America the Bountiful:Olives in California

2025

"Capri Cafaro explores regional traditions surrounding olives in California. She learns how olives came to California at a 19th century Mission, and visits McEvoy Ranch where she see how olives are harvested and samples their olive oil varieties."

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Bubbles, please: 4 great sparkling wines from Northern California

2025

"McEvoy Ranch is situated in Marin but only accessible through Sonoma County via Petaluma. Better known for their olive oil, they have — and do — produce some interesting wines. And this nonvintage sparkler is one of them."

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Olive Oil Promotion Program Gains Support from Stakeholders

2025

"A research and promotion order would allow the olive oil industry to pool its resources to raise awareness about olive oil’s health benefits, incredible taste attributes and underlying sustainability story."

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Ready, Set, Soak: The Oprah Daily Bath O-wards

2025

"We don’t think you need an excuse for some sudsy self-care, but if it’s good for your skin, too, all the better. This foamy find is Leaping-Bunny-certified and contains no parabens, phthalates, or sulfates. It hydrates with glycerin and calms with aloe and chamomile. “It isn’t greasy at all, and my skin feels so supple,” says market director Rae Ann Herman. It’s great as a shower gel, too."

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Petaluma Small Businesses: Check out this semi-secret outlet store filled with bargains and treasures

2025

"The McEvoy Ranch Outlet is a small but well-curated space brimming with gifts and remainder items discounted for the local community. While the inventory is always changing, you are likely to find skin and body care products, housewares and even a few cookbooks in addition to the staples of wine and olive oil."

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Grooming Awards 2025: Body Care Products

2025

"It’s no secret that olive oil’s combination of antioxidants and polyphenols creates a powerful barrier for your skin against free radicals and environmental stressors. McEvoy Ranch’s Ode collection has taken full advantage of the miracle ingredient with this hand and body wash that leaves the dermis clean, radiant, and, most importantly, protected."

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Mcevoy ranch olive oil & heiress

2025

"So, why does this relatively small ranch get so much media attention? Sure, the location is stunning and many consider McEvoy Ranch one of California’s top olive oil producers – but the story behind the ranch is equally compelling."

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8 PLACES TO TASTE FRESHLY PRESSED OLIVE OIL

2024

"This olio nuovo evokes the subtle flavors of winter greens — think cardoons, chicories and dandelions — with a trail of peppery heat, a signature quality of the estate’s seven Tuscan cultivars. "

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Samantha Dorsey SPOTLIGHT

2024

"You have to love what you grow. If you are ambivalent about your crop, it is going to be much less fulfilling. Fortunately, so many of our local crops have so many positive attributes. Olives, grapes, apples, flowers, goats, sheep, you name it! "

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Oprah’s Favorite Things 2024 List Is Here!

2024

"I love a good body butter, and this one comes from a family farm in Petaluma, California. It’s a rich and luxurious moisturizer and comes in a light citrus or verde fragrance."

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Oprah's "Favorite" Beauty Products of 2024 Include These 14 Finds From $13

2024

"This year, the list (featured on Oprah Daily) includes 14 beauty products ranging from $13 to $151. It’s an affordable curation that includes everything from hair tools to makeup and body care. Bonus: They’re all available on Amazon."

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Gifts That Give Back from Oprah's Favorite Things

2024

"The company donates to COTS, Committee on the Shelterless, which assists those experiencing homelessness in finding and keeping housing, increasing self-sufficiency, and improving well-being."

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Oprah's Favorite Things 2024 List is here! Grab these 10 gifts under $50

2024

"I love a good body butter, and this one comes from a family farm in Petaluma, California. It’s a rich and luxurious moisturizer and comes in a light citrus or verde fragrance," Oprah shared. "

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Oprah's Favorite Things 2024 is here! Shop our favorite gifts — all under $100?

2024

Crafted with olive oil from the McEvoy family ranch in Petaluma, California, this body butter is said to deliver a range of skin benefits, helping to improve the look of fine lines, even skin tone and more. They’ll love the smell of freshly cut grass, basil, green olive and tomato leaf that the body butter leaves.

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WHY YOU SHOULD TRAVEL FOR OLIVE OIL HARVEST THIS FALL?

2024

This 550-acre, family-owned estate is less than an hour from San Francisco and home to 50 acres of Tuscan olive orchards. Ranch tours and olive oil tastings are available daily, but each year in early November, the ranch’s president, Samantha Dorsey, hosts a luncheon with an olio nuovo–infused three-course menu, so check the calendar to grab tickets and plan your trip around this year’s date.

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Sonoma ARTIST & WINEMAKER FINDS PEACE AT FAMILY RANCH ALONG RUSSIAN RIVER

2024

Last summer, Alice created a monumental outdoor piece set in an olive grove at Petaluma’s McEvoy Ranch. Her “I’m On a Roll” mural spooled out in one 100-foot-long roll of paper, with 20 life-size portraits of real-life people, solicited on the spot and drawn in a span of 12 hours — an experience she likens to running a marathon, as she dug deep for the physical strength and focus to finish the work.

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At Sonoma county's Single thread INN. expect farm-to-table luxury & a car

2024

Climb into your Audi e-tron and drive about 30 miles to Petaluma, California, where you’ll find the sprawling McEvoy Ranch—a 550-acre working farm owned by one of the most prominent families in San Francisco history. Nan McEvoy, whose kin were the founders of the S.F. Chronicle newspaper, bought the land in 1990, then had a thousand olive tree seedlings shipped from Italy.

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Experiencing the Depth of SingleThread with Audi

2024

SingleThread Inn sits just steps from the historic central square of Healdsburg in this small, walkable town. Enabled by their partnership with Audi, guests can explore local wineries, a tour of Hog Island Oyster farm, olive oil tasting at McEvoy Ranch and hikes in the Redwoods among the growing list of experiences designed to further connect visitors to this destination.

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FOUR DELICIOUS WINES WITH MARIN TIES

2024

McEvoy Ranch, Angelica - Not only is this wine Marin County cabernet sauvignon, but it is also a dessert wine to boot. Angelicas are often made from muscat and/or mission grapes (and Novato’s Pacheco Ranch does have one mission grape vine) but this wine is unusually 100% cabernet. Surprisingly orangey pink, the vanillin fresh grape flavor leans towards ratafia, and away from other late-harvest styles. Eighteen months in the barrel, and fortification with grape brandy, makes this Angelica the most unique wine of the bunch, both in flavor and in style. It’s truly a statement wine.

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Picturesque Petaluma

2024

Pinot noir is the predominant varietal grown here, with three-quarters of its crops devoted to this finicky grape. The rest is split between chardonnay and syrah. With tasting rooms like Brooks Note and Adobe Road downtown, plus Keller Estate and McEvoy Ranch offering tours and tastings nearby, you’ll have plenty of options to sip and swish.

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Shelf Life: Amy Tan

2024

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, consider a recommendation from the writers in our series, who, like you (since you’re here), love books. Perhaps one of their favorite titles will become one of yours, too.

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ODE BODY OIL IN VERDE NAMED MOST TRANSPORTING SCENT by OpRah DaIly

2024

Oprah Daily has named McEvoy Ranch ODE Body Oil in Verde as the Most Transporting Scent in the 2024 Oprah Daily Bath O-wards! "One inhale, and I swear I'm outside in some lovely, life-affirming destination, like a farmer's market or, better yet, Tuscany. It smells of fresh grass, basil, and tomatoes - it's just delicious." - Oprah Daily

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Taste liquid gold

2024

“Driving west from Petaluma toward the pacific, rolling green hillsides sparkle and sightings of cows are everywhere. McEvoy Ranch, just a few miles outside town off Red Hill Road, is a place to be enveloped in nature and the bounty of locally grown products. Arriving at the ranch, a cheery sign along the winding driveway reminds you to take it slow. It’s good advice; the scenery here should be enjoyed."

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Campaign Aims to Curb Misuse of 'Regenerative' in Agriculture

2024

“We are quite aware that there is a significant and growing market for organic olive oil within the United States, and we are eager to see more organic olive orchards planted in California to meet this demand,” said Samantha Dorsey, the president of McEvoy Ranch."

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A PinoneerS PIECE OF PARIDISE

2024

"Our next farm is only 35 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge, nestled among rolling hills west of picturesque rive town of Petaluma."

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California Cheese Trail is the ultimate road trip for foodies

2024

"We stop at McEvoy Ranch. Located in a small side valley it has 14,000 olive trees with soft blue-grey leaves, three ponds, intriguing art, a patio for savouring the view and a relaxed vibe. Because it lacked local oak and butteriness, their Blue Sky Chardonnay seemed more French than Californian, but it paired well with our Bohemian Creamery Holy Moley."

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Experts Offer Pest-Control Tips for California's Hobby Growers

2023

"McEvoy Ranch, one of California’s largest producers, demonstrated that a few doses of a nitrogen-heavy fertilizer, such as fish emulsion, may help resolve the issue."

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Four ESCAPES WHERE THE OLIVE TRESS GROW

2023

"This being northern California, much homage is paid to early-harvest product, and the anti-oxidant/anti-ageing properties the oils possess. They also divert quite a way from the old-world playbook, with ginger-, chai spice-, and (oh dear) jalapeno-fused blends."

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Liquid Gold: How Olive Oil Helps Promote Healthy And Glowing Skin

2023

"Back in 2014, McEvoy Ranch’s founder Nan McEvoy, the former heiress of the San Francisco Chronicle, created a beauty balm after learning her farm team’s hands were in desperate need of repair after working long hours in the family olive orchard. Today, the body balm, remains the brand’s top-selling product and contains 78% organic extra virgin olive oil."

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These Are the Best Holiday Gifts to Buy This Year, According to our Editors

2023

"A beautifully packaged olive oil is a can’t fail holiday or hostess gift. This award-winning olive oil from Sonoma-based McEvoy Ranch is made from a blend of Moraiolo and Coratina olive varieties which gives it distinct herbaceous, peppery, dandelion notes. Use it to put the finishing touch to meats, soups, salads, and stews. "

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PREMIUM EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL

2023

"Should you spend a bit more and use premium extra-virgin olive oil in your kitchen? We tasted more than a dozen products to find out…"

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THESE BEST TASTING EXPERIENCES IN THE WEST ARE THE ULTIMATE INDULGENCE

2023

"Every year the Sunset Travel Awards honor the best in travel in the West. This year we had over 600 entries across all categories (a record number!). Below are the 2023 winners of the What to Do: Best Tasting Experiences category…"

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