Olive Oil Week

The ninth edition of Olive Oil Week, held from August 24 to 28, 2025, offered a rich calendar of events between the historic center of Vieste and the most evocative locations of the Gargano: ancient olive groves, trabucchi, farmhouses, and seaside terraces. The 2025 edition, increasingly international in scope, brought together the agricultural world, institutions, chefs, sommeliers, and tasters.

Highlights included: a visit to an oil mill with Professor Antonia Tamborrino from the University of Bari followed by guided tastings; the Fishing and Oil experience at the Trabucco di Santa Croce; the Mixoilogy extra virgin olive oil cocktail masterclass with Riccardo Santovito of Gargano Dry Gin; Wellness and Oil, mindfulness meditation among the ancient olive groves with Nerina Di Nunzio; a show cooking session pairing Lithuanian dishes with Gargano oils, curated by Lithuanian food journalist Paulius Jurkevicius with the Association of Chefs of Gargano and Capitanata; a workshop with an aperitif and tasting of extra virgin oil from Slow Food Presidium ancient olive trees at the Agalliu Eralda Farm, and Pizza in the Square with Diego Vitagliano at Marina Piccola. Every evening, the Producers' Market at Marina Piccola hosted Gargano oils with live music, while the Tasting Experience curated by Oleum awarded the winners of the Mignola d'Oro competition.

Sunday, August 24 – Thursday, August 28, 2025 — Five days of widespread events between the historic center of Vieste and the surrounding area.

• Oil mill visit with Prof. Antonia Tamborrino (University of Bari), followed by guided tastings of extra virgin oils.
• Fishing and Oil — fishing experience from the Trabucco di Santa Croce with guided tasting of EVO oils.
• Mixoilogy — extra virgin olive oil cocktail masterclass with Riccardo Santovito of Gargano Dry Gin, at sunset on one of Vieste's terraces.
• Wellness and Oil — mindfulness meditation among the ancient olive groves with Nerina Di Nunzio.
• Show cooking — pairing of Lithuanian dishes with Gargano EVO oils, curated by journalist Paulius Jurkevicius and the Association of Chefs of Gargano and Capitanata.
• History and guided tastings of extra virgin oils from the Olio Intini company.
• Thursday, August 28 — Walk through the Slow Food Presidium ancient olive groves at the Agalliu Eralda Farm, workshop, aperitif, and tasting; meeting with FIOI; Pizza in the Square with Diego Vitagliano at Marina Piccola.
• Producers' market — every evening from 8:00 PM at Marina Piccola, 16 stands dedicated to Gargano oils with live music.
• Tasting Experience — 8:30 PM in Piazza Marina Piccola, tastings of the winning oils of the Mignola d'Oro competition, curated by the Oleum association.

• Ninth edition, increasingly international
• Oil mill visit with Prof. Antonia Tamborrino (University of Bari)
• Fishing and Oil at the Trabucco di Santa Croce
• Walk through the Slow Food Presidium ancient olive groves
• Awards ceremony for the Mignola d'Oro competition for the best Gargano extra virgin oil