The olive known as “Nocellara del Belice”, or alternatively as the “Castelvetrano Olive”, is a typical Sicilian olive – as designated by the "Protected Denomination of Origin" (P.D.O.) of the European Union. In Trapani, the Mediterranean's marine breeze promotes a vigorous growth, producing robust olives. The Nocellara olives, with their rounded shape, are still all hand-picked, guaranteeing that the quality is never altered. According to Charles Quest-Ritson's book “Olive Oil”, Sicily is in fact amongst the premier olive producing regions in the world (far surpassing those of Tuscany, if you take into account the ratio between quality and price). Why not treat yourself at the end of the day, eating these delicious olives whilst sipping an aperitif.
