Culatello, The Tradition

The Europeans have built a series of wonderful traditions surrounding food and wine and life in general over many centuries. For example, the people of Emilia Romagna have built an industry around the cult of Culatello. The foggy days of winter and the hot days of summer embue their Culatelli with a quality and flavor that are unique to the area. The quality and flavor of the Culatello is based on the care and special diets of the pigs in conjunction with the environment of the so-famous Po river, the fog in fall and winter, and the heat of summer.

Taking into consideration all these parameters, Salumi artisans in Italy have an impeccable honest marketing “scheme” that is most difficult to compete with in other parts of the world.Another example in this series is the promotions of the Prosciutto producers in Italy who market these products by promoting the care and feeding of the pigs – what they eat – from the whey of the Reggiano Parmagiano to the chestnuts. Another in this series is how the French market Nouveau Beaujolais, so young and yet so simple and fresh and local. All these are so beautiful and add that wonderment about the flavors that have made these products so global and so good. Add to this the environmentally correctness that the world is so much more aware of today, and you have the finest products in the World.

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