CASEIFICIO SOCIALE DI QUERCIOLA

The Caseificio Sociale di Querciola is located in Lizzano in Belvedere, in the Bolognese Apennines, within the Parmigiano Reggiano production zone, which includes 133 municipalities. The facility focuses on the slow maturation of a cooked-paste cheese made from raw milk, which develops its fine, crumbly texture over a period of at least twelve months. It is a methodical aging process, guided by Emilia-Romagna's cheesemaking protocols, transforming simple ingredients into the recognized form of the protected denomination. The cooperative model gives this work its measure. On one hand, it ensures the qualitative consistency that the long aging period requires; on the other, it maintains a direct link with the mountain pastures from which the milk originates, in an area where altitude and animal feed impact the final result. Thus, a single DOP, but treated as the outcome of a short, vertical supply chain, where mountain, milk, and dairy remain part of the same productive design, now recognized on international markets.

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