimia Seleccionada 1998. Penfolds Grange Shiraz 1994. Pétrus 1996. Pingus 2000. Ridge California Monte Bello 1996. Bolgueri Sassicaia 1999.
THE TASTES OF THE GREATEST BEERS. THE PERFECT
PATROCINADOR: Mahou
PONENTES:
Carlos Sangrador José Ramón Martínez Peiró Antonio Vergara Juan Pablo Felipe Carlos Domínguez Cidón
Interesting debate between experts on beer and an example of te perfect "corkscrew".
PATROCINADOR: Compass Group
PONENTES:
Juan Mari Arzak Enrique Martínez Juli Soler Michel Bras  
Conference about the new techniques of catering in the third millennium. The lecturers demonstrated that it is possible to combine the quality with the quantity.
23 JANUARY (THURSDAY):
THE GREAT VIRGIN EXTRA OLIVE OILS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
PATROCINADOR: Junta de Andalucía
PONENTES:
Marco Mugelli Carlos Falcó Hipólito García Cristóbal Lovera
Conference about the great extra virgin olive oils of the Mediterranean and a representative tasting of eight samples.
THE PLEASURE OF THE AFTERLUNCH. GREAT BRANDIES OF THE WORLD
PATROCINADOR: Cardenal Mendoza
PONENTES:
Ricardo Revuelta Víctor Carrascal Thomas Leclerc Emmanuel Ibaris
Atractive conference in which there were tasted three of the most representative brandies of the world.
THE CHEMISTRY AS A BASE OF THE TECHNIQUE
PATROCINADOR: Maggi
PONENTES:
Hervé This
Exhibition by Hervé This, creator of the molecular gastronomy.
THE MARKETING OF THE SENSES. DESIGN ON THE PLATE
PONENTES:
Pedro Larumbe Juan Pablo Felipe Abraham García
Curious conference on the aesthetic art of the chefs, their sources of inspiration in the design of a plate and how they present all the elements upon it.