Bronte, Catania

Romano Vincenzo

An olive oil mill on the slopes of Etna, since 1959: extra virgin olive oils and condiments.

House: Romano Vincenzo
Since: 1959
The mill: On the slopes of Etna
Craft: Extra virgin olive oil and condiments

A family mill since 1959

In 1959 the Romano brothers, following in the footsteps of their grandfather Pasquale, opened their first mill in Bronte, on the slopes of Etna.

Today the house is in its third generation.

The olives for the Monte Etna DOP and the Sicilia IGP are picked by hand.

Two men crouching over a heap of picked olives and leaves on the ground

Olives and leaves tipped from a plastic crate between a picker’s legs

Crushed with the olives.

Two of the condiments are obtained by crushing olives and lemon, or olives and chilli. The third is a condiment based on extra virgin olive oil, flavoured with garlic.

For the Monte Etna DOP, the olives are milled on the day they are picked.

Then the DOP is filtered through cellulose sheets.

Monte Etna DOP.

From the mill.

Testa di Moro · Monte Etna DOPExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in the white Testa di Moro bottle, with its box.

Testa di Moro · Sicilia IGPExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in the black Testa di Moro bottle.

Le Iconiche · Pattern FiorelliniExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in a decorated bottle.

Le Iconiche · Pattern MaiolicheExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in a decorated bottle.

Le Iconiche · Decoro PaesaggioExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in a decorated bottle.

Le Iconiche · Decoro SolemareExtra virgin olive oil, 0.5 L, in a decorated bottle.

Olive e LimoneCondiment based on extra virgin olive oil, obtained by crushing olives and lemon. 0.25 L.

Olive e PeperoncinoCondiment based on extra virgin olive oil, obtained by crushing olives and chilli. 0.25 L.

All’AglioCondiment based on extra virgin olive oil, flavoured with garlic. 0.25 L.

Why this house

Why Romano Vincenzo belongs in the ZAGARA selection.

1959

the year the Romano brothers opened their first mill in Bronte

generations: the house is now in its third

oils and condiments from the mill in our selection

Heritage

“Frantoio dal 1959”, a mill since 1959: the words stand under the Romano name on the labels.

Place

The house is in Contrada Corvo, San Nicola, in Bronte.

Craft

The Testa di Moro bottle is a registered exclusive design. The Iconiche bottles are decorated, their design inspired by Sicilian tradition.

Two decorated olive oil bottles lying on a dark green ground, one with flowers and checks, one orange with a sun, houses and the sea — Le Iconiche.

Through ZAGARA Selection

Romano Vincenzo in Australia.

Extra virgin olive oils and condiments from the mill in Bronte.

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Harvest photographs by Giuseppe Lombardo, courtesy of Romano Vincenzo