Societa&＃39; Agricola Paduanelli Srl

It was the entrepreneurial instinct, and passion for traditional tastes to guide Papa&＃39; Angelo to undertake the cultivation of olives in 1977. After various experiences on the cultivar in the area, he planted new olive trees of the "Coratina" variety.As he is someone raised with genuine principles of good and healthy mediterranean cuisine, he has directed its interests in the production of extra virgin olive oil by traditional methods.The children wanted to follow their father&＃39;s footsteps, and with their theoretical and practical knowledge gained through thier Agricultural Studies. This enable them to adopt improved cultivation techniques, making the Extra Virgin Olive Oil PDO more and more biological controled, sacrificing volume production to achive better organoleptic qualities.An brief introduction to our unrefined (Grezzo) Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil PDO All our lands are located in the countryside of Terlizzi in Puglia region in the south of Italy near Bari province. Here, the Coratina olive trees find the perfect conditions to deliver the most tasteful Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the world. This award is given from a combination of natural environmental factor like the stony soil, the sunny and hot summer and the optimum altitude from the sea level.The olives are harvested during the months from November to January, depending on the time when the olives have reached the desired maturity level. Our Olives are traditionally handpicked, using collective nets under the olive trees and handpicking, racking and brushing the branches with a hand plastic rake.On the same day that the olives are picked, they are transported to the refinery where they are weighted, screened from the leaves and washed before been mashed in to a fragrant oily paste.