Ella Freschi di Bufala

Ella Freschi di Bufala has a very long history: it was in 1969 when Benito La Vecchia learned the difficult art of buffalo milk cheese-making, which just 5 years later he began to pass on to his son Domenico, who was then only sixteen years old. 
By the end of the 1970s, Benito became the owner of the company where he worked as a cheesemaker (or curatino, as they say around here) and in 1984 he decided to move it to Alvignano, a small village immersed in the countryside around Caiazzo, an area of great natural value, renowned especially for its olive and wine productions, halfway between the Matese Regional Park and the Taburno-Camposauro Natural Park, and an ideal territory for raising buffaloes.

Thus was born the "Caseificio Il Casolare snc", which became one of the most renowned artisanal producers of buffalo cheeses, particularly Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, a symbol product of Italian agri-food in the world and the main DOP production of the entire Mezzogiorno. In the early 1990s, Benito then transferred the ownership of the company to his sons Domenico and Pasquale, who are still at the helm of the dairy today, personally overseeing all phases of production and marketing, which is now mainly aimed at the regional market.