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Italy
was the country that first initiated the European festivals
celebrating the theme of cheese of Appellation d'origine
(designation for controlled French origin.) The first
meeting took place in the city of Bra in 1997. Hundreds
of professionals attended as well as several tens of
thousands of cheese-loving visitors who enjoy the specific
home-style quality of regional cheese, or cheese du
terroir as the French say, carrying a label that stands
for traditional quality.
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France
took over the torch in Besse in Chandesse, at the heart
of the department of Auvergne, raising equal professional
and public enthusiasm and commitment, producing similar
success in terms of technique and popularity, and winning
respect for our cheese and the people who devote their
lives to the production of the finest cheese in Europe.
Cheese
makers from ten different countries came together to
meet the large organisations, they deal with as well
the customers as the cheese-lovers who share their ideal
of fine taste and authenticity.
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In
Oct. 2000, in France, a combination of organisations
including
INAO (Institut National des Appellations
d' Origine),
CIDIL (Interprofessional Centre of Dairy Documentation
and Information),
the French Chamber of Agriculture of Vosges an
the Interprofessional Trade Union for Munster Cheese
was selected to organise the Festival for 2000, in the
centre of the agricultural department of Lorraine and
the food-industry-oriented village of Epinal (in the
Vosges region).
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