New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- Manchego cheese is made in a part of Spain that is called La Mancha, which is just south of Madrid, and today we're in Campo de Montiel, which is a region in La Mancha. We're going to visit La Granja, which is a farm here that's been doing the cheese for over 200 years. We're going to learn about its history and making process and find out why it is Spain's most popular cheese as well as what makes it different from other cheeses in the world that bear the same name.
Evidence of cheesemaking in La Mancha region dates to the Bronze Age. But cheese is not the only thing this region is known for. In the 17th century, novelist Miguel de Cervantes brought the region to fame narrating the adventures of knight-errant "Don Qu...