Join me as I explores the food, culture, and landscape of Sardinia for the first time in this travel vlog. From traditional dishes to the unique history, this video captures the essence of this beautiful Italian island.
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43 Comments
…and you did not taste the Tuscany olive oil!
You've been really lucky, you have seen the real heart of Sardinia. A lot of italian and foreign tourist just go to the north-est of Sardinia, which have amazing beaches but it's basically a giant tourist trap for food and over-expensive hotel.
The issue is this, if you talk about commercial olive oil, the quality is lower even on the Italian one, cause the EU commercial rules force the oil producers to "cut" (mixing) their oil with other EU produced olive oil (so for example in a bottle you will have a mix of good italian olive oil mixed with bad other countries olive oil).
If you want a great olive oil in Italy you do not have to buy the commercial one (with rare exceptions there is also full italian commercial olive oil but they cost a lot per litre) but you have to buy it from local producers.
Most of the olive oil sold or bottled in Italy within the price range of 8 to 15 euros is not made from Italian olives. It sounds Italian—the brand, the packaging, everything suggests it's Italian olive oil—but if you read the label, you'll find the phrase "blend of EU oils."
Olive oil made from Italian olives has a IGT (Protected Geographical Indication) label and usually costs more than 15 euros per liter, often around 30 euros per liter. If bought in bulk directly from a producer, you might find it for around 20 euros per liter, provided you purchase 5 to 10 liters.
What you didn’t like is low-quality EU-blended oil, with a deep golden color (from overripe olives, harvested that way to maximize yield) and typically more than 12 months old. In contrast, high-quality olive oil is fresh, with a greenish hue, as it comes from unripe olives.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your experience.
To be fair Greek oil is different from ours, but absolutely comparable in quality. Also you can find very different types of olive oil in Italy. The Garda one, produced in my hometown, will be VERY different from the one produced in Tuscany or in Puglia. All of them have extremely high quality brands, the only thing you can do is try them all and see which one you prefer according to your taste. A pity that, thanks to your wonderful president and his very realistic and liberal worldview, you'll now have to pay 25% more for it
You are more than welcome in the rest of italian regions, where you can find and live the same experiences of the beautiful sardinia's ones. Said that, it's very sad for us italians (and Europeans) thinking about what USA is becoming today; i could say: "Once we were friends, partners, allies"…but no more. You betrayed us for mr.Putin, even for your tariffs, and that's all 🙂. Bye Bye ex-friends.
Thank You dear George to show our loved Sardinia. Love You 💚🤍❤fantastic Video
wonderful video. subscribed!
I'm now living in italy and i will be helping my neighbor family with the yearly pomodori production every year……yeah, lot's of coffee, wine, some homemade limoncello, food, labor……never been so stoned in my life. About olive oil…..I helped the fellow who did major remodeling on my brick/concrete apartment with his olive trees……it is quite labor intensive….I'm sure commercial olive prdoducers have certain machines, but small family production is on our knees picking out the leaves and branches……all day long. with a wine, cheese, and bread/olive oil break. It is also possible to buy small production olive oil that I wasn't completely happy with. I think they were not diligent about removing leaves….it has a bitter finish, but most small production oil has been great…..and I've had excellent and mediocre oil from the grocery store. We live in Abruzzo, which is off the tourist map, it is where Italians come for vacation in August/September. Abruzzo is the greenest part of Italy………with Molise, we live in an Italian bubble….not much english spoken here.
you can't compare a home made oil with a commercial one
wherever it is from
you were really very naive
Unfortunately, the oil you find on the market abroad is often the same as the one you find in Italy in supermarkets, and most likely they are not made with Italian olives, but very often from North African countries, because it has a very low price.
Italian oil bought directly from those who have the plants, has a cost that varies from 13 euros per liter, up to 18 euros per liter. While the one in supermarkets costs on average 10 euros per liter.
This does not only apply to oil, but also to other products.
Pro tip: when you see a bottle / can of Italian olive oil, check the label: must read "Prodotto con olive italiane 100%". If it reads "prodotto con olive della Comunità europea" (includes Greece and Spain) or worse "…e non" (includes Turkey, Tunisia, Morocco), avoid. Not because those countries can't make a good oil, but because if the industry imports them, they're the cheapest. Also, must be cold pressed, but that's a given. And if you're in a region that produces oil (= almost all in the center and South Italy, Liguria, Garda lake, Piedmont in the north) go for a frantoio and buy directly from the producer: he will also let you taste it on a slice of bread before you decide. Lots of scams from the large industries. A good one won't cost less than 12 Euros/liter.
One more pro-tip: if you have some locally produced oil mailed to USA, don't use it right away: let it rest in the dark (it's light-sensitive) for at least a couple of months.
Your fist trip to Italy and you go to Sardinia. That’s usually second, third, fourth trip. lol. And cooking Italian is quite simple. Best quality ingredients. Period. Not USA crap
12:28 Sorry bro, we keep the good stuff for ourselves 🤣
This video was amazing! Glad youtube reccomended it to me
Note: Sardegna is… odd. Very different from the rest of Italy.
Meraviglia!
I spend some time every year in Sardinia and I love it so much that I'm waiting all year round in the cold north of Italy just to have the opportunity to go back… The first time I saw Caprera I understood why Garibaldi retired there, and why they live so long: it's too beautiful to die.
Welcome to Italy(even if Sardinia is something different!
There are a lot of counterfeit and adulterated olive oils being sold in the United States. There are blended oils as well.
It Is not "Italian" it is Sardinia
Imho it depends on the local brand and the personal taste. In fact olive oil is like wine. In every region you can find good qualities and bad ones.
In Italy, good oil costs a lot, and prices have increased for some years. Therefore, in America, considering shipping costs and the now very high duties, finding at least decent quality Italian oil for less than $20–$25 per liter seems impossible.
Grazie! I love Sardinia just as much as my native region of Trentino Alto Adige.
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Apologies, we won't do that again
Guarda bene i numeri che fai sparlando di prodotti e tradizioni di cui non hai nessuna conoscenza
You have Greek ancestry and are full of prejudice concerning olive oil from others countries than Greece. I am from a Middle European western country (we are not produing olive oil) and in my country, Greek olive oil is considered the worst among olive oils! So, what do you have to say to that?
If you are looking for to another town in Sardinia, where is produced great olive oil and wine, try Oliena is a small town towards north east of isle.
Real oils are usually not produced for the general market they do not have a brand, pure unrefined oil only in Italian oil mills you can take it or try it when it is olive season, the flavor and texture have nothing to do with those in the bottle, we in the south for example put the oil in the Steel tanks.
you should check out the olive oil form puglia, its in the southern part of italy and the olive oil there is the best there is on the market
The best ❤
Amico, io non so chi tu sia (mi è apparso il tuo video come suggerimento) ma sappi che alla Italia dei tuoi video di disapprovazione non gliene frega niente. 😊 Tieniti pure le tue scuse.😊
Meglio tardi che mai. Grazie per aver raccontato la vera essenza di quella magica terra….ma che non si sappia troppo in giro… se la Sardegna è rimasta così autentica è perché in pochi la conoscono.
you should come to Tuscany to taste the olive oil of the Tuscan hills. one of the best in Italy. in the top positions of the ranking that the gastronomic magazine "il gambero rosso" publishes every year on the best Italian extra virgin olive oils.
@georgegiannaris you have to try garda d.o.p evo , sicilian nocellara evo, an puglia oil or Tuscany oil or calabria oil omg im Drooling
Ho comprato olio extravergine da un mio caro amico calabrese l'ho pagato 10 euro litro mi ha fatto un prezzo speciale….Olio è vita Mia mamma è sarda di Bosa
Part of my family is from Puglia, we do produce olive oil since ever: I will never trade our coratina for greek oil. Commercial italian "extra virgin" olive oil sold around the world is "made with EU olives" (including greek, portuguese, and other olives). I won't even touch preserved olives, greek ones sold everywhere all taste the same, and it's not olive taste…
Domus de janas translates as "House of the fairies". the tombs of the giants are a different thing, their name is "Tumbas de sos gigantes".
A lot of products sold as Made In Italy are counterfeits unfortunately. That explains why olive oil labeled as Italian often tastes like plastic
il prezzo dell'olio spesso ne denota anche la qualità meno spendi meno trovi, io produco il mio per uso personale ^_^ è c'è differenza con quello che compro per cui non è facile, e poi cambia da dove viene prodotto tra la mia località e quella vicina è gia un abisso di differenza è la differenza è più sensibile persino rispetto al vino, putroppo sono due anni che non riesco a produrlo, per cui ho cercato un alternativa, trovandone uno che a me piace molto, però è del nord italia
Thanks bro for your review. Honest and real broadcast. Inland Sardinia is beautiful. But the sea..? Do we want to talk about the sea?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G89A21CtVmU&t=8s
but I believe you spent a lot of time in Italy,, c'mon you didn't pronounce 1 Italian word correctly??! .. unbelievable