Accademia Olearia

Region: Sardinia

Company name: Accademia Olearia Srl

Location: Alghero (Sassari)

Historical context and birth of the company

The Fois Farm was founded in Alghero, in the north west of Sardinia, in 1890, cultivating its own olive groves in the countryside of the Alghero area, in an ideal setting for the cultivation of olive trees with a temperate climate mitigated by the proximity of the sea.
Today the farm is managed, with dedication and passion, directly by Giuseppe Fois and his family who directly follow all the processing stages, from the cultivation of olives to their transformation into quality extra virgin olive oil.
It currently boasts an extension of about 230 hectares of olive groves with about 25,000 olive trees, mainly Bosana cultivars, complemented by the presence of other native and national cultivars, with the aim of improving and enriching the organoleptic and qualitative characteristics of the oils produced.

“We know where the taste of our oil comes from.”

Giuseppe, Alessandro and Antonello Fois

The production and marketing of the oils takes place through the Accademia Olearia company, owned by the Fois family, which operates in a modern plant of over 4 thousand square meters and uses the most modern and innovative extraction methods capable of guaranteeing a high quality of the produced respecting the raw material.
The plant was built with particular attention to protecting the environment through the use of alternative energy sources such as photovoltaics for electricity and olive processing waste (pits) to produce hot water for the heating of the factory.
Currently, Accademia Olearia is the largest producer of “Sardinia PDO” certified Extra Virgin Olive Oil on the island and holds the production leadership of this only Sardinian PDO.
The most cultivated cultivar is the so-called Bosana, typical of Sardinia and especially of the area north of the island. A typical feature of this cultivar is to ensure constant production over the years with a high oil yield.
The olives are medium-sized, ovoid in shape and equipped with tiny green lenticels that turn black when ripe. The extra virgin olive oil obtained from it golden yellow with greenish reflections, looks like an elegant fruity of medium intensity of herbaceous type able to surprise the palate with its fresh taste and bitter and spicy tips in harmony. An oil with herbaceous aromas that releases notes of apple and white fruit in the mouth, especially in the finish.
Alongside the Bosana cultivar, other minor types are grown such as the Semidana, the Tonda di Cagliari and the Nera di Oliena, from which excellent monocultivar oils are obtained.
The olive harvest in the fields is followed by their processing in the modern production plant of Accademia Olearia. In an area of ​​about 4,000 square meters. the olives arrive and are processed within 24 hours to ensure their integrity and extraction capacity.
Over the years the company has always invested in the innovation of production processes and today it can boast one of the most modern milling plants in Sardinia with cutting-edge extraction technologies capable of respecting the raw material in order to obtain a product organoleptically of excellence.
Accademia Olearia is a modern, innovative company projected towards the production of quality extra virgin olive oils.

This is guaranteed not only by passion but also by various quality certifications:

• UNI EN ISO 9000: 2008 certified company management systemICEA certification for
• BIO and JAS production
• DOP Sardinia certification
• Traceability of the entire production process

• Bibenda Award 2021
• Ercole Olivario 2017
• Gambero Rosso Guide 2017 – 2021
• Flos Olei Guide 2017 – 2021
• Slow Food Presidium since 2019