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 | There is no escaping the fact that olive oil is a delicate product. In order to ensure its quality at the consumer's table therefore, it must be handled properly at every stage of its journey from our groves to the consumer's table.
As far as we have seen, our shipping philosophy is unique in the marketplace. We only ship in March - to avoid any dramatic variations in temperature. Both extremes of cold and heat will damage the soul of great olive oil - its distinct and delicate aromas and flavors, and we ship only in temperature controlled (55 degrees Celsius) containers.
Fundamentally, we are aware of how much olive oil sold on delicatessen shelves is marred by poor shipping and storage. We put a great deal of care and effort into producing these oils and wish to see that rewarded by the consumer's enjoyment of the "correct" product. This is the expression of Tuscany that is, in the world, uniquely able to create Tuscan olive oil. It is different from others (and in our view better) and the only way to demonstrate its difference is by "delicate" handling from olive grove to consumer.
We avoid big distribution chains in order to make sure the freshness of the oil remains the main focus, without having them shifted around from one warehouse to the next.
We ship directly to the consumer in the United States only via ground, making sure that excessive cold temperatures in cargo planes don't destroy the oil's genuine resistance to oxidation it originally comes with. | Primo Olio™
Organic Certified Extra Virgin Olive Oil
| | Our home farm's brand: every possible effort goes into this carefully crafted oil. Very few bottles so far are produced per year. Hand plowed, hand harvested, hand bottled and brought into the US by us, we take care for the storage as well, to make sure that it remains the best there is! This unfiltered oil smells of fennel and artichoke and possesses a complex dense body with a medium spicy long finish that clearly speaks of the fruit it is made of: Olives! Best over a filet of fish. Now fully certified organic! |  | size: 16.9 oz.
price: $42 (plus shipping & handling) |
|  | Simone Santini
Olio d'Oliva Extra Vergine di San Gimignano
| This neighbor who first became a friend and now a partner in the same cause, is as obsessive as we are. As a one-man band he has already quite a reputation as a top winemaker of the Vernaccia grape from San Gimignano and now seeks the equivalent as an oil-maker! Simone's typically spicy oil is greenish with a perfect balance to the true fruit of healthy olives. A superb Olive Oil for all fresh summer dishes where the enhancement of fresh vegetable flavor is desired. Simone's farm is enrolled in the organic producer's association. | | size: 16.9 oz.
price: $26 (plus shipping & handling) SOLD OUT |
| | Di Giovanna
Organic Certified Extra Virgin Olive Oil
| | The large Nocellara del Belice olive is southern Italy's most important and versatile olive variety. Often brined and fermented to produce a fabulous table olive, this flashy big, green olive makes also the best olive oil south of Tuscany. Grassy green character, with notes of fennel seeds and as much spice as the Tuscan Frantoio variet are the core character of the Nocellara del Belice. Blended with a small portion of the hardier Biancolilla variety makes this offering one of Sicily's puest olive oils. While most olive groves in Sicily are valley or coastline bound, here at the Di Giovanna estate, two brothers, Gunther and Klaus Di Giovanna, are growing olives at an unusually high altitude above Sambuca di Sicilia. Altitude translates in olive groves into purity, as less insects that may represnt a danger to a healthy fruit survive the winters here, and hence no pesticides are used in this entirely organic run family estate. | | size: 16.9 oz.
price: $30 (plus shipping & handling)SOLD OUT |
| | Frantoio Vabro
| | For the first time we allow an 'Olive Mill' in our selection! At Frantoio Vabro just everything seems right: certification process for biological produced oil, as well as participation in the precious 'Terre di Siena' appellation, and the offering of a lesser priced oil of fantastic quality: The Fruttato intenso! The best oil for the dollar – recommended by Chef Lazzaro Cimadoro! | | Frantoio Vabro
DOP Terre di Siena
size: 250ml/8.45 oz.
price: $18 (plus shipping & handling) SOLD OUT | | | | Frantoio Vabro
'Fruttato intenso' Extra Virgin
Olive Oil
size: 750ml/25.4 oz.
price: $19 (plus shipping & handling) SOLD OUT |
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