{"title":"VANNELLA CHEESE- MARRICKVILLE, NSW","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A FEW WORDS FROM THE MAKER - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThere’s a story behind every craft. A hand behind every cheese. Perfection behind every batch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eVannella Cheese was born in Conversano, Puglia. The southern Italian town is also the birthplace of our Mum, Pina Vannella. Our Dad, Vito Minoia, the head cheesemaker at Vannella, was born 15km down the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eConversano is also the birthplace of our burrata, a fresh, stretched curd cheese that is filled with creamy stracciatella and then hand tied. At 16 years old, Dad (apprenticed to a cheese maker in Conversano), learnt how to hand stretch curds for this cheese the traditional way. Back then everything was done by hand: the burrata, fior de latte, treccine, nodini, scamorza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOver the following years Dad worked in some of Italy’s best cheese factories, but he always returned to Conversano; at first it was to marry Mum, and later to open their business - Caseificio Vannella. Eventually, we, my sister and I, were also born in Conversano.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen we moved to Australia, we brought a little bit of Conversano with us - we brought the cheese. In fact, we moved our lives around this cheese, first setting up in Cairns to be close to the dairy herds and buffalo and later moving to the city, to bring the fresh cheese closer to the tables where it was being served.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWe embraced Australia and Australia embraced us. At Vannella we now make a variety of fresh, stretched curd cheeses that sing the traditions of our birthplace, along with cheeses and dairy products that we have learnt from the people we have met in Australia. We approach each with the same care for quality and authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYou can’t get closer to tradition than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***PLEASE NOTE: THIS BRAND IS AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL PICK-UP \u0026amp; DELIVERY ONLY. ORDERS ARE PLACED FORTNIGHTLY, ON THE 1ST \u0026amp; 3RD WEEK OF EACH MONTH (EXCLUDING JANUARY).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/3493\/9470\/collections\/image_a0fb8962-4357-44e9-8dcb-b1e31f9e4acc.jpg?v=1699611695","url":"https:\/\/themakersmarketplace.myshopify.com\/collections\/vanella-cheese-marrickville-nsw.oembed","provider":"Australian Makers Marketplace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}