What exactly does "certified" mean? In Italy, the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) certification ensures your bottle of olive oil was 100% grown, produced, and bottled in a very specific region. For Bono, this is Val di Mazara, the bright green region highlighted on the collar of our bottle

Olio Officina Festival 2019. Eighth edition, seasoning for the palate and for the mind an event created and directed by Luigi Caricato

This is a preview for our readers of the fourth, spring issue, of OOF International Magazine, a quarterly magazine printed in both English and Italian. The cover catchphrase reads: "The pairing rules. When oil meets food". Have you subscribed yet?

This is a preview for our readers of the third, winther issue, of OOF International Magazine, a quarterly magazine printed in both English and Italian. The cover catchphrase reads: "All senses for oil. Panel test. History of a method". Have you subscribed yet?

This is a preview for our readers of the second, autumn issue, of OOF International Magazine, a quarterly magazine printed in both English and Italian. The cover catchphrase reads “Pressing olives, pressing ideas". Focus is on olive mills and millers. Have you subscribed yet?

This is what the olive tree at the centre of the scene seems to scream, with all its strength and lymph. It tries to resist to bacterium Xylella fastidiosa devastating attack, whereas the other trees appear to have been defeated. Hope springs eternal

I am a tree. Seventh edition, seasoning for the palate and for the mind an event created and directed by Luigi Caricato

Olio Officina Festival. Seventh edition, seasoning for the palate and for the mind an event created and directed by Luigi Caricato

Maria Di Cosmo’s work is one of the works on display at “Olio d’Artista”, the art exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro that can be visited during the sixth Olio Officina Festival, from February 2 to 4, 2017, in Milan #oof2017

Antonio Di Rosa’s work is one of the works on display at “Olio d’Artista”, the art exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro that can be visited during the sixth Olio Officina Festival, from February 2 to 4, 2017, in Milan #oof2017

It is like a sprout. Illustration by Valerio Marini

Illustration by Valerio Marini

Kristina Milakovic’s work is one of the works on display at “Olio d’Artista”, the art exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro that can be visited during the sixth Olio Officina Festival, from February 2 to 4, 2017, in Milan #oof2017

Concetta Russo’s work is one of the works on display at “Olio d’Artista”, the art exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro that can be visited during the sixth Olio Officina Festival, from February 2 to 4, 2017, in Milan #oof2017

Beppe Labianca’s work is one of the works on display at “Olio d’Artista”, the art exhibition curated by Francesco Sannicandro that can be visited during the sixth Olio Officina Festival, from February 2 to 4, 2017, in Milan #oof2017