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Join Us For This Year’s Harvest Festivals

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17th Annual North Yuba Harvest Festival

Once again we are proud to sponsor this year’s harvest festival on October 7th, 10am to 4pm. It will be held at the Alcouffe Community Center at 9185 Marysville Rd., Oregon House, CA 95962. This is the biggest food and wine event in the North Yuba foothills.

North Yuba has received international recognition as a premium wine and olive oil region with local producers garnering coveted medals at major state, national and international competitions.

There will be over 40 vendors this year, including food stalls offering everything from haute cuisine to hot dogs, arts & crafts, antiques, Farmers Market, coffee bistro, and live musical entertainment. Ample children’s activities guarantee a day of family fun.

North Yuba offers a welcome retreat from urban life, we encourage you to check out the lovely AirBnB’s to make this a restful country weekend as well.

Mission San Jose  Olive Oil Festival

Saturday & Sunday, October 7 & 8, 2017, 10 am – 5 pm
Join Gianni Stefanini, owner and miller of Apollo Olive Oil, in the Dominican Sisters of MSJ Olive Grove, behind the Historic Old Mission San Jose!

Many olive oil vendors, live music, arts and crafts, great food, and activities for the kids. This is the premier event in the Mission San Jose district!

The Month of Harvest Festivals

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These past four weeks have been a lot of fun and very busy. Every year we look forward to attending the Mendocino Art in the Gardens Festival, the North Yuba Harvest Festival, the San Jose Mission Olive Festival, and the Cañada College Olive Festival. We gave out tastings, explained the flavors and benefits of good oil, and sent many folks home with our oils. It is always a pleasure to meet in person, answer your questions, and share the experience.

This year our Balsamic Condiment was a huge hit. Nearly everyone thought it was especially delicious – thicker, sweeter, with a long finish, and unlike anything else they had tried. Based on our very own 25 year old late harvest riesling, it is one of the only balsamic products entirely made in California.

Some of you drove up to four hours to visit us on our own turf, at the North Yuba Harvest Festival! What a surprise and honor. Thank you!

8th Annual North Yuba Harvest Festival

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Once again we are proud to sponsor this year’s harvest festival on September 28th and 29th, 10am to 4pm. It will be held at the Alcouffe Community Center at 9185 Marysville Rd., Oregon House, CA 95962. This is the biggest food and wine event in the North Yuba foothills.

North Yuba has received international recognition as a premium wine and olive oil region with local producers garnering coveted medals at major state, national and international competitions.

There will be over 60 vendors this year, including food stalls offering everything from haute cuisine to hot dogs, arts & crafts, antiques, Farmers Market, coffee bistro, and live musical entertainment. Ample children’s activities guarantee a day of family fun.

We hope to see you there!

Eat, Drink, and Be Local

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This year, our little rural community around Oregon House has experienced the spontaneous flowering of a local food movement that Apollo Olive Oil is proudly supporting. It all started very simply, with a small group of local food lovers and farmers meeting to explore how we can help our own neighbors enjoy the great produce growing right here. It turned out that most of our community had no idea how many wonderful things are quietly being produced right here in the hills of north Yuba county. Our rural area is tucked far away from any large grocery stores, so it made sense to many of us to bring our neighbors together with the local food producers.

This simple, initial effort has blossomed happily into a number of creative and practical ideas that have helped our local farmers sell their produce nearby, while delivering amazingly fresh, tasty food to their delighted neighbors. Now, the tiny, local farmer’s markets are cooperating in advertising for each other. The local community center hosts a wine-tasting lunch each Saturday that features local foods and wines (where Gianni volunteers to setup, wait tables, and clean up). Several maps of the local farm and wineries have been produced for visitors to tour farms in the area, meet producers, and learn about the wealth of real, good food growing right here. All the local wineries got together and created a “North Sierra Wine Trail and Discovery Adventure” to allow visitors to experience the area’s hidden gems. And, inspired by all this activity, a few individuals have started their own roadside farm stands.

This food movement has neighbors sharing their talents, making new friendships, and strengthening the local community – besides eating better and promoting neighborly business! We highly recommend all small town communities give it a try – it is well worth the effort.

Check out the first annual Wine Trail event  THIS WEEKEND – you can come either Saturday or Sunday.

The wine-tasting lunches are on Saturdays, through Labor Day.

Finally, here’s the web site promoting our new local initiative, North Yuba GROWN.

Taking Home the Trophy

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This weekend we headed down to the Yolo County fairgrounds to accept the trophy for the “Best of the Best” California olive oil, won by our 2012 Gold Series Coratina. The local press was there to mark the event. The judges found our Coratina to be the best organic olive oil and then, when judged against the best non-organic olive oils, it was again found to be the best overall.  We really like this little-known variety, and with over 250 olive oils in the competition this year, we’re happy it got the recognition it deserves.

Pictured (left to right) – Jean Malcolm, Office Staff, Umberto Stefanini, son,  Gianni Stefanini, Diana Stefanini owners of Apollo Olive Oil and Bart Vannucci, Director, Yolo County Fair Board.