Nice people, great family business. Vito and his family definitely have a passion for olives. They also maintain an olive tree nursery (D&V Nursery) supplying young trees to as far away as Canada.
What determine good olives for oil is the flavor and yield and ripeness of the olive. A good mill pays attention to maximum yield and optimizes the flavors, decreases the bitterness and preserves the anti-oxidants and retains all of the delicate flavors and polyphones while getting the maximum yields… we specialize in milling for the small grower and at the same time process our own line of olive oil. They market in California and the Mid-West under the name De Leonardis and the family company is DeLio Olive Co., Italian for “oil”.
In California the most common ones are the Manzanillo (robust intense olive flavor, medium oil), Sevillano (artichoke flavor, less oil), Ascolano (smooth fruity complex flavor), Mission (butter flavor, highest oil) and Arbequina (small, nutty, mild oil). Olives turn green, amber, red, to purple black, when fully ripe. Olives used for olive oil are picked from the trees from the time when they are green through when they are purple and ripe, the riper olive yielding more oil.
Call for a tour seasonally from November to December
Places to purchase DeLio Olive Oil
Pacific Treasures
Watson’s Market
SaveMart
Best Buy Market
Youngs Market
Fairway Market
R&N Market
~Valley Voice Newspaper
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