“The European Union and typical Ligurian agrifood products”: introduction and promotion in Sestri Levante, with the participation of the DOP Riviera Ligure Olive Oil Protection Consortium

Taking place on 12 October 2015, inside the former convent dell’Annunziata in Sestri Levante, is an event where the legal aspect of typical Ligurian produce will also be translated into a learning experience for the Indian market. It seems clear that the protection system established in Europe for agrifood products and their local tradition takes […]

A stroll through the olive groves of Riviera Ligure: the olives are getting tanned!

August: time to observe the olive groves of Riviera Ligure. It is the culture of the Ligurian olive grower to talk about the year ahead for six months, and to talk about the current year for another six months. It is a cliché in literature, the memory of the foreigners who discovered the Riviera in […]

New entry in PDO Riviera Ligure: Cristina Armato farm

Cristina Armato farm is one of the few oil farms run by a woman. It should be said that “women of oil” constitute a pleasant and solid tradition in Western Liguria. This dates back to the matriarchal dimension which was and is often dominant in rural families of the Western Ligurian areas. Cristina Armato now […]