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First Texas Olive Oil Company presses fresh Extra Virgin olive oil in our frantoio (the Italian word for olive press). This pressing facility is located on the Ranch, next to the olive orchard. We use modern, Italian oil processing equipment (an Oliomio Mdl 60 olive oil press) that is especially designed to extract substantial volumes of the highest quality Extra Virgin oil by the "cold press" method.

Historically, olive oil has been attributed as a source of health benefits including the improvement of skin condition, help in the aging process, and improvement in metabolic balance and the circulatory system. Research today indeed supports these original claims made by Hippocrates, Galen, Dioscorides and Diocles. Modern studies have shown that olive oil contains poylphenols and fatty acids (HDL's) which have a beneficial effect on serum cholesterol.

But what really motivated us to create First Texas Olive Oil? We think olive oil makes good food taste GREAT!

We pressed Bella Vista's first olive crop on September 24, 2001, and have continued this pioneering effort by pressing olives each year since! We provide guided tours to the public during our pressing season to give you close up and hands-on-experience.  Check back at this site for the dates and times of our Annual Olive Oil Pressing.  (Usually Sept/Oct timeframe.)

Fresh olive oil is available in our tasting room at the Ranch. 
Please join us to enjoy the incredible taste of fresh olive oil!

If you have questions about olive oil, want to order high quality, cold press Extra Virgin oil, feel free to email the oliveguy@bvranch.com or call us at 512-847-6514.