UR COMPANY WAS BORN IN 1920BY GIOVANNI CANNONE AND SINCE THAN, WE ARE IN THE FOURTH GENERATION AND WE STILL TAKE CARE OF PLANTS AS OUR GREAT GRANDFATHER ECC.. OUR WORK TODAY MAKES USE OF AN IMPORTANT ALLY, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION WHICH FLANKED BY THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITION, ALLOWS US TO CAREFULLY SELECT ONLY THE BEST FRUITS, THE SAME ONESFROM WHICH TO GIVE LIFE TO OUR PUGLIA OIL, READY TO BE BOTTLED AND REACH OUR TABLES, BRINGING WITH IT THE PUREST ESSENCE OF OUR LAND. FROM 1920 TO TODAY, MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED FO FRANTOIO CANNONE. WE HAVE GONE FROM HISTORICAL MILLSTONES TO MECHANICS. IN FACT, STARTING FROM THE 1950S GRANDFATHER SAVERIO BEGAN TO INTRODUCE IMPORTANT INNOVATIONS INSIDE THE MILL, THE ELECTRIC MOTOR - DRIVEN MULLER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE AUTOMATIC DISPENSER TO MECHANICALLY FILL THE FISCOLI, ON WHICH TO LAY THE PASTA OF OLIVES FOR PRESSING. AN IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL RENEWAL THAT CONTINUES OVER THE YEARS UNTIL 2011, THE YEAR OF CHANGE. WITH THE NEW MARKET NEEDS, IN FACT, PERSEVERING FATHER GIOVANNI DECIDES TO TURN HIS DREAM INTO REALITY BY MOVING THE ENTIRE OIL MILL FROM THE HISTORIC CENTER TO THE OUTSKIRTS, CREATING A COMPLETELY NEW STRUCTURE IN THE HEART OF ANDRIESE OLIVE GROWING. THE FOURTH GENERATION OF THE OIL MILL SEES FRANCESCO SAVERIO AS PROTAGONIST WITH THE CHOICE OF EXPANDING THE FARM BY PURCHISING NEW OLIVE GROVES AND SUPPORTING HIS FATHER WITHIN THE COMPANY INTRODUCING IMPORTANT CHANGES IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, TAKING THE OIL MILL TO THE NEXT STEP THROUGH AVANT-GARDE SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROCESSING OF OLIVES TODAY, THROUGH THE USE OF THE NEW CLOSED-CYCLE TECHNOLOGY, THE MILLS IS NO LONGER USED, REPLACED BY A CRUSHER THAT CRUSHES THE OLIVES AND TRANSFORMS THEN INTO PASTE WHICH, PASSING INSIDE CLOSED MALAXERS, AVOIDS CONTACT WITH THE AIR AND HENCE THE OXIDATION OF THE PRODUCT AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PHASE BECAUSE, CARRIED OUT IN THE RIGHT. TIME AND KEEPING THE TEMPERATURE AROUND 26 GRADES, IT ALLOWS EXTRACTION BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY RESULT: EXTRAVERGIN OLIVE OIL OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.