The producer
Caseificio Terre del Giarolo - Fabbrica Curone (AL) - Piedmont
Why we chose them
The dairy was born in Val Curone at the foot of Monte Giarolo in Piedmont in 2020. A young diary that counts on the the long experience of
Roberto and Agata, already known throughout the dairy sector thanks to the production of Montebore under the name of Vallenostra. In 2020
Vallenostra went through a difficult time, but thanks to the support of the family it was able to find new energy to carry on the production of a unique
cheese in the world. Roberto's cousins, Andrea and Stefano Grattone, together with Emanuela and Matteo, respectively Stefano's wife and son,
immediately believed in the project, and despite the difficulties of such a particular year, the Grattone family found themselves to carry on, together,
Vallenostra's dairy experience thanks to a new management approach. Slow Food Presidium since 1999, Montébore has risked disappearing
several times: its production was interrupted after the Second World War, when the valleys became depopulated and peasant traditions risked
abandonment, and was recovered by Roberto and Agata in 1999. Even today, the Terre del Giarolo dairy is the only one to produce this truly
special cheese.
