About us

Our philosophy

“Poliana” is a family enterprise, whose efforts to create the best olive oil

there is, began in 2008. Originated from a small village in the Southern

Peloponnese called Poliana (hence the name), in 2010 we dynamically

entered the Greek olive oil market, presenting a collection of superior

extra virgin olive oils, each having a “unique “ personality.

This is the Dragonea – Skliris family, who respecting the family tradition,

organically cultivates its own orchards (located in Fichtia – Mycenae –

Argolis & Niochori – Meligalas – Messinia), not mixing the three different

varieties of olives they have chosen, so as to produce three excellent and

unique extra virgin olive oils, without the intervention of any chemical or

non-biological procedure.

The Orchards

The Argolis Orchard

Located in Fichtia – Mycenae (Northern Peloponnese) , in an extremely

picturesque 42 acre (17 hectares) orchard, in which apart from the olive

trees one can come across pines and wild forest vegetation, lies our first

privately owned traditional orchard, which has about 1,400 Manaki variety

olive trees and 1,000 Koroneiki variety olive trees.

Privately Owned Stone Mill Grinder

In the Argolis Orchard – the biggest of the two, we chose to build our very

own olive oil mill, choosing stone mill grinders as the best means of

extracting oil of excellent quality, cold press extraction (max 18°C) so as

to keep all of the oil’s nutritional components (vitamins, antioxidants,

phenols, etc.) along with the great taste. Combining the afore mentioned

means with traditional hand picking of the olives and contemporary state

of the art technology, we have managed to produce the best olive oil

possible, unfiltered and not refined in any way.

The Messinia Orchard

Own second 17 acre (7 hectares) owned orchard lies at the feet of Ithomi

Mountain in Messinia (Southern Peloponnese) , surrounded by a steep

creek and a small river, which is nature’s way of protecting the olive trees

from frost in the winter along with parasites and extreme heat in the

summer. There, one can find about 1,000 Koroneiki variety olive trees,

which are over a hundred years old. There, during harvest period, the

olives are hand picked and taken daily to our stone mill grinder in specially

constructed boxes (in order to achieve air circulation and the olives not to

squash between themselves), so that the oil will be extracted on the same

day.

the Products

The Poliana supreme extra virgin olive oils are single variety olive oils,

having unique nutritional facts and qualities such as:

Origin – terroir (location, soil, microclimate, olive varieties)

Organic cultivation and traditional way of picking the olives (hand

picked)

Traditional way of the olive oil production (stone mill grinder – cold

extraction at max 18°C)

Application of contemporary knowhow and technology and product

certification.

We decided to keep our olive oils separated due to the following factors:

a) the olive variety they are made of is different from one another, and

b) the geographical characteristics of each orchard are unique, giving

therefore each of our single variety olive oil a distinct taste.

Single Variety Olive Oils - Special Characteristics

POLIANA Extra Virgin Manaki Argolidos Olive Oil

Soft and fruity in taste, the mildest of the three, is full bodied and has a

flowery aftertaste.

POLIANA Extra Virgin Koroneiko Argolidos Olive Oil

Spicy and peppery it has a strong, distinct taste and leaves you with a

faint feeling of chamomile and green apple, as well as aroma of olive

leaves.

POLIANA Extra Virgin Koroneiko Messinias Olive Oil

Classical Greek olive oil with balanced taste. It consists the equilibrium

of the two above mentioned oils. It is full bodied, leaving an earthy

aftertaste.

Gourmet Collection - Special Characteristics

Using organic herbs and citrus fruits from our land and grinding them in

the stone mill along with the olives, we have created a range of gourmet

olive oils, that are ideal for marinades for meat and fish, salads, desserts.

POLIANA Gourmet Olive Oil with ORANGE

Strong taste and aroma and very fruity, it is ideal for marinades,

green salads and stews.

POLIANA Gourmet Olive Oil with WILD THYME

Soft taste, leaving a strong aftertaste of wild thyme, it adds a twist

to boiled vegetable salads as well as white fish.

POLIANA Gourmet Olive Oil with LEMON

It’s “lemony” taste makes it great for all kinds of meat and fish and

for yoghurt salad dressings.

CERTIFICATIONS

We are under the procedure of getting the certification of organic

cultivation from DIO (certification and inspection organization of organic

products) in September 2011, since we have been cultivating organically

for the past five years. The orchards are also certified by AGROCERT with

AGRO 2.1 & 2.2 certifications of determination of pesticide residues, that

no pesticides of any kind are detected in our orchards (samples randomly

taken: leaves, soil, fruit). Last but not least, we are certified with

GLOBALG.A.P. (Good Agricultural Practices) International certification of

integrated management (certificate nr. 3460/10).