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I recently spent some time in Hawaii with our friend and mentor, Maria Paola Gabusi (affectionately known as Maripa), EVOO tasting panel leader extraordinaire and director of the prestigious and stringent Leone d’Oro olive oil competition in Lake Garda, Italy.  We were there at the invitation of some of the resorts on the Big Island for paired tastings and dinner with their guests and for guided tastings with their chefs.  Maripa is a world-renowned expert on olive oil, its quality, taste profiles, and defects (that remove it from the extra virgin category).  She brought that expertise, together with her sense of fun, to the...

I had the chance to speak with Maria Paola Gabusi (affectionately known as Maripa), leader of the prestigious Leone d'Oro olive oil competition, the other day to discuss the importance of cooking with a high-quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). At Olioveto, we started importing and selling the finest finishing EVOOs, but we quickly found that we also wanted an excellent, healthy EVOO for cooking.  As Maripa says, what you cook, you eat. We decided to find high-quality cooking oils that are sold in larger packages (3 or 5 liters) at a reasonable price. EVOOs that are organic, of the...

We have been selling more of our 3 Liter bag-in-box extra virgin olive oils lately - an economical way to go when you love your oil. It's also the very best way to ensure that your EVOO retains maximum flavor and freshness over time since the bag does not allow in light or oxygen, both of which negatively affect oil. We have been getting questions about the best container to use in conjunction with the bag-in-box. This brings me to the topic of today's blog - that beautiful EVOO container on your counter - could it be ruining your fresh...

Funny thing – so many people are curious about what we are doing in the olive oil business. And we have such a great time talking them through what we have learned. About our time in Italy exploring small farms and meeting dedicated farmers, about our wonderful experience taking the olive oil sommelier course, about what we have learned about the health benefits of extra virgin olive oils and about the mind-blowing taste of the freshest olive oils available. The other day, as happens often, a friend asked about our oils. As I discussed what we offer, she said, “Oh,...