Olive Oil from Apollo Olive Oil : Gourmet Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil from California

Europe's largest olive oil competition just placed Apollo Olive Oil among the world's top ten olive oil producers!
(Der Feinschmecker Bookazine April 2006)

Our new oils are now available for our 'Special Website Only Pre-Release' fresh from the mill harvested and milled in October - December 2006.

	Certified Organic Extra Virgin Mistral Blend 2007 $22.95 / 500ml The new Mistral retains its characteristic soft and buttery persona but with a little piquancy at the end. MISTRAL is made from traditional Provencal varieties: Salonenque, Aglandau, Boutellion, Picholine and others which we transplanted to our rugged foothills. Soft, rounded and buttery, MISTRAL is perfect for white wine dishes such as fish, poultry, vegetables and soft cheeses.
	Certified Organic Extra Virgin Sierra Blend 2007 $22.95 / 500ml The new Sierra has more character than last year resulting in a more intense oil. SIERRA is made from California varieties: Mission, Sevillano, and Ascolano to which our foothill grown Picholine and Aglandau contribute complexity and elegance. SIERRA is a robust, balanced and peppery oil, ideal for red wine dishes such as pasta, soups, red meat and casseroles.
	Certified Extra Virgin Gold Series - Barouni 2007 $22.95 / 500ml We are pleased to introduce the first oil in our new Gold Series line to complement our flagship organic oils, Sierra and Mistral. The BAROUNI is our first mono-varietal and is made from the Barouni olive, originally from Tunisia. We really like this oil in all its richness. It has a great vegetal fruitiness and a sound piquancy. It is an exotic and intense oil that goes well with red wine dishes like lamb, couscous, and grilled steaks.
	Water Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese $15.00 / 1 pound Apollo Olive Oil proudly offers, Bubalus Bubalis, the only producer of Water Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese in the US. Their mozzarella is 100% carb free so you can eat as much as you like as part of any low carb diet! Their own herd of water buffalos provides the milk free of chemicals, preservative and shelf life enhancers. The fresh mozzarella they make today gets shipped to you tomorrow directly from the farm so it will come to you in a separate package. All pacakages are shipped in a temperature controlled box 2nd day. Nothing goes better with extra virgin olive oil than real mozzarella and we highly recommend our Mistral to pour over this wonderful cheese. Read More Info....

OUR AWARD WINNING OIL

The 2006 Sierra maintains our tradition of making a classic "California" olive oil. It is made primarily from Mission olives, with Picholine and Ascolano added for softening and complexity. The Mission is a standard variety for California, and has been growing on our mountain estate for many years (our youngest trees are 24 years old, and our oldest are somewhere over 100).

Our other oil is named for the famed Provencal wind, the Mistral, which is so much of the character and essence of the region. It is made of varieties that we imported from France in 1997. The 2006 Mistral seems to us superior to the previous years’ iterations. It contains mostly Salonenque, Picholine and Aglandau - typical Provencal varieties that are usually blended together. Our French colleagues, upon receiving samples, commented that our oils show true Provencal character, with more intensity and slightly more bitterness.

In this year as in previous years, our two distinct blends, the Mistral and Sierra were analyzed at 0.2% -0.3% free fatty acid (far less than the 1% limit for Extra Virgin status). Both earned the Californian Olive Oil Council’s certification as Extra Virgin. Our olive oils are certified organic by the California Certified Organic Farmers Association and contain estate grown, hand picked, stone pressed olive oil. Every year since the first commercial production in 2001 they have been recognized at the L.A. County Fair as outstanding oils with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals (see "Awards").