Mothers' Day Olive Oil Gift Specials

Mothers' Day is coming up fast -- Sunday, May 11. That's the following weekend. Don't procrastinate till a day or two before the big day and then scramble like mad to find something for mom. (Not that I've ever done that before. Wink. Wink.)

Since this is a blog about olive oil, I thought it might come in handy for you to peruse olive oil and related gifts. What follows is a most-useful list of olive oil specials for Mothers' Day, compiled by ILoveOliveOilBlog.com, which offer California and international olive oils and vinegars. Looking for a gift set, an oil and vinegar set, flavored oils or a basket of gourmet goodies or olive oil skin care products? Check out this list. In most cases, you can order online or by phone from these suppliers. Just do it soon.

The company offerings you'll browse below include specials from:

• The Olive Tap
  
  
• OliveRevolution.com
  
  
• Olinda Ridge
  
  
• Calolea
  
  
• Round Pond
  
  
• Extra Virgin, An Olive Ovation
  
  
• Allure Estates
  
  
• The Olive Press
  

Now, go forth, browse, and -- if you like what you see -- shop for mom....................

:: The Olive Tap will make you a customized gift baskets for Mothers' Day that can be shipped anywhere in the continental U.S. The store sells freshly bottled extra virgin olive oils and specialty balsamic vinegars. The baskets can include gourmet spreads, sauces, goodies and dipping bowls, cruets and other accessories.
Cost: Starting at $23. Go to http://www.theolivetap.com/ or call 847-478-8741 to place order by phone.

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:: OliveRevolution.com, based in Los Olivos, Calif., is offering Greek olive oil paired with California vinegar. The Greek oil is from the Koroneiki olive and hails from the island of Crete. For vinegar, you can choose either raspberry or California champagne vinegar. The gift set comes with 24 Global Gardens test-kitchen recipe cards. The items are packaged in glass bottles and the whole set comes in a gift box with ribbon. Cost: $32 plus $9 shippping to all 50 states. Website: http://www.oliverevolution.com/ OR call toll free, 1.800.307.0447, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. PST.

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:: Olinda Ridge, a California olive oil based near San Francisco, is offering olive oil and vinegar pairings, which also include pouring spouts and a "deluxe carrying case." The pairings are:

• Delicious Dressings: A perfect pairing of our Late Harvest Gold Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Pomegranate Vinegar.
• Lemon Splash: A perfect pairing of our Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Golden Balsamic Vinegar.
• Dipping Duo: A perfect pairing of our Master Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Dark Balsamic Vinegar.
• Creative Cooking: A perfect pairing of our Estate Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Sherry Vinegar.

Other gift offerings: Autographed copy of the "The Passionate Olive", a book by Carol Firenze, paired with estate organic extra virgin olive oil. Or buy a sampler of its three flagship oils: estate organic, master blend and late harvest gold. Go directly to the shopping site at this link. Use promotion code "mothersday" for 10 percent off.

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:: Calolea, of Loma Rica, Calif., is offering two gift ideas:
Idea #1: A 500 mL bottle of extra virgin olive oil, and two balsamic vinegars (an 18-year aged and a 12-year aged white balsamic). The gift set comes in a pine lid box. Cost: $40

Idea #2: An olive oil body exfoliant (16 ounces), at $21. And cucumber scented olive oil soaps at $1.50 (1.5 ounces) and $2.50 (3 ounces)
Website: http://www.blogger.com/www.calolea.com

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:: Round Pond, of Napa Valley, Calif., is offering two special deals: a SIX bottle mini gift set, where your mother can sample Blood Orange and Meyer Lemon fused olive oils, as well as Italian and Spanish varietal oils.
The set also includes a Cabernet/Merlot red wine vinegar and a Sangiovese/Nebbiolo/Petit Verdot red wine vinegar. Cost: $48. The second offering is the Signature gift set: Round Pond's estate extra virgin olive oil and Rutherford red wine vinegar. Packaged in a hand-designed box. Cost: $55. To do your own research and order, check out http://www.roundpond.com/.

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:: Extra Virgin, An Olive Ovation is an olive oil store in Clayton, Missouri. The shopkeeper there is focusing on olive oil beauty products that will help pamper your mom. They're offering soaps, lotions, hand creams, eye creams, foot creams, shampoos and conditioners, shower gels, body and even body butter. Prices start at $3.75 for the bar soap and go up to $48.50 for the Italian eye cream. They'll build you a custom gift basket for mom at your price, then ship via UPS. Website: http://extravirginoo.com/. Order by phone: 314-727-6464 or email: marianne(at)extravirginoo(dot)com.

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:: Allure Estates, of Templeton, Calif. (halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco) is offering its Signature bottle of EVOO and red wine vinegar consisting of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Zinfandel, Grenache, and Chardonnay grapes. Special price: $30 for the pair. The offer includes several custom recipes from Allure. Find the special offer on the home page of Allure Estates' Website.

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:: The Olive Press, of Sonoma County, Calif., recently won a bunch of awards at the Yolo County Fair. For Mothers Day, they're offering a sampler (100 mL bottles) of several of those award-winning oils, including their Ascolano, Mission, Koroneiki and Italian blend olive oils. Cost: $32. You won't find this deal immediately on the website; it's offered to the company's newsletter subscribers. But to get to the right spot on their website, click this link.

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THE FINE PRINT:
ILoveOliveOilBlog.com does not assume any responsibility for your financial (or any other type of) interaction with any of the companies listed above. ILoveOliveOilBlog.com compiled the special offers from the companies and encourages you to double-check details of the offer before you spend your money. Again -- it's your money. So double-check what you're buying and how much you're spending! ILoveOliveOilBlog.com also reserves the right to amend the above list -- without notice -- should the need for any clarifications arise.