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  This is really going to spark your interest… We’re talking here the gorgeously rolling hills of Tuscany where the beautiful Fattoriadi Maiano estate with origins back to the 15th century enjoys a most magnificentlocation amid the hills of Fiesole just a mere 5km from the historic centre of Florence.A completely organic agricultural estate, Fattoria di Maiano covers an area of nearly300 hectares mainly used for growing olives (20,000 olive trees on 110 hectares).Frantoio and Moraiolo olives, are picked entirely by hand in the months of Novemberand December, then pressed in the estate mill. The premium product is Laudemio,an excellent extra virgin...

18 May 2020 by Judy Ridgway The Gift of Oil website is the brainchild of Phil Bianchi who spent the early years of his working life working for blue chip food companies, ending up in Athens working for a large Greek olive oil company.  There he was inspired by the quality of the Greek olive oils and vinegars which he felt were better than many such products on the UK shelves. The Gift of Oil was born in the early 2000’s and has grown into the sophisticated business that it is today.  A brand new website was launched this week and it...

Super premium extra virgin olive oils (like and our very own Sicilian New Season and Laudemio) have no less than 25 different polyphenols including a very, very important one- Oleocanthal, which has been proven to help reduce bad cholesterol, reduce the risk of stroke, prevent the onset of dementia and the risk of Alzheimer’s, lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, reduce the risk of high blood pressure, protect against heart disease and prevent the DNA damage that can trigger cancer. Consumption of such super premium oils on a daily basis has also been shown to have a positive impact...

A recent study published by the American College of Cardiology strongly indicates that consuming extra virgin olive oil daily could significantly reduce the risk of dying early from heart disease or cancer.The study of more than 90,000 individuals found that those who consumed at least half a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil a day were 19 per cent less likely to die from any cause whatsoever than those people who did not!Extra virgin olive oil is a major part of the world famous “Mediterranean Diet”  widely “followed” in such sunshine blessed countries as  Italy, Spain, France and Greece where...