We are a small producer of Tuscan, Spanish, and California varietal olive oils in San Luis Obispo California. Our 1972 honeymoon in the Spanish countryside gave us our first experience of olive groves and olive oil. The site of the trees and the aroma and taste of the oil fresh from the mill remained with us.
In the 1990's after moving to the Central Coast of California we rediscovered the wonders of olive oil and planted our own orchards.
We sustainably grow our trees and hand pick our olives. After harvest, our family tastes and blends with oils from our own orchards and complimentary varietals from other small orchards in San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara Counties. To maintain maximum taste and freshness we hand bottle just prior to selling or shipping.
Our maritime influenced Mediterranean climate with cool mornings, warm long days and crisp evenings adds to the distinctive flavor of our oils compared to other more traditional olive growing regions.
In 2004 and 2005 as we continued our goal to create "Just Great Oil" we went to study olive farming and oil making in Tuscany and Umbria. As we harvested olives at an 800 year old orchard near Tavernelle, Umbria we experienced the Italian family tradition of olive oil. On our label is Patti's painting of a 75-year-old gentleman that has worked on the annual harvest most of his life. He comes to the orchard each year and climbs the ancient trees to pick all day and is paid with enough oil for his family for the coming year. Patti's painting was created from her photograph taken as he enjoyed his lunch break on a typical fall harvest day.
The painting has been exhibited in The 54th Haggin Juried Exhibition at the Haggin Museum summer of 2006. Currently it is hung in our dining room providing ambiance for all our dinner guests.
Continuing the tradition of using Patti's paintings for our labels, we are proud to present her new images for Eve's Mandarin Blend and Jesse's Harmony Blend.
Each bottle is filled at the time of order to preserve and maintain its freshness. Our family hand labels and proudly places their signature on the back label at that time. We hope your family enjoys our "Just Great Oil" as much as our family enjoyed making it!
The Robbins Family