Award-Winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Our Award-Winning Family Legacy
Casale Sonnino is home to more than 740 olive trees that date back hundreds of years. Our crew harvests roughly 20 varieties of olives each October, primarily Rosciola, Carboncella, Frantoio, and Tuscan Leccino. They are cold pressed at a local mill within hours from picking to preserve the health benefits and ensure maximum freshness.
Like fine wine, our extra virgin olive oil varies in flavor, texture, and aroma from year to year. That’s due to weather, rainfall, and even the location of each tree on the property. Each year’s total yield fluctuates, but our expertise and love for the process always gets stronger.
In October 2023, the next generation – our young adults – helped gather the olives and made harvest time really special. They showered on the good luck as Casale Sonnino Extra Virgin won a silver medal at the recent 2024 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC). Expert sommeliers blind tasted our unique blend and deemed it among the best in Italy and the world.
This honor comes after a Gold Medal for the 2020 Harvest and the two Silver Medals we have won in earlier years. We’re very proud of our handiwork!
A Hands-On Learning Experience
Visit the Casale Sonnino during harvest season and experience a day in the life of an olive oil producer. Help lay down nets to capture every olive or station yourself at the barn where they are separated from the twigs and leaves. Later that day, take a trip to the mill to watch the olive oil production process from start to finish. And most importantly, be one of the first to taste the new vintage.
Throughout the year, you can tour our oliara to see where olive oil is stored. Along the way, make sure to check out the Roman walls, cistern, and house-made wine aging in large vats beneath the villa. Adventurers can head further into underground caves and learn more about the property’s history from the owner.
From Our Olive Groves to Your Kitchen
Join our mailing list! Our award-winning extra virgin olive oil is harvested each October. It is filtered and packaged at the Casale and exported to the USA, where it is available for purchase exclusively and directly by email through the Casale’s co-owner located on Long Island, NY. We ship all over the US and deliver nearby.
Our silver medal award-winning Extra Virgin Olive Oil – October 2023 Harvest – will be ready for sale in June 2024. We sell it directly to family, friends and “passaparola” – word of mouth. If you are interested in being notified when the shipment arrives and would like to receive a price list, please enter your contact information here:
