Trusted Sources for Olive Oil
This is the time of year when I get a lot of questions asking about where people can find olive oil to buy. I’ve written about olive oil a lot in the past, including lots of blog posts including this one from 2016 which lists many of my most trusted resources for buying olive oil in the states. There is also an entire chapter on olive oil, and my own history growing our own, in my book Eating My Way Through Italy.
One of the things that has changed over the last few years is that it is getting easier and easier to buy olive oil directly from producers here in Italy. This is due to the fact that a new generation of farmers is now more familiar with concepts like ‘computers’ and ‘websites’ (!) Also? Rather than depend on the vagaries of the Italian postal system (no comment) a lot of producers have worked out shipping deals with companies that allow fast, secure and not exorbitantly expensive shipping to the states.
Today being Cyber Monday, it seemed like a good time to update my olive oil cheat sheet list to include some of these local Italian companies as well as the importers I know and trust. (Actually, I only just realised that this was Cyber Monday after having written this post! But whatever!) One word of warning: be patient with some of the Italian websites. Remember that these are mostly farmers so the website order thing is new and a bit clunky.
Olive Oil Sources in the USA
Gustiamo (you can also find the Italian Table Gift Basket here) Also: I just got an email that Gustiamo is offering free shipping for today only! Use this code: Cyberissimo )
Market Hall Foods (for some reason the website is down, but will add it when it’s back up)
Manicaretti (Wholesale)
Order direct from these olive oil producers in Italy
Montioni (also wine) from Umbria
Madonna del Latte (also wine) from Umbria
Agricola Due Leone from Lazio
Exau Olive Oil from Calabria
Michel’Angelo from Campania
And just for fun, here’s a short video which should get you in the mood.
And for even more fun, another video (one of the first I ever made!) from 2012. You can see how much the process has changed in such a short time.
If you’d like to learn more about olive oil join us for one of our Week in Italy tours. We always dedicate one day to learning about olive oil whether we are in Umbria, Puglia or Sicily. See this page to find out more.
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