This week’s Wednesday Special is our Castello di Volpaia Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 2006 Harvest.  For one day only, Wednesday, August 28, this product will be 20% off which means a savings of $9.12.

Situated on a ridge over the Tuscan hills of Radda-in-Chianti, the fortified village of Volpaia with its medieval origins is home to the estate of Castello di Volpaia. Within the castle walls of Volpaia is the home of the Stianti family who produce Castello di Volpaia Extra Virgin Olive Oil, obtained from the estate’s classic Tuscan olive varieties. The 10th century church as pictured on the Castello di Volpaia label is currently used as a wine cellar.

Giovannella Stianti and her family extract their oil using the sinolea technique. Frantoio, Leccino and Moraiolo olives are crushed in a stone mill and then passed through the sinolea machine. Hundreds of tiny steel blades comb through the olive paste, gently pulling the fresh oil from the solids. The sinolea yields are low, but the oil, so delicately handled, is extraordinarily pure and has a low acidity.

The olive trees at Castello di Volpaia are in the perfect setting for producing a fruit of exceptional quality. The resulting oil has a rather dense, transparent green color and intensely fruity nose with a hints of unripe tomato and artichoke. Castello di Volpaia’s rich thick texture is dominant, carrying a lengthy ripe fruit and mildly spicy finish. Perfectly matched with simple foods such as fresh greens, grilled meats, or a bean salad.

Each bottle contains 17 fluid ounces of Castello di Volpaia Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Radda in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.

Promotion ends Wednesday, August 28 at midnight!!

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Antica Italia Extra Virgin Olive Oil comes from Partanna, Sicily. It is a product of the first cold pressing from selected private groves.

This natural, healthful oil is produced in the same manner it was thousands of years ago. It adds an appetizing flavor to many recipes, and is a perfect base for all sauces and dressings.

This is a delicate flavored, olive hued “must” for salads and fine cooking.

Save $1.07 each when you purchase Antica Italia Extra Virgin Olive Oil now through August 9, 2007 or while supplies last

Many of our customers wait for the new harvests of Italian Olive Oils to help insure the freshest product. The ultimate in freshness and taste are of course the Olio Novello or Olio Nuovo products that appear in the US market in December or January. Next comes the “normal” production.

We have just received the latest “normal” production of Olio Verde Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If you are unfamiliar with the product, you should know that it is characterized by a medium green but dense hue with a notably vegetal nose. Its intense, full flavor is redolent of fresh-cut grass with a fresh green olive vivacity. This product is a past winner of the Oustanding Oil catergory at the N.A.S.F.T. Fancy Food Show in New York.

Olio Verde is traditionally drizzled over fresh greens, grilled meats or toasted Italian bread.

We encourage you to read more about this outstanding olive oil on its product page. (By the way, we have just a few bottles left of the even more outstanding Olio Verde Olio Novello mentioned at the top of this post; they’ll be gone soon.)

We have officially declared April to be Olive & Other Oils Month at CyberCucina!Save 10% on all our extra virgin olive oils from Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, as well as specialty oils such as Agrumato & Infused, Truffle & Mushroom, and Avocado, Grapeseed and Other oils. Plus receive free shipping on qualifying orders. This promotion applies to in stock products only, so act now to insure availability of your favorite items!