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Shh! The Cheeses are Sleeping

January 20, 2012 02:53 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

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Here, in the storage rooms, is where Parmigiano-Reggiano really becomes what the Italians call "the king of cheeses." They stay here for years...

This one corridor represents maybe a tenth of the amount of cheeses aging at any one time at Caseificio Santa Lucia in the Appenine Mountains south of Modena, Italy. By one estimate, the inventory is worth more than $4 million.

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