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Experience

La Fucina

Few steps far from the historic city center of Como, Marco Longagnani's La Fucina is the place to be for a wine aficionados. A creative hub, an incubator of projects, a space for presenting books, organising exhibitions, welcoming companies to showcase new products. An address where a very interesting mix between private and work life can happen, making you feel always welcome.

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“The name comes from my grandfather, who loved to call his mechanical workshop 'La Fucina' – says Marco, sommelier for over fifteen years and founder of the project. – When the time came to find a name that could speak of this place I could not help to think of my granpa”. A red thread therefore, which has linked the past of the chosen space, an old workshop, that has become a workshop of taste kind.

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The beating heart is the kitchen counter, where selected chefs and sommeliers works on ad hoc menus for each event. Just right under this central island lies a hidden cellar, where Marco keeps refined labels for his customers: about 450 bottles collected during most of his life. “La Fucina was born as a project to support the Horeca supply chain, which therefore includes restaurants, wine bars, distributors, cellars. The city lacked a place that could be capable of making the tasting experiences as exclusive as possible".

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In such a space, not only are the products shown in the best possible way, while the network experience is enhanced by the context: a wide convivial table, surrounded also by sofas and a private mezzanine where you can chat and relax. Like at home.