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Article By Kylie Mendonca, Photo by Steve E. Miller, From Napa to Santa Barbara, California wines have developed as one of the state’s most coveted agricultural products. But there’s more to the fruits of the Golden State than just grapes. People in the know indulge in olives. California now produces some of the finest olives […]

On Thursday, the East Coast Olive Oil Corporation celebrated its grand opening at Rome’s Griffiss Park. The company, originally based in Utica, is part of the number one private label olive oil supplier in the world. A new 185-square foot facility is home to more than 150 employees and that number is expected to increase. […]

By Elisabeth Kalfsbeek, While it is produced in Europe and South America as a byproduct of wine grapes, grapeseed oil is fast becoming California’s hot new commodity for retailers and restaurateurs alike. “The market has grown dramatically,” said Matthieu Kohlneyer of La Tourangelle, an artisan producer of specialty and organic oils, in Woodland. “A lot […]

By Sudhin Thanawala, MARTINEZ, Calif.—Later this fall, Tom Powers will harvest his olives and press them into his Alhambra Valley brand authentic extra virgin olive oil with a distinctive peppery finish. “This is really high quality stuff,” says Powers, whose two varieties of Tuscan olives grow amid the dry, rolling hills of Contra Costa County, […]

By A. Craig Copetas, Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he’ll make it to America. “I will only go when I’m a rich man,” said the 29-year-old manager of Di […]