Paterlini Ester’s Malga di Piano farm is located in the upper Valtrompia, a fantastic place.
We met Paterlini Ester, owner of Malga di Piano and were enchanted by her good, wholesome products.
Ester Paterlini’s dairy tradition and the surrounding landscape are fabulous! The mountain pasture pasture is surrounded by pastures and forests, the lower part is at an altitude of 1500 mt, the summer pasture is at 2200 mt , where summer meadows and forests find their place.
The farm is located within a glacial basin in the basin of the Vaia stream; a picturesque setting where there is also a small lake, nearby is Mount Maniva and the Crocedomini pass. The Vaia alpine pasture is managed by Ester Paterlini’s farm; hers is a close and unbreakable bond with the land and the high mountain pastures.
In this pristine environment Ester produces two great products worthy of belonging to the elite of national gastronomy, alpine butter made from raw cream from outcropping, a much sought-after malga product, and not least the Vaia aged nostrano cheese, also made from raw milk and made only in the summer period.
In summer, Ester goes to pasture in the Vaia alpine pasture included in the regional forest of the same name in the municipality of Bagolino (BS)
A spectacular malga, set in an evocative panorama within a large ice-age basin in the basin of the Vaia Torrent, on the orographic right of the Caffaro Valley. Next to the malga there is also the Vaia Pond (at 1910 m), very famous in our valley for the possibility of fishing the most valuable salmonid species.
In the upper part, at 2200 meters, there arealpine meadows where cows happily frolic in natural pasture during high-altitude grazing. On the surrounding slopes there are rhododendron formations with a few scattered larch and fir trees. Here in the period from June to September, the cows find an environment congenial to them, feeding on grass and unique flower essences, which transfer to the milk, and thus to the cheese, organoleptic characteristics that only a natural product and the fruit of Ester’s ancient mountain dairy art can convey.
Adopt a cow from a distance in Ester’s Piano Malga.
In addition to selling the delicious cheeses from Malga di Piano and Malga Vaia on bbuono you can also adopt a cow from a distance. With this new initiative you will help Ester in continuing her activity:a special world full of traditions for which we at bbuono want to commit ourselves to support and enhance.
Over the course of your adoption you will receive a monthly supply of good, wholesome products made from the milk of Ester’s cows that live and feed at high altitudes and on local grass and hay. Each month you will enjoy exclusive products and help a special world: that world of sacrifice and passion, tenacity and resilience.
Find out below how it works and all the details for the long-distance adoption of a cow from Ester’s farm..
