EVO SICILY SRL

I am Carmen Bonfante, founder and owner of the Evo Sicily agricultural company. I am a sommelier and a wine and oil expert tasting technician.

We are a young Sicilian company in Menfi Agrigento, near the Selinunte Archaeological Park, artisanal, ethical and eco-sustainable, we personally take care of the entire production chain from the olive grove to the bottle. The love for my land, and passion for its excellent products, pushed me to give life to this enterprise, to give the right value to a product rich in virtues, and to an authentic and unique territory in the world: our Sicily. A strong reference to the origins and history, handed down to me by my grandparents, an in-depth study of the sector and the continuous challenge towards innovation, led me to create a production of excellent and high quality extra virgin olive oil certified IGP SICILIA, multi-awarded in the world and included in prestigious national and international guides. We produce a different types of oils, in different formats in an exclusive and elegant packaging. it is certificated eco-sustainable with the Friends of the Earth brand for the entire production chain. It is a 0-residue oil free from chemical treatments or pesticides harmful to health. 2.200 trees of Nocellara del Belice, Biancolilla, Cerasuola, with an age between 60-70 years Harvesting method: carried out by hand from the early hours of the morning, when the temperature is still cool. The olives are defoliated, selected and placed in well-ventilated 20 kg crates. They are then taken to the mill, 10 minutes from the olive grove, carefully selected, and pressed within 6 hours of harvesting. Crushing and Extraction: Cold milling in a continuous 2-phase cycle, with hammer crushers, malaxing at controlled temperature in the absence of oxygen, with disc separator. Filtration and Storage: the oil is filtered and stored in silos under nitrogen in a thermo-conditioned environment and finally packaged in batches according to requests. A job that becomes a mission A territory, a climate that make our quality oil unique in the world, impossible to reproduce in other areas, with a clear and unrepeatable identity, enriched by a landscape, historical, cultural context and by the human factor represented by knowledge, professionalism, awareness , tradition, passion. A unique oil, capable of expressing the perfect fusion between environment, agricultural management and transformation of the fruit into an oil capable of enhancing all the organoleptic characteristics of a cultivar with a long Sicilian tradition.

We produce also anchovies filet, a line of patè, and green olive Nocellara del Belice of aperitif.