Olive Truck is BACK. When we first partnered with Sam last year in May, it was a huge success. Since then, we’ve been on stand-by for the next harvest, to bring you another astounding deal. The best extra virgin olive oil money can buy at a fraction of its cost.

This traditional “Tuscan field blend” comes from a single grove right here in the heart of our Sonoma County, just off Green Valley Road, the coolest part of Russian River Valley, surrounded by vineyards and famed wines by Iron Horse, Hartford Court, DuMOL, Paul Hobbs, Dutton-Goldfield… you name it!

The monocultivar Frantoio we introduced Olive Truck with forms the core blend, with other indigenous Tuscan cultivars, namely Leccino and Pendolino adding layers of complexity. Leccino is famous for its delicate aromas, of almond, freshly cut grass, and mild spiciness, while Pendolino is named after the Italian word for ‘pendulum’ thanks to its crucial role as an excellent pollinator. The grove was harvested and milled together, making it a field blend, just like in old vine Zins or Petite Sirahs. Per Sam, this fresh 2024 oil harvested just a couple of months ago attains “a perfect balance of pungency, bitterness, and rich, fruity notes with a pleasant peppery finish.”

It was at a local farmer’s market encounter one fateful summer day where we discovered Olive Truck. You know how much we love entrepreneurship around here, and brave ones who think outside the box. Olive Truck is such an innovative idea that it’s unfathomable no one else thought of it before Sam.

Basically, seriously pampered olives destined for EVOO, like fine wine grapes, are fickle to grow and very fragile to handle before they are pressed to make the good stuff. So instead of hauling olives across the state for miles on end, Olive Truck is a boutique mobile milling concept that travels to where the groves are, instead of having the olives travel to facilities far, far away, to press, and bottle Extra Virgin Olive Oil right at the source, assuring zero attrition to the quality and sense of place along the way.

Like NO OTHER EVOO that we know gets picked and pressed within the same hour!!!

Wine Enthusiast recently wrote that “From an agricultural perspective, it makes sense that many of the world’s most venerable wine regions also make top-quality olive oil… producers often treat it with the same respect for terroir and process as fine wine.”

So, California is a paradise for great olives, and Olive Truck knows that. This is why they focus on single-origin and varietal oils that express their character and terroir best. This is why they have won all the competitions there are to judge this niche gourmet delicacy. In fact, California is unique, similar to wine, in having more than 75 commercially crucial varieties of fine EVOO growing under its dependable sun to make oils that continue to garner international acclaim.

Mind you this half-liter glass bottle is a LOT of oil for the money, especially at this best price you’ll find it anywhere, direct or at fine food purveyors, always highly limited.