Greek Olives

The olive has been cultivated in Greece for over 5,000 years — an unbroken agricultural tradition that has produced some of the world's most distinctive and celebrated varieties. Greek olives differ so fundamentally from the generic, mass-produced black olives of international supermarkets that they should arguably be considered a different…The olive has been cultivated in Greece for over 5,000 years — an unbroken agricultural tradition that has produced some of the world's most distinctive and celebrated varieties. Greek olives differ so fundamentally from the generic, mass-produced black olives of international supermarkets that they should arguably be considered a different product entirely.At the centre of our Greek Olives collection are Kalamata olives — the almond-shaped, rich purple-black variety from the Kalamata region of the southern Peloponnese, protected by a PDO designation that acknowledges their uniqueness. Kalamata olives have a deep, fruity, wine-like flavour with a firm bite and a complexity…Read more