I just went to Costco for the first time and found the Kirkland Tuscan olive oil with an expiration date of 12/2008. Could this be the new oil?

The Kirkland Tuscano oil that I bought at Costco is indeed the new oil, with the harvest date October 2007 on the label.

Isn't there usually a two year expiration date on olive oil?

Charity

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Isn't there usually a two year expiration date on olive oil?

I am lucky if a bottle of oil lasts a month in my house.... why worry??

It is the new harvest as I just bought some the other day. I still have 3 bottles of the 2006 harvest left to use up!

I just got my four bottles of olio nuovo from Pasolivo today. Yummy, yummy, peppery & grassy much like the oil I've gotten from Mauro Colonna in Umbria.

I love Pasolivo's new oil!
I'm finishing up a bottle that's about six months old, and it's mellowed now ... so I'm happy I bought a bottle of the latest harvest!

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I just got my four bottles of olio nuovo from Pasolivo today. Yummy, yummy, peppery & grassy

I know - I wish that I had bought more.

For those of you in the Bay area - a number of shops in the Ferry Market carry Pasolivo oil. Those of us in Canada will just have to hop on a plane!

Good news for Californians: Costco finally had the Toscana EVO today. Wonder why it took so long to get here? It was picked and cold pressed in November.

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Originally posted by Doug S & Judith G:
I still have 3 bottles of the 2006 harvest left to use up!

Hurry up and use that oil! While some say 18 months, what we've been told is that the oil is best used within 12 months! Go now....make bruschetta!!

18 Months-Max.
Much better if used by the next harvest.
Store away from heat and light.
Try oil from the Sabina (northern Lazio).
Best in Italy.
Which means best in the world.

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Originally posted by Barb (and Art):

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Originally posted by Doug S & Judith G:
I still have 3 bottles of the 2006 harvest left to use up!

Hurry up and use that oil! While some say 18 months, what we've been told is that the oil is best used within 12 months! Go now....make bruschetta!!

Like here, Florida is probably not a good place to keep olive oil without a cool room.

I'm wondering if Costco had a very limited supply of that Kirkland Tuscan olive oil this year. Or maybe it's just gotten very popular. Jane said she had trouble finding it for quite a while. Now the Costco closest to us has run out of it.

So when we went across the border to the Costco in New Hampshire the other day and found they still had it in stock, I decided to buy a case!

I don't know if the local store will restock, but in the past I have found that once a store no longer had the oil on its shelf, it didn't reappear until the next year's vintage. But usually that wasn't until the end of the summer.

- Roz

Roz, I just opened my bottle. It is ALMOST as good as Mauro's. Has a strong peppery/grassy/herby taste. If you want to keep that freshness, try freezing it in smaller containers.