One of the great rituals for food-loving Italians is the annual tasting of freshly pressed olive oil. The harvest of green olives right before Christmas ensures this traditional holiday treat. New olive oil is usually called nuovo in the north and novello in the south; both words mean new, or fresh. In the case of extra virgin olive oil, this means creamy, piquant, zesty, unfiltered and completely untamed by months in the settling tank. There is nothing like truly fresh extra virgin olive oil. A special bottling of Novello from Olio Verde in Sicily arrives stateside via air in mid-December.

Olio Verde has a very limited production so if you want to secure some of this green elixir, order now!

Each bottle contains 16.9 fluid ounces (500 ml) of Olio Verde Olio Novello.