produttori — Cassacco · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Among the foothills of Friuli, in Cassacco in the province of Udine, the name Mario Chel dal Formadi — in Friulian dialect, Mario the cheese man — already says it all: an identity built on a craft, a presence in the region's markets handed down like a weekly promise.
In the squares and markets of the Friuli foothills, the stall of Mario Chel dal Formadi is an appointment renewed at a fixed pace. Wheels, fresh and aged dairy products are arranged on the counter like a catalogue of the region's cheesemaking output: every piece chosen, every pairing considered for those who know the worth of what they bring to the table.
The gesture of the market vendor is as old as the markets themselves: selecting, cutting, portioning with just the right measure for the passing customer and for the regular one. Lucia Bertossi carries forward this practice of direct distribution that shortens the distance between Friulian cheesemaking and the table of those who live with it every day.
Fresh and aged cheeses, local dairy products: the assortment on display tells of the variety found in the cheesemaking tradition of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Not a fixed shop but a service of closeness that brings the products to where people gather, keeping alive a model of trade rooted in the culture of local communities.
A market stall, a tradition of closeness: the page tells of the markets, the products and the territory that Mario Chel dal Formadi crosses every week.
