When America’s Test Kitchen recommends a product, I tend to listen. So when I was trying to decide whether to spend a great deal of money on an olive oil or to go with a basic one, I turned to them for help. And hallelujah, did they deliver.

I’ve tried a number of “whatever’s on sale” brands of Extra-Virgin Olive Oils with results ranging from complete indifference to utter disappointment. Nothing ever blew me away until I followed the Test Kitchen’s recommendation of a mid-range EVOO as their top pick. A mid-range olive oil? I was shocked that the winner was not the high-end variety. But lo and behold, with my first bottle of DaVinci Extra Virgin Olive Oil I was totally hooked.

The flavor is rich but not too strong and just perfect for everything I use it for. Now that I’ve been using this for a year or so, I simply cannot go back. There are very few products to which I’m brand-loyal. DaVinci Olive Oil is definitely one of them.