About Abandoned Grove
Abandoned Grove did not begin as a business. It began with a contradiction.
On one hand, the power of exceptional extra virgin olive oil, the way it can anchor a meal, a memory, a connection, a place.
On the other, the widespread loss unfolding across traditional olive-growing landscapes: groves left behind, biodiversity eroded, communities displaced as land is forced to conform to systems built for speed, convenience, and volume.
Abandoned Grove exists where these realities meet.
From the beginning, it became clear that restoration alone is fragile. Care without visibility does not endure. If the oil is not exceptional, the land remains unseen. If quality does not create desire, abandonment continues.
Here, extraordinary oil is not a reward layered onto the work. It is the vehicle that allows land, culture, and quality to last.
Philosophy
Olive oil is culture, not a commodity. Abandoned Grove operates within the limits set by land, season, and care.
We believe excellence is not an indulgence, but the refusal to settle for anything less.
Things here take time: one harvest each year, two bottles per tree, skilled hands guiding every step. What is made is the result of years of growth, trial and error, and a steady faith that Mother Nature knows best.
What is made here is shaped by patience, expertise, and respect for natural limits, never by urgency or demand.
If You're Here
It’s because you believe in the craft behind great food, in nature, and in the power of the human hand to work in harmony with both.
We’re grateful you found your way to this work. We do this for ourselves, for our friends, and for a community that believes quality is worth protecting.
We are dreamers, idealists, and custodians of abandoned groves, driven by our love for extra virgin olive oil, the trees, the land, the people who tend them, and the beauty they bring to our tables.
