For more than 300 years, the Ariston family has been growing, producing, bottling, and distributing the best extra virgin olive oil from Kalamata Greece to the entire world.

As a customer-focused company we offer a variety of services including customized labels, high volume sales, refill and save program, gift basket supplies, and much, much more.

By now you know that when the ancient Athenians wanted to make their city, the two finalist gods were Poseidon and Athena. Poseidon struck the earth with his trident and water came out. Athena gave them the olive tree. Athena won and therefore the city was named Athens. That is a small measure of how much olive oil is loved for and cared for in Greece.

In Kalamata region (southwest of Athens) this love has been carried out for thousands of years. Today through us, you can taste the difference of a product of a thousands of years of experience.

In 1999, we finally found a balsamic vinegar (12 years old) from Modena Italy which was good enough to be called Ariston.

All our olive oils are produced by our family-owned farm and imported to the United States, the reserve is a limited pressing that is labeled with a date and is not mass produced.

This extra virgin gourmet olive oil is produced in a limited quantity, so get some today!

It is a too common practice by companies of the World to assume that the American olive oil market does not know enough about olive oil, therefore, they frequently ship them last year's harvest, or worse the year before that, as long as it is blended with 25% - 30% of a fresh olive oil. The American market usually does not recognize the difference! Meaning that the olive oil you have been using is usually of poor quality as compared to the rest of the World's olive oils!

Another practice is how these companies will use olive oil with high acidity (that does not sell well in Europe) and sell that oil here as "high quality extra virgin olive oil." Look at your gourmet olive oil in the kitchen…Does it say "Mixed Blend"?  It is a very common practice to mix oils from different countries, different harvests and since olive oil does not have to be certified by anyone you get whatever they want to sell you.

This practice does allow companies to sell olive oil at a much lower price but you always get what you pay for and the only thing they achieve in the long run is give the overall import of olive oil to the United States a bad world reputation.

Olive oil is not supposed to taste rancid or heavy. Instead, olive oil should be pleasant to the senses, with a gentle fruity taste of the olive.

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It is true: Olive Oils should be classified according to its acidity level. The lower level of acidity means higher quality olive oil. How can you tell if the olive oil is low in acidity? The best way is by its taste. If the olive oil taste is smooth, fruity, no harsh after taste, then that means it is good quality olive oil that is low in acidity.