The region’s king? Olive oil! More than 100 Italian cultivators are from Tuscany. Pretty much every single corner of the entire region produces extra virgin olive oil. So many producers but some – Chianti Classico, Lucca, Seggiano, Terre di Siena, Toscano – are also protected by a designation of origin and a geographical indication recognized by the EU.

The Tuscan olive oil supply chain is complex and articulated: from the olive groves of the Florence, Siena and Arezzo areas – replanted after the harsh winter of 1985 – to the ones of Monti Pisani and Versilia and, last but not least, the large trees of Maremma. Olive trees have always been a defining feature of the Tuscan landscape.