Juan Mendoza is from Santa Fe but lives in Córdoba, a town of 180 inhabitants. He put an abandoned blue cheese factory into operation and now produces 5,000 kilos per month.
"I'm not looking to make a business, but to make the best cheese possible," he says. The maker of five variants: blue common, gourmet blue, quadratto and its two stars, Mariello (yellow in Asturian) and Stracco, awarded worldwide.