Shipping & Delivery

Abandoned Grove follows the natural rhythm of the olive harvest.

Because our olive oil is made once each year from specific groves, shipping schedules follow the timing of the harvest and the preparation of the oil rather than conventional retail timelines.

Typical shipping windows are:

• Founder's Reserve: late autumn, after bottling

• One Grove Reserve (the Guardians' oil): early in the new year, following harvest

• Community Reserve: when the release opens, members first

Seasonal conditions may occasionally shift these timelines slightly.

All olive oil is made and handled directly within the Abandoned Grove system.

Each harvest is personally overseen by Fil Bucchino together with the growers, millers, and tasters who steward these groves.

After harvest, the oil is:

• milled within hours of leaving the trees, in a nitrogen-sealed mill

• tested every harvest by certified laboratories

• stored under nitrogen in stainless steel tanks at 17°C (63°F)

• bottled only when shipments are prepared

This approach preserves the character of the oil and allows most bottles to travel from tank to table in approximately one week.

Abandoned Grove does not move oil through wholesale distribution networks or third-party storage systems.

Fresh olive oil is only exceptional when it begins with healthy olives.

Oil made from damaged or fermented fruit may be technically fresh, but it cannot become great extra virgin olive oil.

For this reason, much of the work happens before the harvest: monitoring fruit health, caring for the trees, and harvesting at the correct moment. These decisions determine the quality of the oil long before it reaches the mill.

All shipments to North America travel by air.

Although more costly, air transport significantly reduces transit time and minimizes temperature fluctuations that can damage olive oil during long journeys.

This helps ensure that the oil arriving at your table reflects the character it had when it left the mill.

We ship to:

• Canada

• United States

Shipping is included for members and gift recipients.

For the public, shipping on a release is added at checkout.

For the United States, tariffs are included.

Whenever possible, shipments are consolidated into coordinated delivery windows following the harvest.

This approach protects freshness, reduces unnecessary transport, and minimizes packaging and environmental impact.

If a bottle arrives damaged, please contact us and we will make it right.

Because each oil is made in limited quantities tied to specific groves and harvests, we will always make our best effort to replace the bottle with oil from the same grove and season.

If that is not possible, a replacement from either Founder's Reserve or Community Reserve will be provided.

For shipping questions or delivery assistance:

community@abandonedgrove.com