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A long and loyal story

14 August 2018 Giuseppe Mazzocolin

The River Café London

This year we’re proud to be celebrating a memorable anniversary: for 25 consecutive years both the owners and much of the staff of London’s River Café have come to visit a handful of Tuscany’s best oil producers to taste the new oil and finalise their orders.

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Olive Oil: an Introduction

14 May 2018 Carla Capalbo

The olive is a fruit. At its purest and best, olive oil is the ‘juice’ of this fruit—just crush and press the olives and it will drip free. Unfortunately, the process is rarely kept that simple. There is a world of difference between industrial extra-virgin olive oil and estate-bottled oil made from homegrown, hand-picked olives. The latter will more than repay itself in quality. An aromatic, fruity oil can turn a good meal into a great one.

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What kind of oil do we want?

19 March 2018 Caterina Mazzocolin

Many of us are passionate about extra virgin olive oil. Indeed, the number is increasing so fast that there’s now a growing consensus against allowing deregulation or lack of protection and control for this exceptional product. It’s time to stand up against the ways in which it’s being manipulated, and make necessary and urgent changes: in order to be classified as ‘extra virgin’, oils need to be just that! Our mission is to make sure everyone understands just
what that means.

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Olissea

15 March 2018 Olissea

Olissea is a site dedicated to the production of high-quality Mediterranean extra virgin olive oil and, more widely, to the culture of oil. The roots of this culture are very ancient and for centuries were at the heart of an exchange of goods and ideas for all the peoples involved in producing this ‘liquid gold’.

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A special wish and an important distinction…

14 March 2018 Tom Mueller

It is my great pleasure and honor to salute Olissea, the beginning of an important new journey for people who make, eat and revere great olive oil – and want to defend it from Bad Oil.

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The tree of life

13 March 2018 Giuseppe Mazzocolin

In each of the countries bordering the Mediterranean an ancient wisdom honouring mankind put the culture of the olive tree and its oil at the centre of organized society. To light, feed, anoint and nurture were the essential functions that defined this oil’s essence and promoted its spread “to the very edges of the desert” (Huxley).

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A beautiful story

Case studies: Stories of a group of Tuscan olive growers

21 February 2018 Olissea

The Pratomagno is a ridge on the lower Apennine mountains in Tuscany located to the north-east of the city of Arezzo; it divides the Casentino from the upper Valdarno. It’s mostly situated within the province of Arezzo, with a small section in the province of Firenze (Florence).

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