By Shoshi Parks, April 2024

Marie-Charlotte Piro knew her brother Romain’s artisan olive oil, Olio Piro, would do well at an international olive oil competition in 2018. After more than a decade in the industry, he’d developed a method that combined ancestral techniques of pruning, grassing and handling olives with advanced milling technology to produce a beautifully balanced and aromatic oil.

But neither sibling was prepared for the judges’ response... Read more