In order to resume what was Antonio’s  grandfather business in the early 1900s, we began to reinvent the fig in a surprising way, revisiting it in a contemporary key.

We turned a poor product into an excellence, with fruits that are carefully selected, sun-dried and exclusively hand made from our skilled  Cilento natives Artisans.

In just a few years, Santomiele has revolutioned figs’ world, creating a philosophy and building a brand known throughout the World, so as to reach the table of Queen Elizabeth II.

In the ancient village of Prignano Cilento, our headquarters and laboratory is a long-standing oil mill. A special and highly suggestive place where design, culture and art come together and the beauty of the territory is expressed in a culturally stratified language.

In 2018 Santomiele was nominated by the UN to represent Europe at an event in New York dedicated to small and medium-sized businesses.

By being capable of giving value to the human resources and the local product through a sustainable business model, we were able to reach the main objectives of the 2030 agenda launched by the UN.

Antonio Longo and Corrado Del Verme are the men of fairy tales: they turned the pumpkin into a carriage, Cinderella into a princess.

Starting from the plain dried fig, they managed to bring out a product that exceeded all expectations, transforming, by definition, something from nothing into a small and rare work of art only for the finest palates and used by great chefs in delicious desserts or paired with cheese.