The OLIVE PRESS: the award-winning olive oil from California

Chris Gilmore, Product Manager, say: “We are committed to producing the highest quality of olive oil along with an array of handmade artisanal products while serving the pressing needs of the community. This target with others several factors: excellent fruit, timely delivery to the mill, close attention to detail during processing and the utilization of our new Pieralisi system which has shown its ability to produce world class extra virgin olive oil.”

“We are running an efficient business - continues Chris Gilmore -which promotes the growing of quality fruit, the quality care of that fruit, the quality harvest, the milling, the racking, the storing, the bottling, the education, and the eventual presentation and selling of this beautiful oil.”

In the 2013 The Olive Press mill was equipped with a Pieralisi plant, consisting of the Optima Washing Machine, KneadingMOLINOVA TG 700 lts, centrifugal extractor SPI111 and Bravo separator, which has demonstrated its ability to produce extra virgin olive oil olive world class!

This system meets two main objectives with incredible consistency: maximization of extraction which is important to the client and quality assurance that is our main objective as a miller. “We have always been very happy with the level of expertise that Pieralisi technicians bring with them to California each season - confirmed Chris Gilmore - and we are very pleased to have the system that we do and know that we will be making California''s best extra virgin olive oil for years to come!

It is a striving for the best quality products and service that motivate us every day. We take pride in sharing the process and tradition of olive oil production with our community and our worldwide customers. From the sun, to the soil, to the branch, to the bottle, to you... we remain committed to Ed Stolman''s innovative vision for The Olive Press!

We are the most highly awarded producer in North America and while we enjoy the accolades - continues Chris Gilmore - I feel that the expression of delight on each person''s face when they taste our oils for the first time is worth more than all the medals we''ve won combined.”