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Only five olives grow out of about one hundred yellow-white blossoms of the olive tree. In the fall, at harvest time, only about eleven litres of oil are pressed from one hundred kilos of fruit. 150,000 tons of live oil are exported annually from Italy to Germany, but not everything declared as "Italian olive oil" is truly of Italian origin.

Only high-quality oils may carry the EU-seal, but they are not necessarily Italian. Often they originate from Portugal, Spain, Turkey or Greece. For the international consumer a special quality seal has been developed, guaranteeing the Italian origin: "Italian D.P.D." Anyone who has ever had the chance to taste a fine olive oil directly off the presses will know that it doesn't compare to your regular supermarket quality!

OLIVEOIL EXTRA VERGINE AT "PIAN DELLA LAGA"
This oil, delicious and healthy, is produced from the sun-ripened fruit of the olive tree, which profusely grows in the Marches.
The olives are harvested in the months of October through December, at work that is still done mostly by hand. On the evening of the same day that they were harvested, the olives are taken to the mill to be pressed.

OLIVEOIL EXTRA VERGINE is a foodstuff of the highest quality, as it is won from the fresh fruit, worked only with mechanical procedures and without changing its chemical composition in the least.
Beyond its naturalness and aromatic, pleasant taste, OLIVEOIL EXTRA VERGINE also offers a number of health benefits:

OLIVEOIL EXTRA VERGINE offers all these health benefits when used raw, but even when used in cooking it changes very little, due to its natural Antioxidants, which protect it from degenerative processes.