Ars Italica® Caviar is producing some of the world’s finest Caviar in Ticino Park, Cassolnovo, in Italy. Ars Italica® | Calvisius is one of only three caviar farms in the world with “Friend of the Sea” certification (sustainability accreditation)

The farm is one of the most established facilities in Europe where seven different sturgeon species are farmed, the original and one of the most well renowned, being Oscietra Caviar.

Oscietra Caviar is extracted from the Acipenser Gueldenstaedtii sturgeon and has been farmed since 1998. The sturgeon are sourced from the heart of the Ticino Park in Casanovo, Italy.


The story began in the late 70s with the birth of Agroittica Lombarda, an avant-garde fish farm where Italian craftsmanship has been combined with a respect for nature and a pursuit of perfection.

Inside the Ticino Park, between the late 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, the Giovannini and Mandelli families converted some areas of the farm from breeding livestock to produce caviar of exceptional quality, having total control over the entire supply chain.  The idea of an all-Italian caviar hub with worldwide importance for the production of sturgeons and caviar of various species came to life.