Product description Sola Stella Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Traditional Balsamic Vinegar Salad Set Our popular salad sets make a healthy and delicious gift for all the foodies in your life. This set features our classic Sola Stella Extra Virgin Olive Oil (500ml) & Traditional Balsamic Vinegar (250ml). Simply mix two parts oil to one part balsamic and you have an easy and delicious salad dressing! Sola Stella: 100% Arbequina, yielding a uniquely smooth and buttery extra virgin olive oil Traditional Balsamic: Amazingly sweet and thick, just like a premium balsamic should be. This is our signature traditional balsamic vinegar Di Modena Italy, produced to our exact specifications. Look out for our other salad set: Bold Texas Miller's Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Fig Balsamic. Outstanding Extra Virgin Olive Oils & Barrel Aged Balsamic Vinegar Made with varieties of olive that we grow onsite at our beautiful olive orchard in Dripping Springs, TX. Taste the difference in every bottle. Our premium balsamic vinegars are tremendously delicious and versatile. Not only are they the perfect accoutrements to any salad, they can be used as a base for marinades and sauces, drizzled over desserts, used to make shrubs, jams and other culinary condiments. Your imagination is your only limit. Grown and harvested locally in Dripping Springs, TX Dripping Springs has the perfect land conditions for growing olives, and also shares similarities to Italian landscapes- a reminder of our heritage. The trees in our organic orchard are planted on a slope in rocky limestone soil – the limestone keeps the soil more alkaline, the slope of the land and the rocks in the soil help with water drainage. There is always a nice breeze in the orchard which helps the pollinator trees (Pendolino variety) to pollinate the varieties that need pollinating. It was an entire family effort, and something we are all proud of! How To Taste Olive Oil Swirl Pour a teaspoon of olive oil into your cup. Cover the cup with one hand and swirl it delicately until the oil in the container is close to body temperature. Sniff Lift the cup to your nose and sniff deeply. Olive oils have aromas just like wines. Slurp Take a sip and hold it in your mouth. DO NOT SWALLOW. Roll the oil around in your mouth so that the oil touches all areas of the mouth. Note the various tastes and sensations. Swallow An EVOO of high quality will leave your mouth clean with little aftertaste. Check out our other extra virgin olive oils, herb infused olive oils, and barrel aged balsamic vinegars! Our lauded premium extra virgin olive oils and our flavorful herb infused olive oils are sure to become a staple in your kitchen. They pair perfectly with our barrel-aged balsamic vinegars, which are available in more than a dozen flavors. Owned and operated by a father/daughter duo Texas Hill Country Olive Company is family-owned, and located in the beautiful and beloved "Texas Hill Country" of Dripping Springs, Texas. Our olive orchard is located on 17 acres of picturesque land, and is an organic orchard. Since day one the focus has been on preserving the natural beauty of the area while providing fresh locally produced extra virgin olive oil and other premium quality products. Why Dripping Springs? It has the perfect land conditions for growing olives, and also shares similarities to Italian landscapes- a reminder of our heritage. It was a bit of a homage to our motherland that we chose to plant where we did. The trees are planted on a slope in rocky limestone soil – the limestone keeps the soil more alkaline, the slope of the land and the rocks in the soil help with water drainage. There is always a nice breeze in the orchard which helps the pollinator trees (Pendolino variety) to pollinate the varieties that need pollinating. It was an entire family effort, and something we are all proud of! We hope you enjoy our olive oils and gourmet food, and that you have a chance to visit us in Texas so that we can share more of our story with you.
