![]() Much like wine producers often seek to produce small parcels of something more interesting, this led them to get more ambitious, so they put together a small range of premium quality Extra Virgin Olive Oils from different places or sometimes specific olive varieties. Originally it was small scale production from olive trees in the local area, but nowadays they source olives from across southern Italy. They are based in Campania, San Michele di Serino just outside Avellino – so very much wine country, and have been making oil since 1904. The oils that I was sent were made by a big Italian olive oil producer called Basso Fedele e Figli. ![]() Of course, just as with wine, how the oil is made will also have an influence on the finished result, whether it is small batch or made on an industrial scale for instance. Apparently there are more than a thousand olive varieties, all of which have something interesting to offer and their own unique flavour. The type of olives used do too, just like different grape varieties, cocoa beans or coffee beans. Therefore where the olives grow has an effect on the finished oil. The similarities of course are that olive oil, like wine, is an agricultural product. I do not know a huge amount about olive oil, but it is a fascinating subject and has much in common with wine – and chocolate, coffee, tea and I expect many other things that make life better. ![]() Recently I was sent some olive oils to taste and I must say that I found the experience really interesting.
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