produttori — Casteggio · Lombardia
In the Oltrepò Pavese, where the hills give way to the plain of the Po, Ortofrutta La Cognata has carried on for four generations an ancient trade: choosing the best fruit and vegetables and bringing them every day to the markets and to the shop on via Garibaldi in Casteggio.
Among the vine rows of the Oltrepò and the market stalls, La Cognata traces a route every week that runs from Casteggio to Mantova and Pavia. It is an old-fashioned circuit, that of the travelling greengrocer who knows customers by name: four generations of presence in the markets of the area, with the same attention to quality that sets a careful choice apart from a hurried one.
Every season brings its own load to the stall: freshly picked figs, seedless grapes, red and yellow datterini tomatoes, snake beans. La Cognata follows the rhythm of the harvest with the knowledge of those who have worked the markets for generations, choosing only what deserves to reach the buyer's table. Freshness is the criterion by which everything is chosen each morning.
Among the Sicilian specialities that La Cognata offers consistently are products that carry with them the memory of another climate and another land. Selecting them demands the same care the family has devoted for four generations to everything it sells: a criterion passed down from father to son, unchanged by the passing of time.
Four generations at the market, a historic shop on via Garibaldi in Casteggio: the page tells of products, market presences, and everything needed to find them.
