The adventure of the Larcher family began in the 1960s, at the Mendola Pass in Trentino Alto Adige, and has been going on since 1984 in the valley of Termeno, on the Wine Route.
Foundation by Roberto Larcher
Search for a larger company location
and move to Tramin an der Weinstraße
Expansion of the company
and modernization of the production facilities
Entry of the 3rd generation
Purchase of a state-of-the-art
Production hall in San Lugano
A new start Rolando Larcher
and his children take over the company
The company was founded in the 60s by Roberto Larcher, who at that time had started working as a trader and sold food products, especially cheese and cold cuts.
After a few years, Roberto, following the impulse of the priest of the village, started the production of speck on the Mendola Pass. At the beginning he produced in very limited quantities of about 50 pieces per week, but the demand was great and therefore the production increased constantly.
About 20 years after the production of the first Speck, Roberto produced about 800 speck per week.
Robertos sons, who had helped out from an early age, had become young adults and were an essential part of the company. As there was no more room to grow with the company, together 1984 they decided it was time to find a new place.
At that Time they were 7 in the company. Roberto with his two sons and 3 workers in production, while his mother Rosa took care of the office. A complete change of workplace followed in a modern and spacious building, and soon the company grew and production increased.
In 1996 the company was expanded and the number of
employees increased to about 15 people.
The purchase of the building in San Lugano makes the company take a big step forward.
As the modern production hall is located over 1000 metres above sea level, the air for curing the speck is even better and less energy is required to maintain a constant temperature in the curing cells.
2022 is another special date for Rolando Larcher and his family. Together with his children Maddalena, Alexandra and Benno he decides to take over the company and thus open a new chapter in the history of Mendelspeck.
The division of different tasks was done strategically, so that from the selection of raw materials, through processing to marketing, each phase can be 100% shared and experienced together. Together with the 25-person team, improvements and innovations are worked on daily so that the history of the company can continue at least as successfully as before and Roberto Larcher could look with pride at the company he founded over 60 years ago.
The shop is located just outside Tramin near the Neumarkt/Tramin railway station and only about 1km from the Neumarkt/Auer/Tramin motorway exit.
Opening hours
Monday- Friday 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
14.30 till 18.00
Saturday 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.
