The Gift of Oil
 Why the gift of oil? 
 Our  name owes its origin to a legendary tale from Greek mythology…
 The olive tree was the sacred tree of the goddess Athene and Athens, 
 the capital of Greece was to take its name from her. 
 Zeus, the God of the Gods, had decreed that the city should be given 
 to the god who offered the most useful gift to the people. Poseidon 
 offered them the horse. Athene with all of her strength, slammed her 
 spear into the foundations of the Acropolis and a beautiful olive 
 tree rose from the crack created.She announced that this new to the 
 world tree would provide not only nutritional and healthy food but 
 fuel for illumination and medicine for healing too.
 Zeus declared the wondrous olive tree the winner and accepted 
 "the gift of oil" on behalf of the people from Athene, awarded her 
 the city and named it after her too!
 Our founder Phil Bianchi spent the first 20 years of his working life 
 in various marketing roles for major Blue Chip companies before 
 deciding to go it alone and launch the gift of oil  in 2001. 
 Phil’s last corporate posting prior to launch was with a large olive 
 oil company based in Athens.
 Whilst in this position he fell in love with the Mediterranean way of 
 life, the regions rich variety of food and in particular extra virgin 
 olive oil and balsamic vinegar! He also established important 
 relationships with quality oil and vinegar making families, which 
 were to stand him in good stead when launching his new venture and 
 has done so ever since! 
 The families we work with are now much more than mere suppliers, they 
 are true family friends, who ensure that we are able to continue to 
 offer only the very finest product to our many customers here in the U.K.
 The Gift of Oil import our estate oils and genuinely matured balsamic 
 in bulk and then bottle and label in the U.K.