Guided Oil Tasting at the Olive Tree Civilization Museum

The experience

The “Museum of the Civilization of the Olive Tree History and Microcosm” will give you the opportunity to explore the history of olive cultivation fundamental to the Umbrian territory and the traditions of its inhabitants.

The visit allows the topic to be approached from a scientific-naturalistic perspective, but also from a historical (harvesting techniques and extraction over time) and social perspective with rituals and superstitions.

Tasting

After the visit, we suggest you continue your knowledge of this plant with an oil tasting conducted by expert tasters in the cloister of the Museum.

As with wine there are grape varieties, we want you to learn about the different olive cultivars (i.e., varieties of olive trees) and the technique by which you can taste the oil. You will be able to appreciate the different colors, smells and flavors of extra virgin olive oil, quickly becoming an “expert” on the gold of Umbria.

The landscape that will surround us is another advantage of this activity, in fact the Museum is located in Trevi, the main municipality of the so-called “Assisi-Spoleto olive belt,” which is recognized as a Giahs (Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems) site, i.e., ‘rural heritage of worldwide significance.