Travels and Tastes

Belvís de las Navas: Magic in a Bottle Image

Belvís de las Navas: Magic in a Bottle

Belvís de las Navas Extra Virgin Olive Oil—a little magic in a bottle! High above Marbella, Spain, nestled between the Sierra Blanca mountain range and the foothills of the Sierra de las Nieves, the enchanting Belvís de las Navas estate and their olive oil are something out of a fairytale—with a little dash of mystery…

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Halen Mon Smoked Water

You know Halen Mon‘s carefully hand harvested culinary salts. But have you tried their new addition to the food and beverage scene? Smoked water! This inventive new product is not for quenching thirst, but rather for adding the perfect amount of smoke to flavor culinary dishes and cocktails. Water is filtered and “smoked” in Anglesey, Wales. Producing the water is a 10-day process…

Trikalinos Sardines Image

Trikalinos Sardines

The Trikalinos journey began way back in 1856 when the Trikalinos brothers started Grey Mullet Avgotaraho production and trade in Etoliko, Greece. Avgotaraho—or Bottarga as the Italians call it—are whole mullet roe sacks, dried and preserved in beeswax. I could go on and on about how delicious and healthy Trikalinos’ Avgotaraho is, but I’ve already…

So healthy the benefits have been certified! Image

So healthy the benefits have been certified!

Biolea Greek olive oil earns EU Certification for high levels of polyphenols—meaning great taste and great for you! One of our earlier blogs titled “Greek Superfoods” highlighted—you guessed it—Greek foods that are indeed super, on many counts. One item on the list was the Greek olive oil Biolea (pronounced Bee-oh-lay-ah) for its excellence in artisanal…

Marqués de Valdueza’s New Mill Improvements Image

Marqués de Valdueza’s New Mill Improvements

Making the exceptional even more so with Marqués de Valdueza mill improvements When you already make a world-class olive oil like Marqués de Valdueza, how do you go above and beyond and make the exceptional, well, even more exceptional? Let’s just say it’s kind of high-tech and it involves things like “milking” procedures, a tree-to-deposit…