The olive trees, besides being an authentic natural show for the eyes, give us one of the fruits that can’t miss when we talk about the fundamentals of Italian gastronomy. Olives are indeed cultivated and produced in many different area of the nation, at different climatic, geological and technical conditions, since then it derives a strong differentiation between the different producers, both concerning the area and the specie. And Calabria Scerra knows that well, a company that, due to its origin, could not but give a certain amount of space among its specialties. Indeed, Calabria, is a region plenty of olives, thanks to a unique variety of species that overcomes the 15 different kinds, so it is centuries that many different specialized producers have been realizing Calabria olives of any type: natural, seasoned, brine, Pitted olives at Paesanella - Calabria Scerra and so on.

Maybe everybody don’t know that extra virgin olive oil, as it is for wine, is subject to good and bad vintages, low or high in quantity, according to the different area too. This year for the Garda olive trees have produced evo oil in great quantity, that hasn’t altered the quality though, on the contrary the latter one is truly exceptional this year and it is proved by the acidity level (which is normally low in the Garda evo oil yet) at the lowest levels in its history. Leali Monte Acuto has been one those who benefitted from this great vintage, the company olive trees in Puegnago del Garda have rewarded the a work based on natural techniques without any chemical intervention. Garda Casaliva Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Leali is a monovarietal Garda DOP evo Oil, obtained by the namesake local olive typical of the Garda area, the color is a very intense green, in the mouth it is very soft due to the low acidity, lightly bitter with artichoke and almond aromas and a final light hot note.

La Cinta di Guido stuff has just arrived to our stock, directly from Tuscany. Cold cuts like Guanciale (jowl bacon) - La Cinta di Guido, Rigatino di Cinta Senese - La Cinta di Guido, finocchiona are produced with the meats of free range Cinta Senese black pigs, which are grown and nourish themselves in the middle of the marvelous Tuscan countryside. Also the new 2018 vintage of Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Novo Frantoio - La Cinta di Guido is now available, a Tuscan evo oil made in a traditional olive oil mill, extracting the best from Guido’s tuscan olive trees.