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Follow us to get to know the producers of our cheeses: craftsmen from all the Italian regions who cultivate a centuries old craft.
 
 
Hand processing of our Caciocavallo
 
 
Whenever possible, we avoid using machines
 
 
Our Gorgonzola has two fundamental ingredients: meticulosity and passion
 
 
Would a mechanical arm have been so delicate?
 
 
The production of our Gruyère: strength and co-ordination
 
 
The production of our Saint-Nectaire: delicacy and dexterity
 
 
Dry salting, one of the secrets for a great Raschera
 
 
The care does not end at the dairy! It continues...
 
 
The attention we pay to very typical cheeses leads us to personally deal with the various processing phases within our national territory. The images that follow illustrate tours guided by the Messrs. Cravero, who for generations have been selectors of the best cru of the King of Italian cheeses Parmigiano Reggiano, from two producers. The first is a co-operative situated in Rubier, in the Modenese; the second, in Reggiano, is of much smaller dimensions - in fact, it is "fed" on the milk of one sole cow!
 
 
Curdling the milk in typical, enormous copper covered boilers
 
 
Curds broken manually with a staff
 
 
The curds are gathered in lengths of cloth which...
 
 
The curds are immersed in temporary moulds
 
 
The forms are transferred to metal moulds....
 
 
The forms freshly extracted from the mould...
 
 
Start of the aging process, which will last a minimum of two years...
 
 
We move to a 16th century village, near Pavullo, in the Reggiano Appenines...
 
 
The first aging period takes place in this building
 
 
The forms are weighed on traditional Grana metal scales
 
 
and loaded on a truck for delivery to the new cellars
 
 
 
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