An encyclopedia, true stories the sellers won’t tell you, and notes in two languages — from someone who spent twenty years in the trade and has nothing left to sell.
The three most valuable words in olive oil tell you where the glass was filled — not where the olives grew.
Olive oil hit record prices in 2023–24 because of drought in the Mediterranean — but olives grow on five continents now (California,…
Heading into the 2025/26 season, forecasts pointed to a big rebound harvest — good news for the cupboard, and a fresh headache…
By mid-2025, with the harvest recovered, Spain’s olive oil was flooding back onto world markets — exports above a million tonnes, and…
Its beauty, its origins, its history — the varieties, the fields, the pictures.
“What does lavender have to do with olives? Well — I’m glad you asked. I just love both, and to me they’re the perfect match.”