Oils from Sardinia / Italy

Accademia Olearia

In the northwest of Sardinia, within the port town of Alghero, are the olive trees of the Fois family. Already in the fourth generation puts forth oils exclusively from our own olives. The processed within 12 hours in the modern mill of Fois. Giuseppe Fois and his sons Antonello and Alessandro cultivate especially the autochthonous varieties Bosana and Semidana.

The Bosana thrives due to the marine environment and the special microclimate on the coast very well and thereby develops its distinctive flavor of Mediterranean herbs, a slight bitterness, combined with a clear focus. It is harvested from October, in the first stage of maturity, by hand and mechanically. Given the Fois have a vibrating machine modified so that it proceeds as gently as possible with the trees. The olives are collected by a self-developed giant screen and sorted already in place by hand.

Accademia Olearia, olive oil from Sardinia