The GOODS from The Olive Oil Merchant

Kelowna, BC | The summer weather is finally here. Canada Post is off strike. The first tomatoes from my garden are ripening. With so many things to celebrate we thought we would share our enthusiasm with you with our 1st Annual 30 days of Summer Sale. From today till August 6th, eight of our favourite olive oils and wine vinegars are 15% off – something that will make your salads and your pocketbook sing. To take advantage of this offer, use coupon code ‘summersalad’ at the check-out phase. Feel free to share the enthusiasm and the coupon code with your food-lovin’ friends.

If you are looking for some inspiration in the kitchen, check out our blog that is updated every Monday with recipes that follow the Mediterranean diet and philospophy of cooking.

About The Olive Oil Merchant

The Olive Oil Merchant is an Okanagan based importer of Italian specialty foods focused primarily on Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Why only extra virgin? Because its the only grade of olive oil that speaks. It expresses its olive variety and the age of the trees. The ground underneath and its irrigation. It provides clues about harvesting techniques, and the care of the olives before milling. You can detect the millers dedication and artistry, faint notes touching on the land, its region, the country of origin and the centuries of tradition and know-how behind this famed oil.

In Italy alone there are over 700 different types of olive cultivars resulting in thousands of different olive oils. Like wine, each oil has its own flavour and personality. A cooking staple, with unsurpassed health benefits, the right olive oil can also offer a little moment of beauty when it is matched with the right food.

We believe that whether you live in Vancouver or Vanderhoof, Port Coquitlam or Port Hardy, Kelowna or the Kootenays, British Columbians should have access to high quality, pure and natural specialty foods at fair prices. Each product with the Olive Oil Merchant portfolio has been hand-selected based on carefully crafted criteria: all are award-winning, artisan, 100% Italian and not previously available in Canada. The majority come from small family run businesses much like our own.

While the Canadian government doesn’t enforce EU regulations that were created to protect consumers from fraud, The Olive Oil Merchant does. All products indicate the origin of the olives down to the actual grove, a best-before date and a bin number so that products can be traced.

The Olive Oil Merchant provides wholesale service to restaurants, markets and caterers throughout British Columbia and retails via the webstore www.oliveoilmerchant.com across Canada.