December 1999 — “For peppery, perfectly grassy olive oils that evoke farm stays in Tuscany, try The Rare Wine Co. Get on their mailing list, and you’ll receive 16 mostly wine-oriented newsletters a year. In December, watch for word that the olio nuovo, made from the first hand-picked olives of the season, and bottled on a few family estates, has arrived. Be warned: Once you taste new olive oil, you won’t be going back to garden-variety extra virgin.”

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