It was 1944 when Angelo Vergani, in a small pastry shop on Viale Monza, gave life to what is today the last major Milanese brand to produce the original Panettone di Milano in the city.

Eighty years have passed, but the passion and love with which the Vergani family, for four generations, has preserved and passed on this excellent confectionery tradition have remained unchanged.

Over the years, research and innovation have been added to continue to guarantee a product of artisanal quality even on large numbers.


At the helm of the family business, currently, are cousinsLorella and Stefano Vergani (grandchildren of the founder Angelo): roots firmly in history, but looking to the future, thanks also to the presence in the company of Lorella’s sons, Andrea and Marco Raineri.

“To celebrate this important birthday – explain Lorella and Stefano Vergani – we have created a special hand-wrapped version of the Panettone Classico that celebrates our city with a slightly vintage graphic inspired by the 1950s, when our grandfather moved production to the factory where we still are.

In the background is the Duomo, with its slender spires, and in the foreground the panettone, which is undoubtedly a symbol of Milan, as is the Duomo: the square is bustling with people, there is a festive atmosphere, Christmas is approaching.”




Today, in the laboratory on Via Oristano (in the Gorla area, a few hundred meters from where it all began and where Angelo Vergani moved production in 1949) in the midst of the Christmas campaign, the number of leavened products baked is far from the few hundred produced in 1944, but the quantity in no way goes to the detriment of quality: each panettone is special because it is produced according to ancient tradition, with the same artisanal care, the same mother yeast created by great-grandfather Angelo eighty years ago – refreshed three times a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year – and the time and wait that are necessary (three days are needed to produce a panettone of artisanal quality).

It is no coincidence that in 2018 the Vergani Company collaborated with the General Directorate of Agriculture of the Lombardy Region in defining the PAT (Traditional Agri-food Product) “Panettone di Milano”, helping to outline minimum and improved quality standards compared to most industrial productions: among these the exclusive use of natural sourdough and fresh, high-quality ingredients.



And it is always to respect quality and well-being (in this case of animals) that the Vergani company has committed to completely eliminating the supply of eggs and egg products from caged farms: attention to the future of sustainable nutrition also starts with “small” gestures.