ROSTO is a family owned & run company bringing you fresh first cold pressed Australian extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), at a ‘splosh it around’® price. Being a family business, we have a passion that only personal involvement can bring…we’re crazy about our oil!

Our Upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa) property is home to a 60,000 tree grove. We have carefully selected the best olive tree varieties from Italy, Spain & Greece and blend to produce a balanced oil (fruitiness, bitterness, pepperiness). Straight after the olives are harvested, we press our olives at our grove to minimise handling and most importantly ensuring optimum freshness. Like a freshly squeezed fruit.

WHAT A HARVEST!!!
Our 2009-2010 EVOO has certainly got tongues wagging...especially with our multi-award winning Extra Oomph EVOO. This exceptional oil has fresh fruitiness with a touch of Italian bitter and finishing with an 'Oomph' of pepper. Check out the long list of awards we've won this year...

2009 EXTRA OOMPH AWARDS
At Rosto's price point, Extra Oomph and Mellow's awards are remarkable. Arguably, the best quality at the lowest price. Extra Oomph was awarded "best in class" and three other medals at the Hunter Valley show; a "gold" at the Melbourne show; a "silver" at the Queensland show; a "bronze" at the Sydney show and impressively, a "silver" at the national extra virgin olive oil show. While our affordable Extra Oomph cleaned up with awards this year, our Mellow also did very well. Mellow was awarded a "bronze" in each of the shows. So don't write off our Mellow EVOO. Mellow is kept soft and gentle for times when you want a less robust EVOO flavour. Winning medals in every EVOO show we entered means you can enjoy a lovely Australian EVOO without emptying your wallet. So splosh it around!

Our new season's oil is due to hit stores (go to link: Where to buy Rosto) in December. Pick up a few bottles, they make great Chrissy pressies.

2008-2009 HARVEST WRAP
Harvest conditions were perfect with no early frosts. Our 18.5 tonne straddle harvester (The Colossus) worked brilliantly and our Pierialisi Olive Press kept up with the harvester so that all the fruit was 'cold pressed' and the oil was is the settling tanks within five hours of picking, hence, easily qualifying as Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO).

ROSTO has again selected two excellent blended oils this year - 'Mellow' being an all purpose EVOO and 'Extra Oomph' being a stronger flavoured oil, having more fruitiness but still in balance with bitterness (which gives a clean palate) and pepperiness (which balances the fruitiness).

ROSTO 'Mellow' EVOO is a well balanced EVOO, slightly sweeter than last year with fresh fruity aromas not unlike bananas. Gentle pepperiness and bitterness ensure a fresh clean finish. 

ROSTO 'Extra Oomph' EVOO has excellent fruity aromas of banana with hints of floral and almond complexity. Good early bitterness and a solid peppery finish ensure a clean palate.

What is Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
It’s all about the treatment of the olive. If it is harvested at the right time & quickly first cold pressed, the oil will be fresh & unspoilt – extra virgin. Our olive press is on the farm (unlike most) which ensures our plump olives remain unscathed.
If the olive is not treated properly the olive oil has to be refined (like most vegetable & peanut oils). If the olive oil is labelled ‘pure’, ‘ordinary’, ‘light’ or ‘pomace’, these lack the flavour & all the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil.

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