17-07-2014
The total green of Valle Isarco, where cows and goats happily pasture, infusing they merriness in the excellent milk used by artisan dairy farmers to produce excellent products
So you don’t know what to do this summer and you don’t feel like going to the beach? Then it’s time to take the Brennero motorway and go to Alto Adige. Your place for peace is holiday area "Sci e malghe Rio di Pusteria" in Valle Isarco, a totally green kingdom among the mountains, where time seems to have stopped. The main town, after which the area is named, is Rio Pusteria, and above it, there are the ski resorts of Maranza-Valles. All around, one can find villages with medieval castles such as Rodengo, woods, paths for walks and bike routes. In this area milk and cheese rule: it is here that Degust, Hansi Baumgartner’s firm, is located. This refiner who is now famous all around the world buys cheese from highly selected local producers and with passion and creativity makes them even more special. Some cheeses are matured in barrels that used to contain whiskey, others in hay that was handpicked at 2,000 metres above the sea level, others in must, in vinasse or in flowers. The shop, where one can find over a hundred types of cheese, is in Varna, near Bressanone, though the maturation is made in a World War Two bunker in Rio di Pusteria. Here there is space for 5,500 items that rest in rooms with a 90% humidity and a constant temperature between 5 and 12°C.
One of the products on sale at Capriz, a concept store dedicated to goat cheese
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