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Hello everyone
Here we are Nicola and Chiara Santoro from Agriè Farm
from Salento, in the South of Italy (Puglia).
Our family has always produced and excellent extra-*** olive oil
with high organoleptic properties.
Our love for our land and the desire to enphasize our cultural and historic heritage of Salento
prompted us to transform the passion we have for the production of high quality extra-*** olive oil into a real business.
Our brand "Agriè" embodies our dreams. "Agriè" means "the essence of agriculture"
because we would like to bring on your table the real extra-*** olive oil
as it comes out from the mill after the pressing of fresh picked olives.
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Today we are in Otranto, the far eastern town of Italy.
The story of our extra-*** olive oils can be better told
from the walls of the town, from these streets, the Castle and the Cathedral of martyrs.
Each labels of our extra *** olive oil is inspired by the life of certain people who were in Otranto the 28th of July 1480A.C.
On that day the town of Otranto was assaulted by a turkish army of 18,000 soldiers.
Idrusa, Colangelo, Aloise de Marco, Captain Zurlo and Giovannello
wrote a page of Italy's history here in Otranto.
But let's start from the inception of this adventure.
Those trees belong to our family olive grove which is 20ha large and has 1,800 trees, of which more than half are centenarian.
Here we harvest some olive varieties typical of this territory like Cellina di Nardò, Salento Ogliarola, Coratina and Nociara.
Our range of products includes monovarietals and blends that enrich the flavour of a typical Mediterranean meal.
We matched up these people who lived in the past with the character of our olive oils. By doing so, we paired up each olive oil with a face.
Idrusa, is a young woman. This olive oil is a blend of Cellina di Nardò and Salento Ogliarola, an olive oil perfect for every occasion.
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Captain Zurlo is an olive oil with a strong taste and represents a brave captain. This oilve oil is ideal for wintery soups, minestrone soup, grilled meat and bruschetta bread.
Colangelo, is a fisherman who is both romantic and strong. In fact it is a blend between Coratina and Salento Ogliarola.
Little Giovannello is an organic olive oil. Giovannello, despite his young age, fought on the walls of the town. This olive oil is useful for baby-led weaning.
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Welcome! We are at Nuova Generazione, the cooperative mill where we press our olives.
Nuova Generazione is part of Coop Olio Salento, an association of producers close to Coldiretti.
There are three production lines for the pressing of olives.
The first of which is dedicated to the production of premium quality extra *** olive oil.
Nuova Generazione and Coldiretti represents for us, young entrepreneurs, important points of reference.
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