Two products of outstanding quality, an artisanal business that has embraced a mutual exchange with nature and the local area: Ruth and Andrea’s journey takes them to Vitale Girardi’s Malga Ribelle.
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In the cuisine and everyday life of Our Rustica, cheese and wine are an essential pairing that has to be chosen carefully, painstakingly, and lovingly: the same care, attention and love with which Vitale Girardi, owner of the Malga Ribelle farm in Farra di Soligo, rears livestock, prunes the vines, produces cheeses, and tends his land.
Vitale, Ruth, and Andrea had a special encounter, which brought together like-minded souls who passionately believe in the importance of land and self-sufficiency, striving to maintain a constant balance between man and nature.
After gaining extensive experience abroad, which took him from New Zealand to France, working on farms and organic farms, Vitale set out to establish Malga Ribelle on the Prosecco Hills, translating his idea of circular agriculture, with zero waste, into practice.
He aims to manage the entire wine and cheese production chain by creating an ecosystem in which all elements interact with each other: for instance, the fertiliser used in the vineyards comes from cows, thus closing the natural life cycle at the heart of this virtuous economy.