Visit and Puglia Oil Mill Tasting

Take part in an extraordinary experience with an educational tour and tasting of extra virgin olive oil in our mill!

Among the most enchanting oil mills in Puglia, the Savoia oil mill in Fasano awaits you with an expert and dedicated guide, in Italian or English, to immerse you in the uses and beliefs of oil over the centuries. It is possible to choose the Private Tour option: contact us for information on this.

We will welcome you to a 18th century farmhouse, Masseria Pezze d’Aglio, where our farm is located with the oil mill and sixty hectares of olive grove. Here, we will introduce you to the territory, among ancient blades and majestic centuries-old olive trees.
The harvesting of olives from monumental trees requires specific machines and tools that during the period October-November you could see up close for an even more exciting experience. In this first step, we will tell you about the varieties of olive trees in Puglia, in Italy and in the world.

We will then accompany you to the underground oil mill, among the ancient millstones used for the production of oil in the Middle Ages and the cave settlements and we will explain the uses of oil and the signs left by man over the centuries.
Then, the tour moves to the modern oil mill. Here, the cutting-edge equipment and the various processing phases to obtain a superior quality oil and the differences between extra virgin, virgin, olive oil and lampante will be illustrated.
The tour continues with a tasting of various oils in professional tasting glasses. We will compare different pure oils and, like a true sommelier, you will be able to distinguish the organoleptic properties of each one and learn to define the characteristics of a quality extra virgin.