The best local producers Andalusia

Since 1795 (seven generations), the patriarchal company produced among the best olive nectars in Spain, its flor of aceite (nectar nectar in the pretty bottle sealed and numbered) is the reference of the brand that exports to Asia, particularly Japan, its main buyer for use in cosmetics. This pioneer Casa de Labranza, with Olive, is visiting with Paco Nuñez de Prado: The pick-up is done by hand, the mill facilities retain a traditional oil mill and a form of storage in the Roman. In addition to the possibility of buying its extra virgin oils in a small shop, the right address allows you to participate, on reservation (at least 20 people), to tasting and delicious thematic meals based, of course, on home productions.

Capricho andaluz, an oil from the hojiblanca variety with herbal notes, or Dominio de la Esperanza, from the picuda variety with intense fruity notes, are just a few examples of the oils offered by the Aceites de Cabra association, which brings together five producers from this municipality where olive trees occupy almost two-thirds of the land (around 18,000 ha out of 23,000). Presented in an attractive black box, they are ideal for garnishing a gourmet basket or giving as a gift to friends, but not without a tasting session beforehand.

If you want to know more about the great local resource but also shopping, you can visit this foundation for the promotion and development of olive oil and olive oil. She publishes guides on the subject and organizes events like Expoliva - www.expoliva.com - the international olive oil fair that takes place every two years (odd years) in Jaén, the world's capital of olive oil. It also has its own catadores (olive oil tasters) reachable at the +34 902 150 020. Its museum and interpretation center will also allow you to be unspoiled on the subject.

The province of Jaén, with 62 million trees, alone produces 41% of Spain's olive oil (65% of which is ordinary or lampante oil, unfit for consumption as is, reserved for industry or the trade for blends). In the heart of the Comarca de la Loma, Oleoturismo, a dynamic entity created by the Oleícola San Francisco company, offers an introduction to the world of olive oil with a visit to the almarazara (oil mill), the tour includes an explanation of the production process (as in the old days, with ancient presses, or nowadays, with modern centrifugal machines, and no longer actually cold-pressed, as is often misleadingly stated), the fate of the skin, pulp, flesh and stone (geothermal energy), and the screening of an explanatory documentary. The visit concludes with a tasting session(cata) of oils. The Cooperative Oléicole San Francisco produces several excellent oils, including, according to the label, a green, a red and a blue one with an olive at different degrees of ripeness.