Top Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Pasta from Liguria

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Top Quality Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Pasta
from Liguria
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Liguria, a fascinating region
Liguria is an astonishing Italian Region where
mountains touch the sea, little fisherman
villages keep their ancient beauty and olive
trees grow in stone made terraces. Rosmarino
Farm is an old house dominating the Tigullio Gulf
right in front of the famous Portofino village.
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The story of Rosmarino Farm
Luisa and Gian Marco Petrelli, many years ago,
discovered a charming but abandoned house made of
stones and surrounded by secular plants of olive
trees. They started renovating the house with
love preserving the ancient taste of Liguria.
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The inside of Rosmarino Farm
Rosmarino Farm has been published as an example
of the traditional Ligurian style and decoration.
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The olive oil production
Luisa, a Gourmet Lover and senior member of the
Italian Academy of Cuisine, started in 1995 a
limited production of high quality extra virgin
olive oil for top cuisine and gourmets. The first
customer was Hotel Cipriani in Venice. Since then
other prestigious hotels and famous chefs decided
to buy her oil. Today, taking advantage of
professional oil tasters, Rosmarino Farm
integrates its production buying olives from
other Ligurian Farms. Her oil, with the brand
"Costa dei Rosmarini", is bottled in Imperia in
small quantities at a time and its superior
quality is constantly controlled by official
tasters of ONAOO (the Italian Association of
Olive Oil Tasters).
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The unique taste of extra virgin olive oil Santa
Chiara
What makes Santa Chiara different? Delicate
with no bitterness because made with Taggiasca
olives from Liguria. This is quite unique since
bitterness is normal in extra virgin olive oils.
Thanks to its delicacy this oil can be
appreciated also by consumers that are not used
to olives oil. Light and fruity with a slight
peppery aftertaste Santa Chiara is perfect as a
finishing oil. Choosing the right extra virgin
depends on the preparation you would like to
dress. This is what the great Chefs do. Some
extra virgin oils, like those from Tuscany, are
very strong some others, like those from Puglia,
are very bitter. Ligurian oils or are mild and
delicate. Never use a strong oil to dress a salad
or a fish, you'll kill it a second time! Delicate
oils should not be used for long cooking since
this fades the flavor of every oil. After a long
cooking a delicate oil will taste very little.
Santa Chiara has been awarded in international
competitions several times
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The commitment to quality of Santa Chiara
On the labels we print outstanding chemical
values for acidity, peroxides, etc. As far as we
know no other producer does the same The labels
of our bottles shows a graphic tasting profile
that inform the final customers about the
characteristics of Santa Chiara. We print the
harvest year. By the law the expiry date starts
from the bottling date not from the harvest. Many
producers mix old olive oil with recent one to
lower the costs. Our oil is really Italian. Many
Italians labels bottle oils from other
Mediterranean countries where production is not
as careful and controlled as in Italy. In
countries like Spain the majority of the
production is rolled in an industrial way
favoring the biggest and highest output olives
rather than quality.
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The Ligurian Specialties
Thanks to the success of her extra virgin, Luisa
soon started producing some other
specialties. The first ones were the Taggiasca
olives, the same used to produce the Santa Chiara
oil. Costa dei Rosmarini bottles Taggiasca
olives in brine, in paste and some outstanding
and very successful Pitted olives in extra
virgin. Costa dei Rosmarini prepares also sun
dried tomatoes in extra virgin and an amazing
Pesto Sauce
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The traditional Ligurian Pasta
In the year 2003 Costa dei Rosmarini bought a
share in a small pasta maker close to Rosmarino
Farm and introduced a very special line of
Ligurian Pasta in the line. The Pasta from Costa
dei Rosmarini is still partially hand made with
the very best semolina, the one named "kronos".
The drying time can take up to two days instead
of the few hours of the industrial pasta. This
makes our pasta a little more long to cook but
gives it a consistence that is totally different
from the industrial pasta. The quality in
ingredients and preparation, together with some
unique cuts and a very special packaging,
position our pasta among the very best on the
market.
The Croxetti
The Trofie
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The choice of the best chefs
The quality of the Extra Virgin Santa Chiara and
the other products from Costa dei Rosmarini is
proved by the quality of our customers. We are
proud suppliers of several of the best chefs in
Italy and abroad, many of them awarded by the
Michelin Guide
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The 1 in luxury hotels
Thanks to an outstanding quality and a very
special packaging Santa Chiara is probably the
1 extra virgin in the 5 stars Hotels in Italy.
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The top gourmet shops
Costa dei Rosmarini is distributed in many
countries and sold in many of the best gourmet
shops around the world.
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A mission for quality elegance
Costa dei Rosmarini is dedicated to top quality
with elegance in packaging. Santa Chiara extra
virgin is an example of our mission Taste,
Package, Communication and Customers have one
thing in common elegance. Follow the Scent
of Italy, taste the elegance of Costa dei
Rosmarini.