ELEVATE YOUR COOKING BY LEARING TO TASTE OLIVE OIL + BALSAMIC LIKE AN EXPERT.

Follow our guided videos walking you through these 4 exceptional oils and balsamics. This is a tasting experience worth sharing with your guests.

Great olive oil is the secret to unlocking better cooking at home.

Not all olive oil is created equal. A lot of what's on grocery store shelves is old, mishandled, or not what the label claims.

Once you know what a genuinely great olive oil tastes like, and how to actually use it, it changes what your cooking can be at home.

Knowing How to Use It Is Where the Magic Happens.

Great oil is only the beginning. The real transformation happens when you know how to use it: which balsamic to pair it with, when to let it finish a dish instead of cook in it, how richness and acidity together turn something ordinary into something you can't stop eating.

This is the part most people never learn, and it's the part that makes home cooking feel like something worth getting excited about again.

Bread Dipping

Rich and sweet, together in the perfect dip.

Salad Vinaigrette

What turns plain greens into something worth eating.

Finishing Drizzle

The final touch that turns good into extraordinary.

Marinades

Oil locks in flavor, balsamic tenderizes every marinade.

Roasted Veggies

The difference between roasted vegetables and forgettable ones.

Desserts

Oil and balsamic: the secret behind unforgettable desserts.

Let's go over what you'll be tasting.

A curated selection of our best products to get us off to a great start.

A bottle of Aurelius Early Harvest Premium Recycled Olive Oil stands on a rustic wooden table, surrounded by fresh olive branches, a bowl of oil with herbs, and a pizza on a wooden board in a warm, outdoor setting.

Start with our best extra virgin oil

Our early harvest extra virgin olive oil is what separates us from anyone else, sourced directly from a small community mill near Rome, Italy

Spanish Picual EVOO

Take what you've learned and taste test one of our top-selling extra virgin oils. You'll notice different tasting notes and finish

Classic Dark Balsamic

Our best-selling dark balsamic. You'll quickly see why people say WOW after tasting this

Classic White Balsamic

A fan favourite, and something you'll be reaching for more than you know
Plus over 30 different options to taste in store!
The Discover Kit
What You Get:
1. Video How To Taste
Learn the 4 Steps how to taste Olive Oil. Get an exclusive video directly from our founder, Mike George.
2. Video How To Use At Home
Discover how to best use oils and balsamics together to elevate your home cooking.
3. Taste On Your Own
Taste some of our best-selling oils and balsamics on your own with the knowledge you've just learned.
4. $10 Gift Certificate
Use towards your next in-store visit. (Glebe, Wellington West, or Kanata).
5. 3 x Referral Cards
Hand these out to new friends, and you each get a free $22 bottle!
6. Free Local Delivery
$10 value
Free local delivery directly to your home in Ottawa.

Quality you can trust

4.9 ★ 1300+ Product Reviews
★★★★★Julie

We use this not only for salads and other dishes but to have a spoonful periodically for good health.

Early Harvest 2025

★★★★★Susan

Best Spanish EVOO - the grassy notes makes it especially tasty, when drizzled over dips or finishing pasta.

Spanish Picual Evoo

★★★★★Anne-Marie Demers

It's been a classic in our kitchen for the last ten years or so. Incredible flavour, velvety texture, the perfect finishing touch for so many dishes...

Classic Dark Balsamic

★★★★★Sue Rocque

Neither of us had ever tasted balsamic vinegar as exquisitely syrupy and delicious as this; the taste was mind-blowing. Amazing!

Classic White Balsamic

★★★★★Julie

Impressive. This has such a lovely fresh taste. Great to cook with, use on salads, or in pesto. We especially love dipping our breads in this.

Basil Olive Oil

★★★★★Erica

Absolutely delicious on fruit or ice cream. Very high quality! Loved this to make a dessert more elevated.

Black Cherry Balsamic

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Description

Your first taste of Aurelius, guided.

Mike walks you through the real 4-stage tasting method: nose, mouthfeel, tasting notes, finish, using our Early Harvest EVOO. From there, it's yours to explore: three more bottles, your own pace, your own discoveries. Along the way, you'll learn how to pair olive oils and balsamic vinegars, so you can cook and host with real confidence.

Includes:

  • Free Ottawa Local Delivery ($10 Value)
  • Founder-led How To Taste video
  • Founder-led How To Use + Tips & Tricks video
  • Early Harvest EVOO (60ml) ($13 Value)
  • Spanish Picual EVOO (60ml) ($11 Value)
  • Classic Dark Balsamic (60ml) ($10 Value)
  • Classic White Balsamic (60ml) ($10 Value)
  • $10 gift certificate towards your next in-store visit ($10 Value)
  • Tasting pamphlet + recipe & FAQ access ($10 Value)
  • Referral cards ($132 Value!)

100% Satisfaction Guarantee — not loving it? We'll give you your money back, and you keep the bottles.

 
FREE LOCAL DELIVERY

Fast, safe and free local Ottawa delivery!
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Meet our Founder: Mike

Since 2016, Mike has visited olive mills across Italy in person, learning directly from the mill owners themselves. That knowledge started while selling at market tables while still serving in the military, then led to placements in Ottawa's top restaurants, including Riviera, e18hteen, and North & Navy. In 2018, he opened Aurelius' first tasting boutique in Wellington West, built around teaching customers how to properly taste olive oil.

He's since taught that skill to thousands of customers, growing to three locations across Ottawa by 2025.

Frequently asked question

You have questions, we have answers.

It all starts with a video led by Mike, our founder teaching you the four-step process on how to correctly taste extra virgin olive oil.

Then you'll take what you learned and taste test remaining products in the kit.

If you don't love it, get your money back, no questions asked.

And, you'll get to keep the bottles.

Absolutely!

If you live within our local delivery zone, we will absolutely deliver to you for free.

We have over 1,300 product reviews with an average of 4.93.

We have an average of 4.8 stars on Google Maps between the three locations.

When you taste amazing quality products, it is very obvious, and almost everyone becomes a huge fan.

And if you don't like it, we'll give you your money back. No questions asked.

We source only the highest quality and freshest extra virgin oils and balsamics.

We work with suppliers who have third-party lab-tested certificates of analysis, and not to mention you can taste test everything in store before buying.

We have three retail locations across Ottawa where you can taste before you buy.

  • Wellington West: 1283B Wellington Street West
  • Glebe: 151A 2nd Avenue
  • Kanata: 499 Terry Fox Drive