Tastings & Events

Taste the oil.
Meet the story.

From a Saturday market stall in St Albans to an ancient olive grove in Sicily — find Castruriali in person, or bring the experience to your team.

"This is a beautiful oil — the polyphenols, the freshness. This is the real thing."
Gennaro Contaldo — BBC Good Food Show
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Every Saturday · Free

St Albans Saturday Market

Market Place, St Albans AL3 5DG · 09:00 – 14:00

Find us at our weekly stall in St Albans Market Place. Taste Castruriali straight from the bottle — no appointment needed. Talk to the team, learn about the oil and take a bottle home.

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Private · UK-wide

Tasting Masterclass

Your venue or selected partner locations across the UK · By arrangement

A guided olive oil tasting session led by Castruriali, covering: the lab data behind the oil (polyphenols, acidity, peroxides), the three Sicilian cultivars and how to distinguish them, culinary pairing and sensory evaluation technique. Suited to corporate teams, food trade buyers, culinary schools and private groups.

Enquire about a masterclass
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Corporate · Bespoke

Corporate Event & Gifting Package

Your office, a partner venue or a food festival setting · By arrangement

We work with corporate teams to build tasting events around gifting programmes, team days and client entertainment. Include a tasting experience alongside a Castruriali gift order — bottles can be branded, gift-messaged or presented in bespoke packaging. Enquire with your requirements and we will come back with options.

Enquire about a corporate event
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Sicily · Immersive

The Estate Experience

Castroreale Estate, Messina, Sicily, Italy · October – November (harvest season) or year-round on request

Visit the Mandanici family estate in Castroreale — a working olive mill operating for over 70 years in the hills above the Messina strait. Walk the restored ancient groves, see the Nustrali rescue trees, watch the cold press in operation and taste the oil straight from the press. Private and group arrangements available. We coordinate travel logistics on request.

Enquire about a Sicily visit

Where we've been.

2025
BBC Good Food Show
Gennaro Contaldo used Castruriali on stage to cook
2025
Speciality & Fine Food Fair, Olympia London
Exhibited as a featured artisan producer
Ongoing
St Albans Saturday Market
Weekly tasting stall, Market Place AL3 5DG
Book or enquire

Let's make
it happen.

Tell us what you have in mind — a corporate masterclass, a Sicily visit, a market stall appearance or something else — and we will come back with options and availability.

Or reach us directly at sales@castruriali.com.