Italian autumn · chestnut grove and chestnut tradition
For the individual chestnut growers and chestnut farms producing the typical Italian chestnut varieties (Marrone del Monfenera, Marone di Marone, Castagna di Cuneo PGI, Castagna di Vallerano, Castagna di Montella PGI, Castagna del Prete, Marrone di Combai PGI, Marrone del Casentino), the pro loco and city committees organising the days of the Sagra della Castagna, the chestnut flour producers and the dry pastry workshops, the consortia of origin and the trade associations of the chestnut supply chain, the schools and didactic workshops bringing children to discover the work in the chestnut grove, the food and confectionery brands sourcing chestnuts for their productions, the touristic and food sponsors of the event and the local press documenting the manifestation — branded shoppers for the audience of the days, limited editions of chestnuts and chestnut flour bags in coordinated packaging, gift kits for food sponsors, didactic kits for schools, welcome packs for twinned sagre delegations, coordinated gadgets for tastings — delivered in time for the opening of the days of the Sagra della Castagna.
The Sagra della Castagna — as celebrated in several Italian regions — re-enacts the chestnut harvest in the chestnut groves, the drying in traditional drying sheds (metati), the milling for chestnut flour production, the working of traditional sweets (castagnaccio, necci, roasted chestnuts, marron glacé, chestnut honey, chestnut brigidini) and closes with the distribution of roasted chestnuts in the piazzas and with the community tables gathering chestnut growers, families and visitors. It is a tradition widespread across Italy, in particular in the hill and mountain regions where chestnut cultivation has a rooted history (Piedmont, Lombardy, Trentino, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Campania, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia).
For the communities organising the Sagra della Castagna, Corp-Merch.IT runs the full chain from its operational hub for the chestnut growers, the pro loco, the chestnut farms, the chestnut flour producers, the consortia of origin, the schools, the chestnut supply-chain brands and the food sponsors: intake of the chestnut grower’s, chestnut farm’s or consortium’s master artwork (AI, EPS, PDF/X-4 with CMYK images at 300 dpi, FOGRA39 colour profile for print, Pantone for textiles), adaptation to the different customisation techniques (water-based screen-printing on GOTS-certified organic cotton for coordinated chestnut grower uniforms during the harvest, sublimation printing on cotton for tote bags of the festival audience, computer embroidery on cotton and felt for apron-style workwear in the chestnut grove, hot-foil printing on FSC-certified paper for the festival booklets and chestnut variety sheets, laser engraving on chestnut and oak wood for chestnut bag labels and small traditional objects, screen-printing on Faenza ceramics for limited editions of the roasted chestnut bowls), physical pre-production sample with Pantone colour map and technical sheet, production on Italian supply chains (Como textile, Tuscan organic cotton for tote bags, Maniago steel for metal hardware, Faenza ceramics for bowls, Collodi wood for traditional objects and bag labels, Fabriano paper for booklets, Murano glass for limited editions of chestnut honey containers) and delivery to the festival village, the chestnut grove, the traditional drying shed or the pro loco’s consolidation warehouse on slots confirmed by the organising committee.
The individual chestnut grower or chestnut farm during the harvest in the chestnut groves needs coordinated uniforms and chestnut grove work accessories: GOTS-certified organic cotton or wool-blend shirt with computer-embroidered chestnut grower logo, coordinated apron for the work, durable fabric shopper, hat for the peak hours of the harvest. The audience of the days of the Sagra della Castagna wants branded shoppers, limited editions of chestnuts and chestnut flour in coordinated packaging, small coordinated objects (magnets, bookmarks, illustrated cards of the chestnut grove and the metato), tasting spoons and palette knives for the roasted chestnuts. Schools and didactic workshops want didactic kits on the work of the chestnut grower (small wooden tools, illustrated booklets, mini baskets of chestnut). The food and confectionery brands sourcing chestnuts want coordinated gift kits with the festival graphic, limited editions of traditional sweets (castagnaccio, necci, marron glacé). The touristic and food sponsors want coordinated gadgets for their tastings in the piazzas.
Most chestnut growers, chestnut farms and chestnut flour producers running a merch programme around the Sagra della Castagna coordinate their operations from their village or city base, but launching a coordinated uniform collection, a branded shopper line or a limited-edition chestnut bag collection requires a district supply chain that our hub can orchestrate on Italian territory. Como for silk and silk textiles, Scandicci for the leather of aprons and small leather goods, Maniago for steel and metal hardware, Murano for the glass of chestnut honey containers, Faenza for the ceramics of the roasted chestnut bowls, Padua for the technical paperboard of coffer boxes, Fabriano for the paper of festival booklets, Collodi for the wooden objects of didactic kits and bag labels, chestnut wood for the objects of tradition: the hub lets us consolidate the commissioner’s artwork files, run a physical pre-production sample through Italian supply chains and ship the batch to the Sagra della Castagna village, the chestnut grove, the traditional drying shed or the pro loco’s consolidation warehouse on a tight 24-to-48-hour courier window from the national territory. For programmes involving a delegation of a twinned sagra (twinnings between Sagre della Castagna of various Italian regions and some European regions) we handle bilingual materials (Italian and English as a minimum) and, on request, full multilingual releases with translations aligned to ISO 17100.
The Sagra della Castagna window is concentrated and must be planned against a calendar that includes the set-up days of the festival opening the previous Friday, the Saturday chestnut harvest in the chestnut groves, the Sunday drying demonstrations in traditional drying sheds and milling for chestnut flour, the great Saturday or Sunday community tables day and the closing of the festival with the small chestnut market. For chestnut growers and chestnut supply-chain brands the gap between confirmation of the Sagra della Castagna graphic and the opening of the Saturday days is normally less than ten weeks, and any object that has to be at the chestnut grower’s meeting point, the chestnut grove or the pro loco warehouse for the first day must be closed and shipped at least one week before the days of the Sagra della Castagna. We work backwards from that moment: production must close two-to-three weeks before the days of the Sagra della Castagna; the courier slot must be booked for the Wednesday or Thursday of festival week; the addressee list must be finalised at the same time as the days calendar is confirmed; the specific details of the edition (year, edition number, celebrated chestnut variety) only add a small reprint to an already-produced neutral graphic base.
For Italian clients with VAT registration the invoice is issued through the Agenzia delle Entrate’s Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) with the application of the 22% VAT rate in EUR; reduced rates of 4%, 5% or 10% are available on the product categories that provide for them (publishing, works of art, chestnut supply-chain typical products, traditional chestnuts). Reverse charge for intra-EU buyers registered in VIES, split payment for public administration entities, recipient code or PEC for the electronic delivery of the invoice. For clients subject to CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024 transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2464) we attach a per-order sustainability sheet with Scope 3 CO₂e estimate per the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain on the internal legs and from the indicated production supply chains.
GOTS-certified organic cotton or wool-blend shirt with computer-embroidered chestnut grower logo, coordinated apron for the work, durable fabric shopper, hat for the peak hours of the harvest, metallic badge for the larger uniforms of the chestnut farms.
Limited-edition chestnut bags in coordinated packaging with hot-foil printing of the chestnut grower’s or chestnut farm’s name, FSC-certified paper labels for the typical varieties (Marrone del Monfenera, Marone di Marone, Castagna di Cuneo PGI, Castagna di Montella PGI, Marrone di Combai PGI, Marrone del Casentino), chestnut flour bags in paper or jute with coordinated printing, coffer boxes for selections of typical varieties.
Coordinated gadgets (Faenza ceramics mugs, Tuscan organic cotton shoppers, Scandicci small leather goods, Maniago steel accessories), limited editions of traditional sweets (castagnaccio, necci, marron glacé, chestnut brigidini), packaging coordinated with the institutional colours of the chestnut supply-chain brand.
Small chestnut-wood tools (palette knives for the roasted chestnuts, small baskets, chestnut flour spoons), illustrated booklets on the work of the chestnut grower printed on FSC-certified paper, coordinated shopper, bilingual agenda, mini baskets of new-harvest chestnuts, limited edition of a traditional chestnut sweet.
Before kicking off production, artwork, quantities per recipient, packaging and named receiving point must be locked. The final delivery address is fixed against the Sagra della Castagna calendar issued by the pro loco or the organising committee in charge of the festival: the festival village often has narrow access roads and regulated loading bays; the chestnut grove has its own delivery times that must be coordinated with the contacts; the traditional drying shed has loading windows coordinated with the drying shed’s contacts; the pro loco’s consolidation warehouse is often located away from the village and must be reached with adequate couriers. The ZTL areas of Italian historic villages condition the access of couriers, and most teams opt for early-morning or post-19:30 deliveries, when heavy vehicles are again admitted to the ZTL areas of the village.
For an Italian programme routed via the national hub, deliveries are consolidated at the hub and shipped to the Sagra della Castagna village, the chestnut grove, the traditional drying shed or the pro loco warehouse with 24-to-48-hour windows via BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express Italy, on appointment for venues requiring phone pre-notice. For programmes above 1,000 pieces we propose appointment delivery with phone pre-notice and, on request, on-site installation by our staff at the chestnut grove or the pro loco warehouse. For materials requiring controlled environmental conditions (fresh chestnuts, chestnut flour, traditional sweets) we coordinate climate-controlled transport with specialised partners. For didactic kits bound for schools and for welcome packs bound for twinned sagre delegations we handle multilingual labelling (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish) and tamper-evident pouch packaging with bilingual packing lists addressed to the recipient.
Eight to ten weeks is the safest window for GOTS-certified organic cotton coordinated uniforms, festival audience shoppers, food sponsor gift kits and didactic kits for schools. Tighter programmes are only possible after confirming stock, print methods and access to the Sagra della Castagna village.
Only after the pro loco or the organising committee has confirmed the loading window, the bay access and the named recipient. For limited-edition chestnut bags and for the coffer boxes of typical varieties specific packaging conditions must be agreed.
Yes. Coordinated uniforms for chestnut growers, chestnut bag limited editions for chestnut farms, food sponsor gift kits and didactic kits for schools can be packed and labelled as separate batches, each tied to its own audience and each delivery point.
No. Corp-Merch.IT is an external, independent B2B supplier that helps chestnut growers, chestnut farms, chestnut flour producers, pro loco, consortia of origin, schools, chestnut supply-chain trade associations, food brands and twinned sagre delegations prepare their merch for the Italian Sagra della Castagna. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the pro loco or the organising committees of the single Sagre della Castagna.
Corp-Merch.IT is an external, independent B2B supplier for the chestnut growers, chestnut farms, chestnut flour producers, pro loco, consortia of origin, schools, chestnut supply-chain trade associations, food brands and organising committees of the Italian Sagre della Castagna. This page helps teams prepare their merch for the Sagra della Castagna; it does not represent the pro loco, the organising committees, the consortia of origin or any sponsor of the festival.