Featuring the oil of Salvatore Mirisola

About 10 kilometers from Sicily's southern seacoast, on the breezy highland called Milinciana, Salvatore Mirisola's olive trees thrive. These trees descend from those that came to Sicily with the Greeks more than two millennia ago.

Like their ancient forebears, they too seem to enjoy the favor and protection of the god Zeus Morios, for they produce fruit of exceptional quality from which comes an oil that is nothing short of divine.

Of course, we have not only the gods to thank for this beautiful oil. Signore Mirisola, his son Tito, and his skilled workers have much to do with its realization also.

Taking maximum advantage of a microclimate that is unfailingly sunny, warm, and breezy, and chalky soils ideal for olive tree growth, the Mirisolas cultivate their groves in strict accordance with the European Union's organic farming requirements.

They harvest the fruit by hand at the moment of perfect ripeness, and crush and press it within 2 to 6 hours of harvest. The result is absolutely pure, impeccably fresh, perfectly balanced organic extra virgin oil full of flavors and aromas that speak of the land and people from which it came.

As one would expect from a food that is so simple and natural, the character of the oil varies a bit from harvest to harvest.