FRANTOIO F.lli GALANTINO S.N.C.

 

 

GALANTINO, A FAMILY BUSINESS

The Galantino family business dates back to 1926, when Vito Galantino had the foresight and determination to acquire a majestic Nineteenth Century mill-house, and turned it into an olive oil mill. 
Since then, two generations of the Galantino family have run the mill, carrying it to dizzying heights of quality.

In 1985, Dr. Michele Galantino started bottling his olive oils in quality presentation packs, and Galantino Extra Virgin Olive Oil is now becoming established both in the home and international markets. 
Today, Galantino Extra Virgin Olive Oil is considered one of the finest Olive Oil in Italy.












 

THE "LA FENICE" ESTATE

The Galantino family acquired the "La Fenice" estate, which comprised 47 hectares of olive groves, providing for as far as the eye can see, a green expanse of over 15.000 Ogliarola and Coratina olive trees. The olives are harvested from 15th October to 31st December, when they are at a perfect stage of ripeness, following the time-honoured technique of hand gathering by shaking the branches of the olive trees so that the olives fall gently onto canvas "hammocks".

Witness to the quality of the olives is the care taken in yearly pruning, drip-irrigation, and ultra-modern detection techniques for monitoring the crop for pest control, thus reducing the use of phytopesticides to an absolute minimum. The result is a fine quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil that has the very best organoleptic properties.