We have selected olive-oils produced from four Italian counties. In the . The strenght of the sunshine of the South of Italy [Puglia, Calabria, Sicily] and its lasting effect over the year, gives extraordinary support for generating quality olives. In Tuscany, the hilly feature of the environment with its mild climate, produces an outstanding olive-oil which is considered generically as the best. Besides, we have listed olive oils produced in Spain and other Countries of the Mediterranean basin [Greece, Syria]. People of these areas have an ancient culture about olive cultivation as well as the olive-oil production systems. Along with their old tradition, they continue to generate their best oils olives by handing harves olives and by pressing them only using a mechanical strength, without any chemical treatment or additives. The result is a limited amount of dripping oil, but of extremely high quality. Expressions like Cold Pressure or Manual Harvest keep on maintaining a specific meaning if related to the quality of the olive-oil making process. Olive oil consumption is a matter of taste as well as health. If the taste may be personal, olive oil acidity, peroxydes and other significant chemical parameters, may be checked and guaranteed. Legal controls implemented by offices of the local agricultural Council, guarantee that olive-oil production is carried out according to the best standards suitable with the human consumption. Hence, certification are very important and the olive oils we have listed always have a related certification. Finally, everyone knows the healthy effect of the Mediterranean diet. Olive-oil helps to protect people from heart stroke and cardiovascular disease. Many of the problems caused by the absorption of the lowest quality fats of butter and margarine , may be successfully fought off by using an olive-oil diet over the time i  |
 Coloured areas showing the Italian counties where our olive-oils are produced.  |
