Caseificio Vincenzo Quaglia S.r.l.

In Scarnafigi, in the Cuneo plain, Caseificio Vincenzo Quaglia has carried on a craft for four generations, preferring to be judged by results rather than communication. Fresh milk arrives daily from nearby village stables and takes shape through almost ritualistic gestures: the steaming copper vats, the ferments added drop by drop, the cloth wrapping the cheese wheels. Upon this continuity rest two complementary Piedmontese denominations. Toma Piemontese DOP, a soft cheese offered in whole and skimmed milk versions, and Grana Padano DOP, the large wheel that requires months of patient aging before revealing itself. These are two different timelines for milk — short and long — held together by the same hand. Visitors passing through Scarnafigi can stop at the dairy and witness these processes firsthand, following step by step the transformation from vat to cheese wheel.

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