About Our Olive Oil

As native Californians, we are extremely proud to use product that was harvested here in our beautiful state. California olive oil has distinguished itself as an authentic, premium-quality, extra virgin olive oil producer.

Over the years enfuso has built personal relationships with farmers who ensure stewardship of their fields. In our early days we focused on the renown Capay Valley agricultural area located in Yolo County east of Calistoga and north of Davis. It is home to the beautiful Cache Creek which carries pure water flowing from the mountains at the north end of the valley. It contains many multi-generational farming families dedicated to sustainable practices in order to preserve and protect their most valuable resource, the land.  This early relationship taught us to value these principles. Since then we have branched out to work with other farmers in Woodland, Central Coast, Lodi/Stockton, and Live Oak but never to compromise on the importance of caring for the land.

As California olive oil has grown in popularity, demand for it has increased while growing challenges have limited supply causing scarcity and higher cost. While we are lucky to be connected with California farmers where we can still purchase amazing product, our need for extra virgin olive oil has grown as well. While sourcing in California, we connected with a local farm and mill whose parent company was based in Australia. They convinced us to try some of the golden stuff from the “Land Down Under” and we are so glad that we did. We now have amazing olive oil from two premier locations in the world. And there is the extra benefit that being that Down Under means opposing growing seasons from the USA. So we benefit from the freshness of harvest twice a year! Our growth has pushed us to expand our olive oil sources but not to give up on working directly with farmers with values similar to ours.

We are also proud to work with millers that maintain the highest level of technology and methodology for processing olives. The age-old term of "pressing" olives comes from ancient traditions of using stone presses rotated by dray animals. These ancient processes are still occurring on small fields in old-time villages. But they do not always produce the most pure and highest quality oil. The most advanced methods applied in mills today use machinery that minimizes olive damage, eliminates heat, and pulls the purest oil from the first press. 

We are careful to ensure purity and integrity of any oil we acquire for the entire supply chain. We work get to know farmers and field managers so we can be confident that they cherish and care for their land and trees. We work with millers to be sure that the olives are processed within hours of picking and the resulting oil is optimally stored to ensure longevity. On arrival to our facility, our olive oil is kept in a temperature controlled food safe storage area in containers without oxygen interaction to maximize its pure and youthful flavor.

In summary, by sticking to olive oil made from the highest quality olives, working with farmers to source olives from the best fields, using milling processes that ensure the best results, and managing the supply chains from the trees in the field, to the millers warehouse and finally to our warehouse, we want you to feel confident in the purity and health benefits of any olive oil products you procure from enfuso.