For our colleagues working on the farm, it’s a fixed appointment, punctually every year right after the grape vendemmia: the olive harvest. As the rows of grapevines in the vineyards turn red and the air begins to cool, the olives change colour, slowly darkening, ready to be pressed and transformed into our delicious extra virgin […]
EVO
THE FIRST DROPS
We often hear the term olio nuovo, or new olive oil, but it is not always clear what this means. It is commonly used to refer newer oil, to oil that is under a year old. A bottle of oil from the November 2016 harvest would therefore be considered “olio nuovo” until the arrival of […]
OIL BREAD
A soup or a salad will certainly not be meal enough: some pane all’olio, perhaps with a bit of finocchiona fennel seed salame and a chunk of good, aged pecorino, will complete your light lunch. WHAT WE NEED: 500 g OF WHITE FLOUR 100 g OF VIGNAMAGGIO’S PRIME GOCCE OLIVE OIL 10 g NATURAL YEAST […]