The Press
Beyond its exceptional taste, extra virgin olive oil is a proven superfood that supports heart health, reduces inflammation, helps regulate blood pressure and blood sugar, and may even lower the risk of cancer, stroke, arthritis, and cognitive decline.
We are never surprised when clients come into one of our stores to ask us “pressing” question about olive oil.
Tasting extra virgin olive oil is like tasting wine – swirl, sniff, slurp, and swallow to experience the fruitiness, pleasant bitterness, and peppery pungency that signal fresh, high-quality oil, not the rancid, stale flavours most North Americans have mistaken for normal.
Producing oil from the fruit of the olive tree is a complex process of harvesting, crushing and extraction.
The process of making traditional balsamic vinegar is a time-intensive and complex one, which involves several stages.
This year we have seen a surge in the price of extra-virgin olive oil and many people are asking why.