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From the grove

Marcello walking the rows of the grove Letter25 Jun 2026 Letter 1: Before the first bottle leavesThe best olive oil in the world rarely leaves the region it is pressed in. A letter on why we brought one home. The farm from above: farmhouse, pool and olive groves in the Maremma Letter27 Jun 2026 Letter 2: The farmFounded 1925. Run today by the founders' great-grandson. The family behind Batch 01. The Maremma coast from above, pine forest meeting sand and sea Letter01 Jul 2026 Letter 3: How to taste the placeA small skill for when your bottle arrives: how to pour, smell and wait for the finish. Fresh-pressed Batch 01 olive oil, minutes old Letter07 Jul 2026 Letter 4: Picked by hand, pressed by lunchtimeFrom tree to press in hours, gently and quickly. How Batch 01 was made. ORO bottle 48/3000 lying centred on chequered tiles with olives, basil and bread Letter10 Jul 2026 Letter 5: 3,000 bottles, each with a numberThree thousand bottles, no two alike. Why we count them, and what the number on yours means.