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This Just In: Olio Nuovo is Here

The olive harvest has begun in most northern hemisphere olive growing regions. The first cold-pressed oils are called “new oils,” with their very special and fleeting characteristic vegetal flavor and “heat” in the throat. That profound vibrancy lasts only about two weeks before it subsides and the oil stabilizes as…

Dickson Napa Ranch – Profile

Lillian Dickson inherited the ranch from her mother. The land had once belonged to Lillian’s grandfather, Manuel Candido Almado. He had purchased the property in the 1940s after his own dairy ranch had to be sold for the building of the Napa County Airport….