Olio&olive

As you may have guessed, we are seriously passionate about food, and especially about olive oil. As Italians, we were raised on it and probably have rarely gone without it on a daily basis. It is our Golden Nectar. It was drizzled into our first “pappe” (mushy baby meals), spiced to top our pizzas, passed around the table to dress our salads, rubbed liberally on every roast, poured generously into every sauce, used in lieu of butter in our favorite sweets – we’ve even seen our grandmothers condition their hair with the olive oil sitting in the kitchen cupboard! So in 2004, we packed our bags and flew from Venice, Italy to Venice, California, with a little olive oil and a lot of zeal, convinced that the discerning market in the States would immediately appreciate the genuineness of our products, the sincerity of our mission. Our goal is to collaborate with the most exceptional Italian producers – mainly small family farms and cooperatives - people who are not kidding about making the best, purest, most genuine and delicious olive oil on Earth and bottle their top grades to create Olio & Olive’s range of products, which we then bring to you. In addition to providing our customers with what we are convinced are the finest olive oils in the world, we bring you a tightly scrutinized and edited assortment of excellent olives, balsamic vinegars, pastas, sauces, charcuterie meats, cheeses and other Italian products which we consider essentials. Visit