CORONA DELLE PUGLIE

COVAN. EXCELLENT PRODUCTS THANKS TO COOPERATION.

Puglia is the land of Extra Virgin Olive Oil ""par excellence"". Its heart is right in the center of this Region: the countryside of Andria, where the marvelous ""Castel del Monte"" stands majestically, an exceptional monument built by Emperor Frederick II of Swabia in the 13th century.

It is there that the best Extra Virgin Olive Oil of the ""Coratina"" variety has always been produced, prized, genuine, with unique organoleptic properties.

And it is there that, in 1960, the COVAN Cooperative was born on the initiative of some growers who abandoned the old olive processing systems to create a modern milling plant, always renewed over time .

Today COVAN is an efficient and industrious production company that has 70 members and approximately 1200 hectares of specialized olive groves. The careful handling and cleansing of the olives before processing, combined with the use of technologically advanced machinery, recently implemented towards the end of 2022, guarantee the excellence of our product which, under the ""Corona delle Puglie"" label, is synonymous with heritage, quality and tradition.

""CORONA DELLE PUGLIE"" 100% ORGANIC.

A cold-extracted EVOO coming from crops that comply with the rigorous standards of Organic Agriculture and controlled by the ICEA Certification Body which is responsible for verifying the entire production process, from extraction to bottling. It is produced from the Monocultivar ""Coratina"" variety in olive groves that provide an average production per hectare, from olives not yet fully ripe, some purple, others still bright green. The latter give the oil an intense, almondy aroma, almost of freshly cut grass and leaves, with a slightly bitter initial note, followed by a spicy aftertaste. Our 100% organic ""BIO"" EVO oil is ideal for seasoning dishes characterized by strong flavors such as legumes, tasty soups, grilled or baked fish and, obviously, meats. ""Less is more"" is a fundamental attitude when bringing 100% organic ""ORGANIC"" to your table, as it is an EVOO with a robust and distinctive personality.

ITS EXCELLENCE: ONE BRIEF HISTORY.

The history of the ""Coratina"" variety olive has origins very ancient, since it was mentioned for the first time with the name of ""bunch olive"" (or ""racioppe"", from the local dialect, which means 'bunch') by the doctor, mathematician and agronomist Giovanni Presta in his text “Memoir of the sixty-two different oil samples presented to His Majesty Ferdinand IV, King of the two Sicilies, and critical examination of the ancient oil mill found in Stabia"", published in 1788. It was then Prof. Girolamo Caruso, at the end of 1800, who definitively placed this variety in the municipality of Corato, a few kilometers from Andria, from which it will then see rapid diffusion through the provinces of Bari, BAT and Foggia.

Monocultivar “CORATINAâ€: RECENT AWARDS.

A few months ago an online sector platform spread the welcome news that the prized EVO oil of the “Coratina†variety has been included among the 16 products from the Apulian regional list PAT - Traditional Agri-Food Product. The ""Coratina"" variety is therefore today officially linked to that peasant tradition and culture which has always given it its identity, offering the consumer guarantees in terms of the genuineness of the product. This recognition crowns a product that has been able to stand out in the vast panorama of Italian cultivars through centuries of incessant work in caring for the land as well as the trees and processing and milling the harvest.

In the last quarter of century, through promotion and marketing, ""Coratina"" extra virgin olive oil has gained a place of honor on the tables of the most demanding palates and in kitchens emblazoned by many great international chefs. That teamwork that gives credit to the entire supply chain: growers, cooperatives, millers, producers, associations, product organizations and institutions. An ambitious goal that finally guarantees our EVO Oil among the elite Apulian agri-food products. In the wake of this accreditation and inclusion we are proud to underline the concept that the purchase of such a distinctive EVO oil should be seen as an investment rather than an outlay by the consumer, because the ""Coratina"" EVO oil € is extraordinarily beneficial for health.

In the current economic and geopolitical climate we finally have the fruit of a variety so competitive as to conquer new national and international markets.
Our objective is therefore to continue in the tradition of taking care of our famous thousand-year-old trees, spreading new ones, monitoring the quality of its fruits and enhancing the legacy of one of the most prized products of our land to pass on to future generations.