These small grains have been grown for over 6000 years and today are the staple food for over half of the world’s population.

In Italy and in Europe, rice has long since conquered a fixed place in the menus of all nations; the high ability to excel with the most diverse and daring culinary preparations make rice a food that in the kitchen leaves ample room for imagination.

Through our products, photos and our history that you will find below in the pages of this site, Riseria di Vespolate will take you on a pleasant journey through the fascinating world of rice, through fields of golden ears characteristic of our countryside, witnesses of secular culture, and production phases at the forefront of technique and safety that will transform the rice grains before arriving in your dishes.