Heir to a successful flower business, Signor Alessandro Fogo swapped Italy for the Tver region to set up his own business here and connect his life with Russia.
Pezzata Rossa may not be as productive as the Holstein breed, but its milk suits the best for making Italian cheese, shares Signor Fogo’s secret. That is why he brought in a whole herd of them from Germany last year. On a farm in the Tver region the cows have adapted well.
Signor Fogo is the heir to the family flower business in Italy. His parents live near Milan, and his elder brother runs the business. When Alex, as he is now called in Russia, found himself in Moscow, he suddenly fell in love and decided to change his life completely. And now he is sure that he made the right choice. In the Tver Region, he bought land and rebuilt a farm putting cows on it, offered jobs to the inhabitants.
In spring Signor Fogo plans to complete the construction of the cheese factory and switch over to industrial cheese production. But lately he has been increasingly worried about the fate of his relatives, who have remained in Italy. He calls them every week. He wonders how they have been affected by the Western sanctions aimed at the Russians.
“Electricity, gas, diesel, petrol have gone up in price, and consequently, everything else is getting more expensive, so they are neither better nor easier”, said Alessandro Fogo, a farmer.
That is why he invites his relatives to Russia and promises to serve them traditional Italian cheese. Together with his wife, they have already mastered about ten national varieties – camembert, cacciotto, ash cheese, flower cheese and other exotics.
In the near future, the Fogo family plans to develop rural tourism in the Tver hinterland. And Alessandro also hopes that his Italian relatives will one day come to visit, to fall in love with Russia.
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