Marineas-Stathopoulos family business has its roots back to 1947 when the operation of the family business started by Stelios Marineas. In 1948 issued the first permit to operate the olive oil production mill in Riglia. The smallmill produced olive oil from the local region and created its owntradition. The years passed and Marineas family (Stelios daughter,Georgia along with her son Dimitris Stat
hopoulos and her daughter Stella Stathopoulou) kept its tradition and the values inherited from their ancestors, but mostly the secrets for producing the one of the best Organic Olive Oil in Mani Peninsula, combined with all the modern safety methods. You may find our products online and to limited selected outlets in Greece. Our products are certified by TUV Austria (Certification No:20153210003716)
Olive oil extraction is the process of extracting the oil present in olive drupes, known as olive oil. Olive oil is produced in the mesocarpcells, and stored in a particular type of vacuole called a lipo vacuole, i.e., every cell contains a tiny olive oil droplet. Olive oil extraction is the process of separating the oil from the other fruit contents (vegetative extract liquid and solid material). It is possible to attain this separation by physical means alone, i.e., oil and water do not mix, so they are relatively easy to separate. This contrasts with other oilsthat are extracted with chemical solvents, generally hexane.The first operation when extracting olive oil is washing the olives, to reduce the presence of contaminants, especially soil which can create a particular flavor defect called "soil taste".
