Inside Italy’s secret ‘Cheese Bank,’ where Parmigiano Reggiano becomes financial gold

By Antonia Mortensen and Juan Pablo O’Connell (CNN) — In the heart of Emilia‑Romagna, northern Italy, vast climate‑controlled warehouses hide one of the country’s most valuable assets. Towering shelves hold hundreds of thousands of wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano aging slowly, quietly and becoming more valuable with every passing month. To outsiders, it looks like a