#LAMIALIGURIA and the region’s high quality food products

On Friday 16 December at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa, the final day of the Stati Generali del Turismo in Liguria took place. The event was organized by the Liguria Region in order to define, together with representatives from the tourism industry and regional associations and authorities, the strategic course of development for tourism […]

Record breaking 2015 /2016 year for PDO Riviera Ligure oil

A record breaking year for the marketing and sale of Protected Denomination of Origin RIVIERA LIGURE extra-virgin olive oil has just concluded. The year 2015/2016 saw the certified production of 676.573 tonnes of PDO Riviera Ligure oil in its three geographical areas: Riviera dei Fiori, Riviera del Ponente Savonese and Riviera di Levante. A record […]

The year 2016/2017 in the Riviera Ligure Olive Grove

The 2015/2016 olive season was a great year for several reasons. Both the quantity as well as the quality of the oil were significant thanks to favourable weather and the absence of the olive fruit fly. A high yield season is normally followed by a low one. This is also particularly true for the Taggiasca […]

The “Leone D’Oro” of Mastri Oleari for Canaiella: PDO Riviera Ligure more up

We start with the Azienda Olivicola Canaiella owned by Filippina Berruti, nestling in the unspoilt hills of Legino, on the outskirts of Savona. The oil in question is a PDO Riviera Ligure with the additional geographic reference of Riviera del Ponente Savonese that convinced the demanding judges of the Orciolo d’Oro 2016. In the various […]

Riviera Ligure PDO extravirgin olive oil at the President’s reception on 2nd June

2 June: Republic Day, to celebrate the unity and identity of Italy. And this year it is the 70th anniversary of an Italy known all over the world for the excellence of its cuisine and the products from its territory so rich in biodiversity. How could national unity be expressed better than in its wide […]

Success for the Riviera Ligure PDO oil in Los Angeles: the protagonist is the Oil Mill of Sant’Agata di Oneglia

The Riviera Ligure DPO oil wins with all its quality at the new frontier and solid reality represented by a U.S. market increasingly fond of extravirgin olive oil. It’s not like a poker hand in a dusty saloon of a village in the gold rush. The gold actually exists, it’s the oil. In California they […]

Three new consortium members in Ponente: Terra Leggiadra, Frantoio Paolo Pellegrino and Monaci Templari

The family of consortium members expands in Ponente and in Levante. Our survey begins with three farms in the province of Imperia. First is Gianni Bianchi and Franca Devia’s “Terra Leggiadra”, based in Lucinasco, an outstanding olive growing area in the Impero valley, the hinterland of Imperia Oneglia. The face of Terra Leggiadra is embodied […]