Olive Oil Reviews » Italian Olive Oil

Vanini Osvaldo

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:09:13 +0000

Near Lake Como the olives are hand-picked, stone ground and cold pressed. These are the northernmost olives grown and pressed in Italy for an intensely grassy aroma and a bright yellow color; it is mild and full with a lingering peppery bite that creeps up at the back of the throat. Excellent drizzled over mixed greens, soups and grilled fish.

Buonolio Benza

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:19:23 +0000

In Dolcedo, a small village near Sanremo (Liguria, Italy) the Benza family carefully selects the finest Taggiasca olives typical for this area. Ligurian extra-virgin olive oil is rightly famous for being rare and of superior quality. The Buonolio, crafted from ripe olives, is delicate and sweet with notes of almonds and pine nuts.

Antichi Uliveti

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:00:13 +0000

The Pinna family has been producing its Antichi Uliveti extra virgin olive oil for generations on its farm near Sassari. This particular area in Sardinia is blessed with intense sun and heat and very rich soil. Antichi Uliveti (the name means “ancient olive groves” and refers to the age of the trees) is a monocultivar oil, made exclusively with Bosana variety olives picked at perfect ripeness and cold pressed in the family mill. An award-winning oil of wonderful aroma and sweetness, Antichi Uliveti’s delicately balanced flavor marries particularly well with seafood dishes. Only a small quantity of bottles becomes available every year which makes this oil only the more precious

Pianogrillo

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:43 +0000

For centuries the Piccione family has owned the Pianogrillo farm in Eastern Sicily… 50 hectars in the heart of the Monte Iblei Mountains, 9.000 olive trees with wild asparagus growing between them….caper bushes, lemon, orange and almond trees.

About 10 years ago Lorenzo Piccione turned the old estate into the Pianogrillo Farm. The Farm is organic. No chemicals, pesticides or fertilizers are used. The agricultural techniques are simple and natural. Olives are picked by hand one by one. Pressing is done on the Farm at the oil mill within 12 hours of harvesting.

The main olive cultivar , Tonda Iblea, produces an intensely fruity gold-green oil that is medium spicy and smells like green tomatoes and just cut grass. Pianogrillo’s complex aroma will enhance soups, legumes, salads, fish and meats.