This was too amusing not to post, and since I own a Kremona,
I'll share it:
"There is an old story that Stradivari and Amati used to buy their wood from the majestic Bulgarian Rodopi Mountains . Part of the secret of the Kremona instruments lies in the acoustic characteristics of the Spruce and Maple woods coming from Bulgarian mountains. "
- from the newly incarnated homepage of the now American company: KremonaUSA