The Dazio Farm is located in Fusio, the last village in the Maggia Valley.

In the summertime, the Dazio family runs Alpe Campo la Torba located in the upper part of the Sambuco Valley (Lavizzara Valley - Vallemaggia) in the northwestern direction.

Dazio Farm is located in Fusio, the last village in the Maggia Valley.

During the summer, the Dazio family manages the Alpe Campo la Torba located in the upper part of the Sambuco Valley (Val Lavizzara - Vallemaggia) in a northwestern direction. Separated from the Leventina Valley by a mountain range that is crossed through valleys of 2,500 meters s/m (e.g., Naret Pass - 2438m).

Owned by the Airolo Patriziato, but jurisprudence of the Lavizzara Municipality, it has been managed for more than 100 years by the DAZIO Family of Fusio (currently by Giorgio Dazio).

The Alp consists of six main courts: Campo di Sotto, Grasso di Dentro, Garzonera, Fornaa, Naret and Lait.

It is loaded from June to September with a hundred dairy cows, two hundred goats and ca. 25 pigs.

Mainly during the summer months Vallemaggia cheese is produced (with mixed cow's milk-70 percent and goat's milk-30 percent). For several years the cheese has boasted the DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) label.

It is a semi-hard cheese which, thanks to a particular flora in the area, acquires a unique and very palatable flavor that increases in intensity as ripening progresses. Buyable locally, in local retail stores and even in large-scale distribution, it is highly appreciated by consumers either as an appetizer, at a break time or before desserts., which in the summer is also responsible for


Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.