Governor Toti: “Oliveti Aperti paves the way of Ligurian sustainable tourism”

On 15th-16th June members of the PDO Riviera Ligure EVO Protection Consortium launch an event-packed initiative 32 members of the PDO Riviera Ligure EVO Protection Consortium are the protagonists of “Oliveti Aperti”, a national initiative designed by the Protection Consortium itself in cooperation with the Qualivita Foundation and the support of Regione Liguria. Ligurian olive […]

Spring 2019 in the Riviera Ligure olive grove

After a season of hard work, spring is the time of ritual yearly farming operations. Special care is dedicated to interventions which can help prevent the biennial “high yield/low yield” dichotomy – manuring and pruning once more prove essential for the purpose at hand. Manuring took place in mid-March: humid soil, professional organic-mineral manure, highly […]

Chef Giuseppe Lisciotto from Les Petites Madeleines interpretes Ligurian excellence Turin: “the taste capital” and PDO Riviera Ligure EVO

The Protection Consortium meets local restaurateurs and narrates quality, terroir and values of PDO EVO The Italian tour of Riviera Ligure DOP EVO once more stops in Turin for a new episode of the valorisation project promoted by the PDO Riviera Ligure EVO Protection Consortium in collaboration with the Qualivita Foundation. This awareness-raising and training […]

Rolli Days, Umberto Curti narrates PDO Riviera Ligure EVO

The 2019 edition of Rolli Days (4th – 5th May) hosted Olive oil: the Mediterranean gold. Culture, tourism, experience”, an event designed by Ligucibario® in the grand spaces of Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino in Genoa. PDO Riviera Ligure EVO played the lead role in this celebration which unites the Palazzi dei Rolli (feat. in UNESCO World […]

2018-2019 report: the Riviera Ligure olive grove

3-day harvesting took place in November. Rain represented a common thread throughout 2018, both in spring and in early autumn. Spring showers did not affect the fruit setting stage, on the contrary they nourished plants. As a consequence, harvesting provided positive (if not excellent) numbers. Even though oil yield was not exceptional – a feature […]

#oliodoprivieraligure and #basilicogenovesedop at the “Salone Agroalimentare di Finalborgo”

On occasion of the 2019 edition of the “Salone Agroalimentare di Finalborgo” (15th-17th March) the PDO Basilico Genovese Protection Consortium, the PDO Olio Riviera Ligure Protection Consortium and the Enoteca Regionale once more joined forces for a new appointment of “Assaggia la Liguria”, the project aimed at the promotion of Protected Designation products. “We offered […]

The first survey on the online reputation of Italian PDOs and PGIs is out. Carlo Siffredi, President of the PDO Riviera Ligure Oil Protection Consortium: “Through our contest we invest on young people and Social Media”

More than 6,500 contents daily shared worldwide through blogs, forums, websites and social networks. 55% interactions from foreign countries, more than 100,000 people engaged per day. These are the main figures from the WEB DOP survey, the first to investigate the digital reputation of Italian PDOs and PGIs. Carried out by the Qualivita Foundation, the […]