Cilia Carmelo

Carmelo Cilia operates in Ragusa at the heart of Sicily's Ragusano DOP zone, where fifteen municipalities converge in one of Italy's most distinctive cheese territories. His dairy produces Ragusano PDO, the iconic stretched-curd cheese that demands raw milk, precise hand-shaping, and patience—each wheel weighs 12–16 kg and develops its characteristic golden-to-straw-yellow rind through careful aging. Visitors to the production site witness the craft firsthand, observing how tradition and technique unite to create a cheese recognized across Europe for its specific geographic signature.

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