Since 2019, Bergamo has been awarded the title of Unesco Creative City for Food and Wine thanks to the cheese valleys: lands that have been producing excellent dairy products sustainably for more than 400 years.
Over the centuries, the land has given rise to an enormous variety of shapes, maturation and processing.
The numbers speak for themselves: of the 50 national PDOs, as many as 9 belong to Bergamo, earning it the title of “European Cheese Capital.”
It is the Orobian Alps that make Bergamo a privileged place for dairy culture, with its valleys full of pristine alpine pastures where herds are lovingly raised by the Bergamì, and then the age-old art of the cheesemakers who, like skilled alchemists, transform pure mountain milk into the tastiest forms.
Every year in October, Bergamo hosts FORME, a festival dedicated to the world of cheese: a stage for the UNESCO Creative Cities for Gastronomy, a catalyst for the development of the Orobic cheese valleys.
This is a spectacular market exhibition, with Cheese Labs, conferences and competitions all dedicated to the world of cheese. An event not to be missed.
Enjoy our typical products with these special tours!
