The 2021 olive oil from Sicily has arrived in the United States! I’m so thrilled to have this outstanding organic oil from Azienda Bio Brancati imported by Gelsomino Imports LLC. Once familiar with the care and love these olives received during cultivation, you realize the difference between mass-produced oil and Brancati’s phenomenal artisanal oil. It’s…
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Olive Oil And A Laugh
It snowed on Mount Etna yesterday (and there was some pyroclastic activity too)! So, Mamma may look like this photo from two years ago when Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati and I were on his olive and mandorin farm enjoying the views and a good laugh (He’s very entertaining!). Join in on our fun this Friday,…
Learn What Makes A Good EVOO This Friday Online
What makes an outstanding #evoo (extra virgin olive oil)? This Friday, March 26 at 5PM Eastern, join me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily with Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati for an online, synchronous olive oil tasting and discussion. You’ll learn what makes an excellent olive oil, how olives are cultivated, how olives are pressed into…
Synchronous Online Olive Oil Tasting
Olive oil from the shadow of Mount Etna! Join Experience Sicily with Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati for an online, synchronous olive oil tasting and discussion Friday, March 26 at 5PM Eastern. You’ll learn what makes an excellent olive oil, how olives are cultivated for oil, how the fruit is pressed into the evoo we…
It’s Time to Make the Oil
It’s olive oil making time! This gorgeous extra virgin olive oil pictured is from the Nocellara del Belice variety of olives, grown in Castelvetrano, Sicily. What you see here is oil being pressed for Olio Centonze, which is sold in the United States by Gelsomino Imports, LLC. This photo was taken earlier this week by…