The DOP Riviera Ligure Extra-virgin Olive Oil Protection Consortium is becoming a farmer. The result of the commitment to the care of its “Riviera Ligure olive grove” is this oil, which we offer you to taste. Extra virgin olive oil with the Riviera dei Fiori indication. It comes from a smallholding of 4,184 m2 with […]
The average cost of production alone of a kilogram of olives and a bottle of DOP Riviera Ligure oil (0.5 l) over the past three years
We shall now draw some conclusions on the production of olives and oil. Because we have done our calculations like every good Ligurian farmer. If we consider the farming activities alone, starting from the agronomic support and the work done in the open field, the average production cost of the olives is € 1.70 per […]
The 2015-2016 season in the Riviera Ligure olive grove
The 2015-2016 olive-growing campaign will certainly be a year to be remembered. One of those extremely special years that the history books indicate as infrequent. Things are certainly different today: the good growing practices already provide excellent support for a continuous production. If the weather conditions are also favourable then the olive harvest will be […]
DOP Riviera Ligure oil with Ligurian chefs at Expo Riva Hotel 2016
Expo Riva Hotel 2016 in Riva del Garda is in its 40th edition and presents an outstanding programme, in keeping with its long-running status, an absolutely not-to-be-missed event for whoever works in hospitality and catering. This year’s edition takes place between 31 January and 3 February 2016. The DOP Riviera Ligure Olive Oil Protection Consortiumwill […]
Season 2015-2016, harvesting and pressing. Olive grove experiences
A day in the middle of November. Rather a strange November, warm. And the sky that gives glimpses of light between low, damp clouds. The sun warming our olive trees cheers us up. At the first light of dawn, the pickers are already on the site. They unload the electric olive harvesters, unwind cables and […]
Here we go. The olive harvest for DOP Riviera Ligure oil has begun
From the sea to the hills, Riviera Ligure olive oil begins its cycle once again. Riviera dei Fiori, Riviera del Ponente Savonese and Riviera di Levante. It’s back up the stone roads, over the terracing walls. Everywhere, the olive harvest has begun. And the quantity is good. The quality: excellent. Satisfaction is there, but still […]
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 […]
