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It’s time for ‘olio nuovo’ in Tuscany

Tuscany today is still a region with a strong rural character, its agricultural products being synonymous of quality and excellence in Italy and abroad. If the month of September is traditionally dedicated to the grape harvest and the production of great Tuscan wines, October and November are dedicated to another Tuscan product of excellence: olive oil.

Extra virgin olive oil (EVVO) is one of the base ingredients in Tuscan and Italian cuisine and anyone that cooks knows that a good EVVO (even better if organic) is indispensable for the success of many dishes.

If you find yourself in Tuscany during these weeks, take the occasion to learn more about olive oil by following the various phases of its production from the field to the table. You can see how olives are harvested, follow the olives to the oil-mill and obviously taste the freshly pressed olive oil.
Many Tuscan dishes are perfect for tasting new olive oil, from the simple bruschetta to the ribollita to  “zuppa Toscana” or Tuscan soup .
You can find excellent recipe ideas for more Tuscan dishes at Tuscan Recipes .

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We finally made it! After several long and intense months of work, we launched a new version of our Discover Tuscany Travel Guide a few days ago! We completely reorganized the content and navigation, added new sections and new pictures and integrated this Blog and the Forum. The Florence section is growing so much that we decided to make it a separate website: Visit Florence, our travel guide about Florence, Italy.

We have so many ideas about how we want Discover Tuscany to be in the near future and are very excited about this new website. It will be a lot easier to publish and organize our articles. We have not yet included all our Tuscan experiences from this year, but we’ll be constantly adding new content over the course of the next weeks. So if you’re interested in Tuscany and Florence, add DiscoverTuscany.com and VisitFlorence.com to your bookmarks and come back to visit us regularly!