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The Ultimate Guide to Producing Award Winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 11 Steps img

The Ultimate Guide to Producing Award Winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 11 Steps

Date: October 09, 2015

Here are the 11 steps I have followed year-after-year to produce award-winning extra virgin olive oil: Farming & Growing Olives: How you, or your grower, farms the olives you’ll be crushing into oil plays a key role in the quality and flavor of your oil, which will determine if you win awards or not. This […]


Future Posts to Look For! img

Future Posts to Look For!

Date: October 09, 2015

Tasting – Olio Nuovo – from several producers all over CA. Prepping for the 2016 Winter Fancy Food Show – now is the time! Tasting olive oil 101, a two-part series with videos and tips from professionals.


Selling your fruit for table olives or oil, and where can you make more money?  Including: 2015 table olive & olive oil pricing. img

Selling your fruit for table olives or oil, and where can you make more money? Including: 2015 table olive & olive oil pricing.

Date: October 02, 2015

“Some are committed, others have choices.” The great dilemma for many long-time growers with “traditionally planted” olive varietals is this:  Should my olives be sold for olive oil or table olives?  Where can I make more money?  This will be a shorter post, with a general over-view, and I’ll dive more in depth on this subject for […]


3 Common Olive Varieties Responsible for the California table olive and olive oil industries we know today img

3 Common Olive Varieties Responsible for the California table olive and olive oil industries we know today

Date: September 25, 2015

These three varieties of olive are the mainstay of the table olive and olive oil industry in California we have built today. Pictured here are three different varieties of olives that were first planted in California for canning before the olive oil boom over 10 years ago.  Many were planted over 100 years ago.  Now, these same varieties […]


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Dewey Lucero
Olive Fantastic
9385 Old State Hwy, Unit #4
Newcastle, CA 95658
Phone: 530-514-4006
Fax: 4215 4879 125
Email: dewey@olivefantastic.com