Good oil is a farm product. It has a harvest, a season and a shelf life, and pretending otherwise is how most bottles end up disappointing.

What we look for

• A named origin. A region, an estate or a mill, not just a country of packing.
• A harvest date. Olive oil is best young. A bottle that hides its date is usually hiding its age.
• Honest labelling. Ingredients you can read, and nothing added to stretch the bottle.
• Packaging that protects it. Dark glass or tin, because light and heat undo good oil faster than time does.

Packing and waste

Bottles travel in recyclable protective packing. We would rather use a little more material and have your order arrive whole than send glass out into the world hopefully.

Being straight with you

We are a small shop and we will not claim certifications we do not hold. Where a producer is certified organic or holds a protected designation, we say so on the product page and you can check it. Where they are not, we say that too.