Opera lo zafferano

The Story of Opera Lo Zafferano

OPERA LO ZAFFERANO begins its story in 2016, when I decided to test a dream that had remained in the drawer for years.

That year I bought the first 1000 bulbs. That test was fundamental because from theory I went to practice and I personally followed all the steps: the research and purchase of the bulbs, the search for land, planting and maintenance, the collection of the pistils. At the end I realized that I could do it, I was able to grow and harvest saffron. I knew that with a plantation much larger than the initial one I could not have done everything alone, by myself, but I could always ask for the help of partners, consultants, workers. After some considerations with the partners, the final decision came: so let’s start all together the new saffron adventure.

In 2017 I moved to Bulgaria for work and the first production of Opera Lo Zafferano began in Bulgaria. And, in fact, between 2017 and 2018 the most substantial purchases of Italian saffron bulbs arrived from Umbria.

In 2019 I returned to Italy and the tests and research started again. In 2020 in Gubbio, in Umbria, the first totally Italian production of Opera Lo Zafferano arrived, which can fully boast the quality saffron brand of First Category and Made in Italy. Now the fields of saffron  and production lines of Opera Lo Zafferano (one in Italy and one in Bulgaria) are small, but not too small, they are in full production cycle, so they started to give everything: saffron, problems and worries, waitings and expectations, joys and satisfactions.