Langhe Hazelnut
Farming Company
Two families of Langhe hazelnut producers for three generations
Ours is a story of dedication to the Piedmont Hazelnut, the Tonda Gentile delle Langhe, which began after the war in Cravanzana, a small town in the hills of the Alta Langa.
It starts humbly, with what was available: a few handfuls of land, few means and even less money. But an immense desire for redemption, pride carved into the soul and the foresight to focus on the excellence that here, and here alone, the land grants to those who cultivate it with love and effort.
So much, so much effort. But just as much satisfaction.
Tonda Gentile of the Langhe
Grandfather Domenico, from whom the Farm was born.
The story of our farm is that of grandfather Domenico and his wife Pinuccia, the maternal branch of the Fontana family.
They dedicated their entire lives to understanding, cultivating and enhancing the most precious asset that the Alta Langa had bestowed upon them: the Piedmont Hazelnut "Tonda Gentile", which on the hills of Cravanzana reaches the pinnacle of quality and gives fruits of unparalleled fragrance.
From Domenico and Giuseppina we inherited the curiosity towards the art of growing Hazelnuts, the meticulousness in manual labor and the dream of improving one's condition by doing what one really loves.
It is to Domenico, one of the first farmers to bring mechanization to the hazelnut groves of the Alta Langa, that we owe our endless curiosity about the world of coriliculture and our propensity for innovation, which leads us to never stand still and to constantly improve.
Grandfather Ercole, the love and sweetness of growing the "Tonda Gentile"
Our farm is also the story of grandfather Ercole and grandmother Cesarina, the paternal branch of the family, who also came from Cravanzana and have always been hazelnut growers.
Ercole and Cesarina have always believed in the value of family, passing on to us the simplicity, humility and cooperation that still characterize the way we work.
We are in debt to them for an infinite gentleness toward what we are and what we do: the smile we gift to each other as we work among the hazelnuts and the one that, at the end of the day, we do not spare even after long hours of toil.
