561 contracts registered and respecting the requirements of the Patto di Filiera

561 contracts registered and respecting the requirements of the Patto di Filiera (i.e. Supply Chain Agreement), a success for the PDO Riviera Ligure EVO Protection Consortium. 30% more than the previous year, better performances also in comparison to 2018/2019, a positive season which featured 542 contracts. “This confirms how businesses are working on this tool, […]

PDO Riviera Ligure EVO supply chain agreement for the 2020/2021 season

The 2020/2021 PDO Riviera Ligure EVO patto di filiera (supply chain agreement) has been recently issued by the Board of Directors of the Protection Consortium, which has confirmed last season’s minimum prices of both olives and oil and improved administrative simplification. Thus, the price of € 20.00 per quarta (Ligurian unit of measure for olives, […]

The new spot of DOP Riviera Ligure Oil and DOP Genoese Basil … together

Whatever happened to Andrea Di Marco’s London friend? Time to find out! The complete version of the commercial created by the two Ligurian PDO Protection Consortia – Riviera Ligure EVO and Genoese Basil – was finally released in Diano Castello, just before the award ceremony of the “Premio Vermentino”. The video promotes the two regional […]

Basil, EVO and wines. PDOs and PGIs, the ambassadors of Liguria during the “Premio Vermentino”

PDO Genoese Basil, PDO Riviera Ligure Evo and PDO and PGI Ligurian wines promoted by the Enoteca Regionale once more joined forces on August 28th-29th in Diano Castello (IM) on occasion of the “Premio Vermentino 2020” through the “Assaggia la Liguria” promotional programme. On Saturday 29th the Teatro Concordia hosted the “Assaggia la Liguria show”, […]

New spot for DOP Riviera Ligure Extra Virgin Olive Oil and DOP Genoese Basil: the background

The backstory of the new video about PDO Riviera Ligure EVO and PDO Genoese Basil is summed up by a plunge, be it into the Ligurian Sea, EVO or basil. Friday, August 21st was the date of the release (online and on TV) of the new commercial signed by Andrea Di Marco, a true Genoese. […]

Riviera Ligure DOP Consortium Assembly: ok in the balance sheet and changes to the specification

On occasion of the AGM of the PDO Riviera Ligure EVO Protection Consortium, the members expressed their intention to continue the promotion of activities strongly linked to the territory, approve the changes to the PDO production specification (by making geographical mentions optional), defend the supply chain agreement, support initiatives to apply for PDO status for […]

Spring – Summer 2021 in the olive grove of the Riviera Ligure

This Spring the national health emergency limited farming action, as wild animals undoubtedly made a remarkable comeback In the olive grove of the Riviera Ligure, however, work was carried out in good time. The first useful action was early fertilisation, carried out with a complex of soil improvers in with the important action of nitrogen […]