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Report by Brad Balfour
 
When actor Stanley Tucci came to visit the Petroni family olive groves in Puglia to film a segment for CNN\u2019s \u201cSearching For Italy,\u201d he was trying to discover the authentic Italian olive oil experience. Tucci loves food and now lives in London with his wife Felicity Blunt \u2014 sister of his Devil Wears Prada co-star, Emily Blunt. The couple met thanks to Emily and were married in 2012 with Tucci continuing to act, write and follow his love of food and cooking.Tucc\u2019s latest project \u2014 the CNN produced series \u201cSearching for Italy\u201d \u2014 received two Emmy noms and was also screened by the BBC. First aired in 2021, The program was so successful it was renewed for another season. The actor and gourmand tours Italy discovering the secrets and delights of the country\u2019s regional cuisines. 
 
The Petroni family patriarch expected to meet an experienced pro when it came to Italian products. Especially since Tucci is Italian, they thought that at least he would know a few things about Italian food and, in particular, olive oil. Petroni had invited Tucci to the family farm\u2019s olive groves that day while the actor visited Puglia during a taping of \u201cSearching for Italy.\u201d
 
Agricola Petroni family owner, Pier Francesco Petroni, revealed that during the visit they learned a few things about Tucci. \u201cStanley didn\u2019t know the correct way to taste olive oil. In fact, most people don\u2019t know. But we showed him how. And he loved it.\u201d
 
Once the noted actor learned the \u201cright way\u201d to taste olive oil, it not only changed him, alone. It also changed the Petroni family business forever and has created a sensation here in the States. 
 
Says Pier, \u201cOur sales have more than tripled to the U.S. And this is just from orders through our website. We are looking for an importer\/distributor to take us on for all of the American market.\u201d 
  
Tucci isn\u2019t the only American who doesn\u2019t know much about olive oil. According to Petroni, while Americans love Italian food, most of us are totally doing olive oil all wrong \u2013 especially the extra virgin variety. According to the taste master, \u201cAmericans burn it, drench with it, and (gasp!) deep fry stuff in it.\u201d
 
Surveys have also shown that Americans have a very low OOIQ (Olive Oil IQ). Olive oil is becoming such an important and essential product for people\u2019s good health, the FDA recently declared it as a medicinal product that can help prevent coronary heart disease. It\u2019s not an ordinary condiment. The FDA officially recognized the fact that extra-virgin olive oil benefits us.
 
The featured olive oil, some of which is born from 300-year-old trees, is considered some of the best in Italy. Petroni olive trees are located at the foot of the Alta Murgia National Park in Puglia, between 150 and 300 meters above sea level. The temperate climate makes their cultivation perfect. In this wonderfully rich land, each olive tree has roots in a calcareous soil consisting of the typical tuff, a rock of magmatic origin that gives the oils produced intoxicating aromas and superfine flavors. 
 
Adds Petroni, \u201cWe have over one thousand years of history. Our territory is Canosa di Puglia. It has charm and so many ancient customs. It contains ancient traces of so much history. The underground treasures of what is known as The Dauni hypogea are fragments of the world of Magna Graecia. They show just how powerful and far-reaching the power of Rome was.
 
In fact, the Romans were so grateful to have these places they renamed it \u2018Little Rome.\u2019 Inside this ancient city there are numerous archaeological sites to visit including the hypogea and authentic ceramics that reveal the Hellenistic culture.\u201d 
 
Agricola Petroni does olive oil tastings at their Puglia facility. Should you decide to visit, call or email in advance and schedule a visit. 
 
For more info go to: eattiamo.com 
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