The BIO oranges from Ribera DOP are back: the ones with navel!

Vito Perricone and Carmela Cascio this year also gather their oranges directly from the field near the municipality of Villafranca Sicula, in the valley that leads to the sea, in Ribera. This already makes them unique and unrepeatable! Many ask me why these oranges should be chosen specifically. Simple: such good, genuine, natural, clean, and direct products from the consumer aren’t found on the supermarket and market shelves. We selected Vito and Carmela’s oranges after quite a few trips and meetings in the most suitable lands of Ribera DOP. In the end, we identified the best ones at the Cascio farm.

The positioning of the orange grove at an altitude that ensures the fruit's health, the meticulousness of the producer who requires all his pickers to wear gloves to preserve the cleanliness of the peels, and the regulations written on the walls of the small country house where cleanliness standards are set for entering the grove during harvest: all this guarantees perfection and quality in the oranges.

I was amazed by the natural bee hives that dripped orange blossom honey directly from the plants. A scene that is rarely seen. Bees thrive and proliferate where the environment is healthy, clean, and free from any contaminants. An environmental oasis has been created by Vito, which today represents a unique botanical and agronomic feature in these lands.

We chose Vito for the passion that comes from his hands. His love for his native land, Sicily, the plain and valley rising towards Caltabellotta and Villafranca Sicula, for the sea that gives him the refreshing morning breeze, and the Sicani Mountains that cool it at sunset. These are qualities that are not written but come directly from the heart. The Ribera DOP oranges found at Spaghetti & Mandolino, are the excellent Naveline. These are the oranges with the navel, the part from which everything begins, the embryo of the fruit that remains attached to the orange. And these are organic by nature!

The Ribera DOP BIO oranges that will arrive at your homes have added value not found at market stalls and in large distribution. Open the box where Vito has packaged them for you and take a deep breath. Let yourself be enchanted by the heady fragrance of the citrus essential oils found on the thick skin of the fruit. Let it also fill your apartment, your kitchen. Forget about artificial deodorants!

Remember that nothing from these oranges goes to waste. Because they are hand-picked with gloves, they are just as they were on the tree. They have not been washed, waxed, or subjected to any other absurd treatments done today to try to give them more value. Imagine being with Vito and Carmela in their field and harvesting these fruits with them. Then you brought them home. Well, this is what Vito gives us. The genuineness, the direct harvest that arrives when the order is placed. These are oranges that do not stay in storage or warehouse: no time is wasted! They arrive freshly picked. That's why I challenge anyone to say that our oranges are not truly the best you can find.

Additionally, there is the nutritional factor: their load of vitamins (A, B1, B2, C), minerals, and sugars. Just think that with one Ribera DOP BIO orange from Vito, you intake your daily requirement of Vitamin C. Better to have a cure of these oranges daily than flu vaccine injections. They are extremely digestible and refreshing.

Due to its high digestibility, the Ribera DOP orange can even be eaten before going to bed. Its antioxidant value is substantial.

We hope that all of you can enjoy a pleasant organoleptic experience with the oranges of Vito and Carmela. Just one click and you can bring an orange grove home!

Bernardo Pasquali

S&M