Buying guides

How to choose, recognise and give a good extra virgin olive oil.

Buying guides

Picual olive oil: flavour, uses and how to choose a good one

Green, intense, bitter and peppery: this is Picual olive oil, the queen variety of Jaén, and this is how to choose and use it.

4-minute read

Buying guides

Ideas for olive oil gifts at Christmas, weddings and corporate events: how to choose the oil and format for each person and how to…

12-minute read

Buying guides

Why Jaén olive oil is world famous: the sea of olive trees, the Picual variety, its four PDOs, how it tastes and where to…

13-minute read

Buying guides

What makes an olive oil organic under EU rules, how organic groves are farmed and certified, why it costs more and how to choose…

13-minute read

Buying guides

Discover what olive oil acidity really measures, why low acidity matters for quality, and how to choose an exceptional extra virgin olive oil for…

11-minute read