Marcelli Formaggi

As our distribution is limited, we wanted to make these exceptionally rare products available to everyone thru this site. The terroir of Abruzzo is the link from the past to the present. From the rugged Majella Mountains, the Gran Sasso, Abruzzo national parks and ancient medieval villages, we bring you these products, made with centuries of tradition. We specifically import exceptional award winning organic cheese, which is made by our family in the small mountain village of Anversa degli Abruzzi, population 300. We also import other products from the same village and area, such as extra virgin olive oil from 1000 year old orchards, artisan bronze cut pasta from one of Italy's oldest family producers, savory mountain honey and the saffron of L'Aquila. Most of these products are EU certified organic and are made by small family producers. The farm, "La Porta dei Parchi" the door to the parks, was established in the mid seventies with a few hundred Sopravissana sheep by our cousin Nunzio Marcelli and Manuela Cozzi. Their desire was to preserve a way of life that had existed in Abruzzo for thousands of years, but was in danger of disappearing. It grew from very humble beginnings and today is a sustainable Agriturismo farm, which just received an award from the Italian government as an Organic Village. Today, Nunzio Marcelli, and Manuela Cozzi, continue to pioneer this sustainable model of farming. The cheese that they produce has won many Slow Food awards in Italy and is considered to be the finest example of the cheese of Abruzzo. Additionally, they pioneered an Adopt a Sheep project that was featured in the New York Times Sunday magazine in 2000 and have received frequent praise from the European community for their efforts. The olive oil is from trees which grow at the highest elevation possible and were planted by Benedictine monks in 1463. The producer is a fourth generation artisan who, along with his family, is planning on the restoration of the original building where the oil was pressed. Founded in ...