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We put this gift set together so that you can try a variety of our award winning oils and vinegars. Included is a bottle of our premium extra virgin olive oil, our 2017 California State Fair Best of Show winning Lusty Lemon olive oil, our 2017 California State Fair Double Gold winning Guilty Garlic olive oil, and our 2017 Good Food Award winner Bountiful Basil olive oil. A bottle of our most popular barrel aged balsamic vinegar is also included as the perfect compliment to our oils. This set is perfect for hostess or corporate gifts or to give to that foodie in your life who is hard to shop for. It is also a great way to try many of our products all at one time. All of our flavored oils are made by crushing fresh produce together with fresh olives and essentially extracting the natural oil out of both to creat a true to taste flavoed olive oil that rivals any "infused" oils in the market today. The 104 awards we collected in 2017 speak to this but don't take our word for it; we invite you to try them for yourself.
At Coldani Olive Ranch we are literally a âFamily Businessâ. Our immediate family along with our spouses and five little ones running around are what encompasses our family company; handling every aspect from tree to bottle. Growing the olives, processing them into oil, bottling, packaging design, marketing, sales and shipping are just a few of the tasks we split up as a family. When we say we know each and every bottle inside and out, we mean it, and we feel the passion we have to produce a healthy quality extra virgin olive oil resonates in our finished product.
Our family has been farming in the Lodi-Delta region of California for over 80 years across four generations. The majority of our family and sales team happen to be California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo graduates. After farming mostly field & row crops such as tomatoes, corn, onions, and various grains the idea to farm olives derived from a CalPoly senior project which originally started out as a vineyard design but quickly became olive groves after the discovery of how well they would grow in Lodiâs fertile soils which have produced world-class wines for decades.
When you mention California to some people they think of Hollywood, surfing and beaches. When you mention California to our family we think of farming, great weather, and some of the most fertile soils in the country. We believe it is important to keep it this way and this is reflected in our farming techniques. Sustainable and organic farm practices help us get the most out of the ground and keep an already healthy product even healthier. Processing water is recycled, and irrigation water is applied through drip hoses to be as efficient as possible. Tree trimmings are mulched and integrated back into our soils between the rows. The leftover ground up olive pits and solids are trucked off and fed to local dairy cows as a high source of nutrients.
At Coldani Olive Ranch we are constantly looking at what we can change to be more sustainable so in a sense. . .green farming, green olives, and an awesome golden-green oil is what you are left with! You might still think of movie stars and Hollywood when you hear California but hopefully you will also think of California Olive Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and Calivirgin!