We are proud to release the 2025 KATZ Estate Grown Chef’s Pick Extra Virgin Olive Oil

22nd year of our multi-award-winning oil…quite a tasty journey!

Since our humble beginnings, we have always sought to craft an authentic extra virgin olive oil and to consistently do so year after year. Over that time, we never stopped striving to be better growers, and more importantly, better stewards of the land. And because of that we derive great pride from so many high-end restaurant chefs choosing to use our oils in their kitchens, and to having the venerable and world-famous Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA make us the first California oil featured in their kitchen, has always been a nice cherry on top, or should I say drizzle.

Now to the reason we are here…KATZ Farm 2025 KATZ Chef’s Pick Estate Grown Extra Virgin Olive Oil is now available!

The olives were again pressed at the Frantoio Grove mill under the watchful and keen eye of Patrick Martin. The backbone of this year's Chef’s Pick EVOO is the variety Favalosa, an Italian varietal we planted 7 years ago on our Rock Hill Ranch in the historic Suisun Valley, just east of it more famous “cousin”, the Napa Valley. 

The fruit from this variety is showing an increased “maturity” that is yielding oil that is much more balanced with a complexity that did not exist when the trees were very young. The blend is finished off with a little Frantoio oil, from Patrick of Frantoio Grove, from this year’s harvest as well. The final blend:

80% Favalosa  15% Frantoio  5% Nocellara

Our tasting notes:

Aroma of green almond and tomato leaf with a firm backbone of grassiness. Elegant, balanced with the proper dose of pungency and intensity in the finish. Bottom line, this is a darn tasty oil!

The blend will continue to evolve as climate change and small farming in general adapts to meet the needs and challenges presented to us yearly, but what will never change is our effort to craft excellent, high-quality olive oil year after year. Our 48 gold medals over the last 22 years hopefully stand as a testament to our determination to make sure our name KATZ Farm on the label is your assurance of those ongoing efforts.

We Thank You for Your Support These Last 20+ Years! The KATZ Family

Harvested Oct-Nov, 2025

500ml 16.9 Fl Oz