An Italy-based olive oil company is making its mark in the United States with its first production facility in Newport News. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Certified Origins, an Italy-based company focused on providing fresh and authentic extra virgin olive oil, will invest $25 million to establish its first U.S. production facili...

The history of the Nocellara del Belice olive is 2,700 years old. Sicily, particularly the Belice Valley area, has been colonized at various times over the course of the centuries. The land was subjected in turn by the Sicani, Elymians, Phoenicians and Greeks, followed by the Romans, Normans, Arabs and Spaniards. The reason for this is simple. Loca...

Thanks to the 2021/2022 campaign, Italy returns to the second step of the podium of the world production of olive oil. This was announced by Unaprol (Italian Olive Oil Consortium) based on official estimates released by the International Olive Oil Council. Spain is confirmed as the undisputed ‘queen’ of the sector with almost 1.3 million tons produ...

Olive Oil tourism (Oleotourism) consists of all those activities aimed at encouraging tourist visits to the places of cultivation, production, or exposure of tools useful for the cultivation of olive trees. In these places are practiced tastings and marketing of the company’s production of olive oil, even in combination with food (as long as it is...

“All those trying to impose the Nutriscore food labeling system to encourage the consumption of foods such as chips or sugary drinks should read the study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. According to it, half a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil a day can reduce the risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease, c...

Let us transport you to the gorgeous region of Puglia through this olive oil tasting! When: Tue, February 1, 2022 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM CST - Where: ICCC Houston, 1101 Milford St, Houston, TX 77006 We will discover a nearly unknown land, Puglia, through one of its most precious fruits: extra virgin olive oil. This will be an opportunity to learn...

With harvesting and milling operations well underway across most of Italy, the forecast is confirmed of 315 thousand tons of olive oil for the 2021-22 campaign. Production is therefore up by +15% compared to 2020, when the harvest was particularly poor. This is what emerges from the latest surveys on the current olive oil campaign, carried out by t...

Armando Manni, the Italian filmmaker who founded MANNI in 2001, takes food very seriously. What started as a personal mission to create the best organic extra-virgin olive oil turned into a 20-year-long endeavor to produce the best premium organic extra-virgin olive oil on the market. And his commitment to quality has paid off. Manni’s products are...

The Olive is present in Eighteen out of Twenty regions in Italy. There are at least 400 cultivars growing in Italy. In Italy we eat according to the Region and Season. Regional Olive Varietals compliment the food.  Around this time of the year we buy our yearly consumption from a nearby farm. We also buy smaller bottles of extra virgin olive oil f...

The olive tree has always been — and remains to be — a prominent and notable figure associated with typical Italian life. Any trip to Italy will delight you with bottles of its purest olive oil, finest olive wood kitchenware, and tastiest dishes that highlight one of the country’s most famous commodities. There is now a family-run business in the C...