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Liquid gold, island by island

Crete, Kalamata, Lesvos — how terroir changes the oil in your bottle.

Not all Greek olive oil tastes the same. Terroir — soil, altitude, variety — changes everything.

Cretan Koroneiki is grassy and peppery. Kalamata oil is rounder. The oil in your bottle carries the island it came from.