Gourmet Italian

The people of Tuscany maintain that they have good reason to be a little snobby about the quality of their olive oil and the part that it plays in gourmet Italian cuisine. Most of the people who actually pick the olives prefer the oil over the cash for their labor. If people have a little bit of storage, many will buy enough olive oil for an entire year at harvest time. In fact, Tuscany has its own label of origin, much like a fine wine would.