“Bellarine Golden Olive” began the legend of its famous extra virgin cold pressed infused olive oils in 1997, with the first planting of 265 olive trees. Plantings continued over the next four years, until 1700 trees of Frantoio, Manzanillo, UC13A6, and Kalamata cultivars were planted.

We were very proud to produce the first commercial crop of olives on the Bellarine Peninsula in 2001, producing 2.2 tonnes of fruit. This was processed by the master olive oil maker, Gianni Grigoletto. He was amazed at the quality of the wonderful, robust, peppery, olive oil produced from the Manzanillo cultivar and the fruity, light, piquant flavoured Frantoio oil, which our Bellarine Peninsula is now famous for producing.

Our claim to fame in the boutique extra virgin olive oil market, is the variety of infusions that we produce. We began with basil, (luscious over salads, bruschetta and for breakfast on hot toast with sliced fresh tomato, ground pepper and salt), and garlic,(appetizing with almost any dish you can think of, particularly good on a tender piece of juicy steak, or an easy way to make garlic bread), garlic and basil became an instant success with our cognoscible customers. We have a large variety of choices: lemon, (fantastic to enhance your fish or add to your risotto dishes), rosemary, (beautiful poured over a succulent leg of lamb, or on a fresh salad), ginger, (delicious with any Asian stir fries), parmesan, (scrumptious used to finish off pasta, and risotto) and chilli, (delectable with pasta and on any dish that needs just a little zing to liven it up). These are all infused with natural ingredients, fresh herbs and spices, many of which are grown by us, and added to extra virgin cold pressed oil, then bottled and prepared for our discerning customers.

A full range of our olive oils are available at the following markets:
Warrandyte Community Market 1st Saturday of the month
Pt Lonsdale Primary School Market 2nd Sunday of the month
Drysdale Community Market 3rd Sunday of the month
Queenscliff Community Market Last Sunday of the month

A limited range is also available at:
Leading Edge Computers 243 Moorabool Street Geelong
Maggies Kitchen Hesse Street Queenscliff
Maui Yunus (The Blue Dolphin) Newcombe St Portarlington
Portarlington Café Newcombe St Portarlington

Cellar Door
We have a cellar door on our grove at 250 Andersons Rd Drysdale, but please phone 0412 118 125 before you come to be sure we are open, Stuart or Yvonne will arrange to be there to welcome you and impress you with our quality products.