The house

Named for two trees.

There are two of them behind the barn, both enormous, both a great deal older than anything we planted. The house is named after them, and so is the oil.

Four bottles packed in straw in a wooden crate — Packed in straw, four at a time.

The Casa da Amoreira label: a gold olive tree above the words Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Product of Portugal

The ambition

British kitchens, Portuguese oil, nothing in between.

We wanted this oil in British kitchens in the state it leaves the press. One grove, one oil, one pressing a year — everything we have goes into that bottle, and we would rather it stayed that way.