These words, passed down in our family and attributed to Don Andrea Padova more than a century ago, say something essential about this place.
San Basilio has been a land of olive trees and vineyards for as long as memory reaches. Its history carries traces of ancient devotion, Basilian monks from the Byzantine period and centuries of feudal life in south-eastern Sicily.
Even today, its white country roads wind quietly through the landscape, surrounded by olive groves, Mediterranean vegetation and the scents of the Sicilian countryside.
This is the land our family has cultivated for generations.
And it is where our oil begins.