Sister Julie's Olive Oil

I love this oil. It has been my joy from planting to pressing to shipping. If you are looking for a premium oil that is rich and fruity and pungent with a long, full finish - you will love it too.

The nuns in the ancient Tuscan monastery of Valserena, in Italy, suggested this blend to me. "Treat your olive trees like children," the abbess directed. And I do. The trees are planted on the peaceful slopes of our Sonoma County farm. They are beautiful to see dancing in the breeze. The hundreds of birds they shelter provide sweet evening music. The trees grow naturally and we use no harmful products. When the time is right the olives are gently picked by hand (with the help of many friends) and cold pressed within a few hours in a slow process that guarantees the flavor and quality of this triumphant oil.

Our special blend of varietals is: 34% Frantoio, 32% Leccino, 16% Moraiolo, 10% Maurino, and 8% Pendolino.

There are so many uses for this oil. It is wonderful on chicken, fish, pasta, steamed vegetables, and in pesto. My favorite uses are the simple ones of my relatives in Italy - good bread dipped in oil, and oil drizzled over tomatoes and herbs fresh from the garden.

Mangiamo - let’s eat!
-- Sister Julie

Sister Julie mowing the fields.

Sister Julie supervising the pressing

Ingredients: 100% Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Bottled in the USA.

Proceeds help wholesomely conserve and sustain the land for the future, while providing a future for some youth with special challenges.

Grown by Starcross Monastic Community. Harvested, pressed and distributed by Starcross Family Confraternity and Friends.

Our monastic family is a small, autonomous community. We offer support for friends on all spiritual paths and none. Founded in 1976, we are perhaps best known for our response to children impacted by the AIDS pandemic in the United States, Romania, and now Africa, where we provide a home and education for AIDS orphans.

To Order

We are currently expanding our online sales for the olive oils, balms, books, and more. If you are interested in purchasing our olive oil now, please use the order form on the PDF of our Spring 2008 Newsletter: <click here> to open.