Cheese ager at Arona, on Lake Maggiore, trading since 1876. A shop is open six days a week, and the cellars and a tasting route can be visited by appointment.
Cheeses: Gorgonzola
Website: guffantiformaggi.com/cantine-guffanti
Sweet against salty and veined: a Dolce Gorgonzola, soft with a sweet to slightly piquant flavour, meets a sweet, low-alcohol, fizzy Moscato whose sugar and bubbles refresh the palate.
Qualigeo says Gorgonzola Piccante prefers well-structured, aged reds. A very piquant, longer-aged Piccante can overwhelm a delicate wine, so it wants a Barolo with enough tannin and age to stand up to it.
Address: Via Milano 140, 28041 Arona (NO), Piedmont
Farm at 1,700 m in the upper Valle Grana making Castelmagno DOP (Montagna and Alpeggio), aged in tufa caves. Its locanda serves it at several ageings and has rooms; opening is seasonal.
Cheeses: Castelmagno
Visiting: restaurant (locanda) serving Castelmagno at several ageings, rooms, seasonal opening: weekends in low season, Tuesday to Sunday in peak season
Alpine hamlet above 1,000 m where Beppino Occelli ages cheeses from its Farigliano dairy, and Castelmagno DOP di Alpeggio, in rock cellars on shelves of twelve woods. Shop and booked cellar visits.
Cheeses: Castelmagno, Valcasotto, Cusiè, Losa, Verzin
Visiting: guided visit to the ageing cellars (about 30 minutes, booked), company shop (spaccio)
Gorgonzola maker since 1948 in the Novara hills. The company shop beside the plant sells the Gorgonzola DOP range and tomini, with Piedmontese specialities, six days a week.
Cheeses: Gorgonzola, Tomini
Visiting: company shop (spaccio) at the plant
Retail point of the Igor Gorgonzola family firm, selling its Gorgonzola DOP, a spicy version and a goat blue. The company's headquarters are on Strada Natale Leonardi in Cameri.
Cheeses: Gorgonzola
Visiting: farm store selling Igor Gorgonzola
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