Excite Your Tastebuds at The Sacred Olive
The Sacred Olive is an olive oil and vinegar tasting experience located in the heart of Downtown Winter Garden, Florida. This beautiful, locally-owned shop offers olive oil and vinegar tasting experiences. The Sacred Olive offers a wide selection of specialty olive oils and balsamic and wine vinegars.
Local Tasting Experience
The Sacred Olive is the vision of a local woman of Spanish-Italian descent who discovered a passion for cooking with her mother at the age of eleven. In addition to selling vinegar and olive oil, the owner shares ways to create gourmet recipes. Considering herself a fusion cook, she enjoys mixing herbs and spices to experience new flavors in all of her creations.
Olive Oil & Vinegar
Are you wondering what is so special about olive oil that it would get its very own store? Did you know there are health benefits of consuming premium extra virgin olive oil? Many people do not associate it with losing weight or keeping healthy. Still, it has been said to help weight loss and prevent breast and prostate cancer. Olive oil is considered a fat (but a healthy one.) Olive oil has often been referred to as liquid gold because of its color and rich nutrients. Try adding at least three tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to your daily intake of healthy fats if you want to drop a few unwanted pounds.
The Sacred Olive Experience
From the moment you walk into the store, you are greeted by one of the specialists ready to help you with your tasting experience. Most of the specialists have tasted every oil and vinegar in the store. They are familiar with their inventory and ready to help you find just the right pairing for your particular tastes. Many of the popular pairings came from them taste testing all the possibilities. Their love for the product is why they are so excited to share their passion for olive oil and vinegar with every person that comes into the store.
Vinegar
There are many things to experience at The Sacred Olive, so let’s start with the vinegar selections!
Wine Vinegar
You can begin your tasting experience with one of the many specialty wine vinegars. They have light and dark balsamic, as well as red wine vinegar. The dark balsamic comes with floral infusions, coffee, chocolate, and other flavors. Dark balsamic tends to be aged around 12 years. Therefore giving it the darker color.
Floral Infused Vinegar
You might be thinking to yourself, “What in the world would I use a floral-infused vinegar for?” Well, first of all, all of the infused vinegars are organic. They have no added artificial flavors or sugar. One of the most popular floral-infused vinegar is lavender vinegar. You can use this particular vinegar over ice cream, gelato, or fresh fruit. You can also use it to marinate chicken or salmon.
Coffee Balsamic
The coffee balsamic is great for tenderizing meat. Each kind of vinegar has an information card on the samples that give examples of olive oil pairings and recipes for the particular vinegar.
White Balsamic
White balsamics are not aged as long and tend to be more tart in flavor. A ginger-honey balsamic would be an excellent choice for a stir fry marinate. The Sicilian-lemon balsamic makes a great salad dressing. You can even pair it with mushroom and sage olive oil and completely change the flavor.
Red Wine Balsamic
A red wine balsamic is more of a sharp flavor and aged differently (with a wine). These are great for salads, meat marinates, and over berries as a wine reduction—so many possibilities. And you can try any that you want.
Herb Vinegar
Neopolitan herb vinegar has become one of their most popular ones because it is one of the most savory vinegars. It’s infused with garlic, sage, and many other delicious herbs. The Neopolitan herb vinegar is delicious over flatbread or with chicken.
Olive Oils
Although the many different vinegars are great, The Sacred Olive is known for its olive oils. Did you know that if you are purchasing olive oil from the grocery store, there is a pretty good chance it is full of stuff that is not good for your body? Don’t be fooled by 100% olive oil. It is not a requirement to tell you all the fillers that are added. All olive oils made at The Sacred Olive are pure, with no fillers added.
Tuscan Herb Olive Oil
One of the best sellers at The Sacred Olive is the Tuscan herb olive oil. This particular selection has garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and a blend of Italian herbs. The traditional balsamic is a 13 year aged balsamic and pairs excellent for bread dipping.
Shelf Life
After you decide which olive oil and vinegar pairing you would like, you may be wondering how long it will last in your pantry? Olive oil has a shelf life of about two years. Olive oil is sensitive to heat and light, so keeping it in a pantry or closed cabinet is essential. Olive oil is sold in dark bottles to protect it. Over time, the olive oil will lose some antioxidants due to oxidation, so it is always best to buy fresh. Vinegar is self-preserving and will not go bad.
Other Finds at The Sacred Olive
The Sacred Olive not only has impressive olive oil and vinegar, but they also have preserves, olives, and seasonings in a market located in the back of the shop. The preserves are made at Lake Meadows Farm in Ocoee using balsamic from The Sacred Olive. The popular fig balsamic preserve is good over goat cheese and a great addition to any charcuterie board.
The peach balsamic jam is made with a white balsamic, therefore lighter and more tart. The strawberry balsamic is great on crackers for a healthy snack. Make sure you don’t leave the shop without tasting each one of the preserves too.
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Skin Care
The Sacred Olive also sells products for your skin that include olive oil.
Olive oil is fantastic for your skin. Not only is it a great makeup remover, but it also protects and hydrates even the most sensitive skin. It can help repair damage to skin tissue and revitalize and strengthen your skin’s tenacity. It can be used as an antioxidant to help combat aging. Who knew?
The Sacred Olive offers a unique selection of products made with olive oil for your skin. They have handmade olive oil soaps that are beautifully packaged and make great gifts. They even have a juniper orange face wash that smells amazing. All of these products use natural ingredients.
Erica Diaz Team – Excite Your Tastebuds at The Sacred Olive
Next time you are in beautiful Downtown Winter Garden, Florida, make sure you stop in The Sacred Olive. If looking for a unique gift, the specialists at The Sacred Olive can help put together gift sets perfect for any occasion. And don’t forget to bring your friends and family in for a decadent tasting of the world’s best olive oils and vinegars. Your taste buds will thank you!
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