You are looking for a different, useful and original Christmas giftand to your liking? Give a basket of typical mountain foods! Food products are an excellent Christmas gift idea, all the more so if they are zero-km goodness from local realitieslike our farm. Genuineness, tradition, taste: all in one Christmas packagingwhich we can customise for you according to your tastes or those of the recipient.

Why choose an Alpe Livigno Christmas box

Giving typical Alpe Livigno products at Christmas is the perfect solution for several reasons:

• you can use them as corporate gifts for customers, employees or collaborators, gifting those who work with you with Valtellina products of excellence, or as a special thought for the people closest to youfrom family members to friends, even the most distant ones;

• you have the guarantee of buying and giving high quality food, obtained from locally sourced and certified Italian raw materials such as milk from our cows and goats for the cheeses and meat from our animals, and with craftsmanship that draws directly on local tradition (discover our philosophy);

• you can customise your Christmas gift pack choosing your favourite types of food from our farm produce and other Valtellina gastronomic delicacies selected from the best producers in our area;

• gifts authentic mountain flavours, both to those who love Livigno and its specialities and find them in every bite and slice, and to those who do not know our typical Alpine products and are discovering them for the first time.

Assorted typical products in Christmas packaging: which ones can you choose

For compose your basket of typical Livigno products you are spoilt for choice. In fact, you can freely create your own assortment from the whole of our zero km charcuterie and cheese production, which includes:

• typical cheeses of Livignoas it Scimudin or the Primofiore Alpe Vago and Alpe Mine (a semi-fat Casera-type cheese), made from the milk of Livigno's pasture-fed cows in summer and from the hay of our valley in winter;
• goat's cheesemade from the purest goat's milk in collaboration with Tea da Filip;
• bresaola 4IT or Italian bresaola 100% from animals born, raised, slaughtered and cut in Italy, processed and matured in Livigno (find out more);
• traditional livignasca cured meatssuch as Salam da baita, panceta and slinzigarediscovered and produced as our ancestors did in ancient times thanks to the TAS'T project;
• typical cured meats as the raw ham, the cup, I speckthe goat fiddle and many others, produced and cured in Livigno in our own charcuterie factory using a process that still follows the techniques and recipes of the past and makes use of the Alpine air to develop special flavours and unique organoleptic properties (discover all our cold cuts).

In addition, in every Christmas basket there is the possibility of including some typical local products selected by Valtellina producers of excellence, such as:

• honey from Valtellina;
• jams and marmalades;
• fruit juices and nectars;
• Valtellina wines from local wineries;
• pasta and buckwheat flour.

Order your personalised Christmas hamper and pick it up in our points of salecontact us now to commission it or for further information, call us at 0342 979345.

L'articolo Cesti natalizi con prodotti km0 di Livigno proviene da Alpe Livigno.

Livigno is a natural paradise located in the heart of the Alps, but it is also a paradise for shoppers thanks to the great convenience of a large number of product categories, which cost less here by virtue of the franchise in force. Among the duty-free goods available for purchase in Livigno there are also meats and cheeseswhich, however, can passing customs in limited quantitiesLet's find out which ones, so you can shop without any doubts or surprises.

Meat, bresaola and cold cuts purchased in Livigno: permitted quantities

Livigno is an extra-customs zone for centuries and still enjoys this special status, which consists of the exemption of VAT on certain goods. Meat and meat productssuch as cold meats and sausages, are among the duty-free goodsThis means that meat in Livigno costs less than in the rest of Italy, but that only one can be transported outside Livigno's borders. limited quantity (whereas there is no limit to purchase if consumption takes place within the municipality).

The recommended maximum limit of meat to be declared at customs in Livigno to Italy (Foscagno Pass customs, open all year round) is 5 kg per person. The invitation of Livigno's shopkeepers and traders is usually to take to the maximum 1 bresaola each (or any other sausage purchased in Livigno) to avoid any problems: this means, of course, that if there are more than one passenger, it is possible to bring more Livigno bresaola to Italy at the same time.

Be careful, though: quantities at Swiss customs changebecause the Swiss territory is not part of the European Community. Consequently, when leaving Livigno through the Forcola Pass (only open in summer) in the direction of Valposchiavo/St. Moritz or via the Munt la Schera tunnel in the direction of Engadin/Val Venosta/North Europe and consequently transit Switzerland, it is necessary at the relevant customs to declare a transport of meat and sausages not exceeding 1 kg per traveller. Beware therefore of how much bresaola to buy in Livigno, and to which cold cuts to choose from all our specialities!

Milk and cheese in customs in Livigno: the quantities to declare

Not only meat, but also another of the Livigno's food excellence is subject to restrictions as an extra-customs genre: we are talking about the milk and the dairy products obtained from it, such as our renowned mountain pasture cheeses. The quantity allowed for transport from Livigno towards Italy is the same as for bresaola and salami: 5 kg maximum per personto be declared to customs.

Also here for theimport from Livigno to Switzerland things change, like this:

• for butter and cream the maximum limit is 1 kg (or 1 litre) per traveller;
• for the cheeses the value must not exceed 300 CHF per person (including any other products including sugar, coffee and perfume).

The best solution? Carry the permitted quantities and take advantage of your stay in Livigno to try all our genuine mountain cheesesunlimited.

L'articolo Quanta carne si può portare da Livigno? La tabella merceologica aggiornata proviene da Alpe Livigno.