Our history, our identity

Documents demonstrate how our family was already dedicated to the cultivation and care of olive trees in Chiaramonte Gulfi, an area where these trees have been growing spontaneously for millennia. Here one of the most celebrated DOP in the world was born. In that year, the Cutrera also managed a millstone for the transformation of local grapes into must.

Alongside the cultivation of olive trees, our activity as oil millers begins. The Cutrera family manages one of the oil mills of the large landowners in the area, and in the following decades they have been dedicating themselves to the milling of the olives with millstones, presses and the help of mules.

Giovanni, progenitor of the current family, thanks to his experience, decides to take the leap: with the help of his wife Maria, he opens his first oil mill, and makes it available to small and large olive producers in the area.Giovanni, progenitor of the current family, thanks to his experience, decides to take the leap: with the help of his wife Maria, he opens his first oil mill, and makes it available to small and large olive producers in the area.

The family oil mill works and is also one of the largest in the area, so Giovanni decides to open a second oil mill. His children are now next to him: Maria, the eldest, Giusy, and Salvatore, the youngest, help him to look beyond the local market and focus on the production of high-quality oil. Thus becoming one of the promoters of the process for obtaining the DOP Hyblaean Mountains brand.

The company is now in the hands of Maria, Giusy and Salvatore who transform the small family mills into a modern and ambitious company, and the first recognition arrives: the prestigious Ercole Olivario competition awards our oil for the first time. It obtains first place, as a new product in the "intense fruity" category. It will be the first of over 650 awards won by our oils in the last 20 years.

The new generation, the sixth, joins the management of the three brothers, brings new sap and energy and decides to diversify production: thus was born the line of preserves Secrets of Sicily, recipes "as once" to celebrate the Sicilian gastronomic tradition.

The visionary approach and the awareness of always being able to improve give rise to another ambitious project, the realization (in 2021) of a new production plant with a hypertechnological mill, unique in the world, and with the aim of making the business more efficient, improve quality and minimise environmental impact.

Every day we continue to consolidate results and look ahead, convinced that excellence is not a point of arrival but a path of continuous growth. Collecting the precious legacy left by our predecessors, made up of principles, values and knowledge, we continue the work of innovation that today allows us to bring the oil of the Iblei Mountains to 50 countries in the world.