The Inside View of Italian Olive Oil and Great Italian Foods
So what happens when you have a visitor from Tuscany just after CBS 60 Minutes reports on the Agromafia in Italy? He draws a crowd! This weekend we were treated to an outstanding visit with Paolo di Gaetano of Fonte Continue reading #KnowtheProducer: Fonte di Foiano
“Agromafia” is a term many learned in the 60 Minutes story on January 3, 2016, kicking off the new year with an olive oil expose. 60 Minutes, together with Tom Mueller (author of Extravirginity) and the Italian government’s “Food FBI” Continue reading 60 Minutes Investigation: Agromafia Olive Oil Fraud
With each new harvest, there are many traditions. While we may not be grilling bread over a fire at the mill, we celebrate each of our producers’ accomplishments! Marco Oreggia has published the new edition, Flos Olei 2016, with the Continue reading A New Year for Olive Oil Awards
The new 2015 list of awards/recognition for Italian Olive Oils has been released by Slow Food in Italy. Olio2go carries many of farms included in the book. We carry 12 of the top olive oils recognized by Slow Food Italy. Continue reading Award Season: Slow Food Olive Oil 2015
In this most difficult harvest year, the awards have commenced. It seems that the producers have self-selected and self-nominated with great restraint. Those who were confident of their olive oils submitted them to the major competitions. At Trieste, the number Continue reading 2015 Olive Oil Award Season
For three months now there have been stunning reports of the difficult, challenging, and horrible olive harvest in Italy. Decades have passed since such a crisis last occurred, and that, the Tuscan freeze of 1985, did not reach the broad Continue reading A Sad Olive Oil Harvest for Italy
For years, the most reputable producers have followed the tradition of the dating olive oil by harvest year, noted as the year in which the harvest began.
On August 20, 2014, the United Kingdom (UK) disallowed the sale of all unflavored olive oils on tap. This impacts the “fill your own” shops, stores where bottles are filled or refilled from the stainless steel fusti tanks on display. Continue reading UK Bans Olive Oil on Tap
In May we visited Italy and the theme of this trip was “chilometrezero” or “Km 0” for short. This is a trend in Italy that promotes the use of entirely locally produced products, not to be confused with the movie Continue reading Trip Report: Chilometrezero
One Word: Exquisite (squisito!) From the area of Valpolicella near to Verona, we present Oleum Oleae Tenimenti di Ambroxiis. We met Paolo in Veneto and were thrilled to be introduced to his perfect oil, an outstanding representation of the oils of Continue reading Olive Oil of the Month: Oleum Oleae Tenimenti di Ambroxiis