EXTRA VIRGIN TUSCAN OLIVE OIL VILLA L'ARRIGO

<body stylesrc="home_inglese.htm" bgcolor="#336600" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFF00" alink="#FF0000"> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="6"><br> L'ARRIGO</font></b></p> <p align="center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Times New Roman">EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL</font></b></font></p> <p align="center"><i><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">from the hills of Florence</font></b></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/bottle5.JPG" width="262" height="350" align="right"></p> <table border="1" width="54%" height="346"> <tr> <td width="100%" height="85"> <p align="center"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="6">L'ARRIGO</font></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center" height="85"><font size="1"><b><font face="Times New Roman">EXTRA VIRGIN </font></b></font><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">TUSCAN</font></b><font size="1"> <font face="Times New Roman"><b>OLIVE OIL</b></font></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center" height="85"> <p align="center"><i><b><font face="Amazone BT" size="5">The Champagne of </font></b></i></p> <p align="center"><i><b><font face="Amazone BT" size="5">Olive Oil</font></b></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><b>Grown & Harvested at Villa L'Arrigo<br> </b></td> </tr> </table> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="left"> <p align="center"><font size="1"><b>ersion  3.3 revised :  10 June 2007 <br> Sorry, our site is still under construction</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5"><b>Extraordinary Olive Oil </b></font></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><b>Once upon a time, not too many years ago, it was almost as difficult to find information about extra-virgin olive oil as it was to find good quality olive oil itself, unless you were near Florence.  Unfortunately, these days, there is so much information available--and not all of it accurate or even honest--that it is almost as confusing as having no information at all. </b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><b>With a little bit of luck you can find a pretty good olive oil on the shelves of most specialty food shops and sometimes even in quality-conscious supermarkets. However, if you are looking for an exceptional oil, you will not be satisfied with what you find on the supermarket shelves.  You can expect to spend as much for a bottle of fine oil as you would for an important bottle of wine and you will, mostly likely have to sample diverse oils before finding an extraordinary one.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><b>L'Arrigo Extra-Virgin Olive Oil is an extraordinary Olive Oil.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><b>Our job is to take a healthy olive and turn it into a perfect oil, for those select  individuals who can appreciate the difference.</b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="4"><b>We at Villa L'Arrigo know just about everything one needs to know about olive oil. If you would like to ask a question, we will give you an honest  answer.</b></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> <div align="left"> <table border="1" width="100%" align="left" height="2179"> <tr> <td width="25%" height="269"> <p align="left"><b><img border="0" src="Logo.gif" width="142" height="269"></b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="269"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="269"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><b>How to produce an exceptional Olive Oil </b></font></p> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="269"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="269"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>There are many components required for producing a quality oil:</b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="269"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="269"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <b>  </b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="269"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="285"> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>CLIMATE</b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="285"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="285"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>The climate must be temperate, not too hot in the summer but cold enough in the winter, A few degrees  below freezing  results in an oil that is delicate in flavor.,</b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="285"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="285"> <p align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman"><b>The rainfall must be sufficiently regular. Olive trees can tolerate  little rain during the summer months. Olive groves should  be on hills, not flat terrain, as they need proper drainage to guarantee  good fruit.  The soil must  contain calcium. </b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="285"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="285"> <p align="left"> <b> Olive trees need sun and water. </b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="285"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="114"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>LOCATION</b></font></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="114"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="114"> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"> <b> The hills are ideal for olive trees because the trees take the water they need and the rest flows rapidly into the valley. </b></font> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="114"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="114"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="114"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="114"> <p align="left"><i><b>The  hills above Florence are truly  a paradise for growing olive trees. </b></i></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="114"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="323"> <p align="left"><b>EXPOSURE</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="323"> <p align="left">  </td> <td width="25%" height="323"> <p align="left"><b>The exposure  to the sun depends on the original  design used for planting the olive trees.</b> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="323"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="323"> <p align="left"> <b> In the old days, olive trees were planted far apart because land wasn't expensive. The trees had the possibility to absorb the right amount of sunlight. Nowadays trees are planted so closely together that their branches intertwine almost before the trees are old enough to yield fruit.</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="323"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="323"> <p align="left"><i><b>Our  youngest olive trees were planted fifty years ago with an abundance of space between each tree.</b></i></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="323"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="418"> <p align="left"><b>VARIETY OF OLIVES</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="418"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="418"> <p align="left"> <b> Another important component  for quality oil that is rapidly being lost in modern olive production is the variety of olives being grown. Today, there is a tendency to plant only one or two kinds of trees that are known to be hardy and resistant to infestation,   In Spain or in Southern Italy, in Tunisia or in France, the modern groves have little variety in their plants, a trend which makes all olive oil taste the same.</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="418"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="418"> <p align="left"> <b> It is important to maintain a variety of species of olive trees  so that the oil from one zone is noticeably different from oil from another zone, an important natural distinction which allows for a better pollination between trees, resulting in a more  interesting and  healthier oil  for the consumer. </b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="418"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="418"> <p align="left"><i> <b> These characteristics, so different from the modern standard techniques, are our most important patrimony, which we determined to maintain and protect..</b></i> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="418"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="494"> <p align="left"><b>THE HARVEST</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="494"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="494"> <p align="left"> <b> By now, everyone knows that the harvest methods and the kind of press  enormously influences the flavor and quality of the oil. <br> It is most important that during the picking the olive skins not be bruised or broken so that the olives reach the press with their protective coating. </b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="494"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="494"> <p align="left"> <b> To guarantee a superior oil, olives must be pressed within 24 hours of being picked, and must be kept dry from the time they are picked until they are pressed so they won't begin to mold. <br> Many types of presses exist but a cold press won't distort the flavor of the oil, even though a it will yield less oil from the olives than a heated press. <br> Olives should only be pressed once. Repeated pressings result in  an inferior quality of oil.</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="494"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="494"> <p align="left"><b>Our olives are pressed the same day they are picked. In the morning our olives are on the trees, by night they have been transformed into oil,  a simple and direct process that never fails to thrill us.</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="494"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="19"> <p align="center"><b>XXX</b> </td> <td width="2%" height="19"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="19"> <p align="center"><b>.XXX</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="19"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="19"> <p align="center"><b>XXX</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="19"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="19"> <p align="center"> <b>XXX</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="19"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="25%" height="209"> <p align="left"><b>Classification:</b></p> <p align="left"><b>EXTRA VIRGIN:</b></p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> <td width="2%" height="209"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="209"> <p align="left"><b>Extra Virgin Olive Oil takes its name from the fact that its acid level is inferior to one percent.  Above one percent, oil is  classified as Virgin, or, if the acid is still higher, the oil is classified as Olive Oil</b></p> </td> <td width="2%" height="209"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="209">   </td> <td width="2%" height="209"> <p align="left"> </p> </td> <td width="25%" height="209"> <p align="left"><i><b>Our olive oil has almost no acid at all. It never tests higher than 0.2</b></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> </body>