Olive Oil and Gourmet Pantry
Temecula Olive Oil Company Simply Olive Oil Club
Grower-direct California olive oil club from a Temecula ranch with tasting rooms
- Status
- Operating
- Best for
- Home cooks who want fresh domestic olive oil
What's in the box: Expect bottles of the company's own California extra virgin olive oil, which may include flavored oils, though the site does not spell out exact box contents.
Temecula Olive Oil Company grows olives at Olive View Ranch outside Temecula, California. It sells its own cold-pressed extra virgin olive oils, plus balsamics, artisan foods and bath and body goods. The Simply Olive Oil Club is its membership for people who want oil to keep arriving. The company stresses freshness and argues that its California oil reaches you sooner than imported or supermarket bottles. That is a fair point, since olive oil loses flavor as it ages.
The main draw is the range. Besides straight oils like Olivum, the shop carries flavored oils such as Fresh Basil, Roasted Garlic Reserve and a seasonal Mediterranean Herbs blend, so club shipments could offer some variety. The site's main pages do not say how often the club ships, how many bottles come each time, or whether you can choose your oils. Read the club page carefully before you sign up. The shop takes 10% off orders of 12 or more bottles, and club members get an additional 10% on top of their club discount. Orders of $150 or more ship free within the continental US.
If you live in Southern California, the tasting rooms and ranch tours add something most mail-order clubs cannot. For everyone else, it is a solid, grower-direct way to keep fresh domestic oil in the pantry.
