Is Oliverse legit? Hear it from the family who tends our olive treesin Puglia.
Meet Valeria and Sebastiano of Le 4 Contrade, the family who tends our olive trees in Andria, Puglia, and see what you get when you adopt with Oliverse.
In this story5 parts
Yes, Oliverse is real, and so is the grove behind it. Our olive trees in Puglia grow at Le 4 Contrade, a family-run organic estate outside Andria, where Valeria and Sebastiano of the Spagnoletti Zeuli family look after them all year round.
But don’t just take our word for it. Below, Valeria from the family answers the question herself, on video. You’ll also find the estate’s own website and where to find it on a map.
- Estate
- Le 4 Contrade
- Where
- Andria, Puglia, Italy
- Olives
- 100% Coratina
- Harvest
- 2026
Check it yourselfin two minutes
- Visit the estate’s own website, le4contrade.com, in English or Italian.
- Find Contrada Torre di Bocca, Andria on a map.
- Ask us anything through our contact page.
In their own words:Valeria and Sebastiano
Valeria and Sebastiano run Le 4 Contrade, the family estate where our Puglia trees grow. They look after the grove through the whole year, from pruning to picking, and the oil that comes to you is its harvest.
Nothing in this project is fake. We are real people, a real family, in a real farm, with a real tradition.
Read the transcript
So, the other question that we are receiving via email is: is it true that Oliverse is your partner? Do you collaborate with them? And yes, we do. Oliverse is our partner, and we are their extra virgin olive oil producers. We take the olives, we make the olive oil from this real, existing farm, since centuries, I would say. And yes, it’s all true. Nothing in this project is fake. We are real people, a real family, in a real farm, with a real tradition and vision about the future. And in this case, future, real future, means a real and good partnership with Oliverse.
“After we graduated from Bocconi and worked in Italy and abroad, the call of home, Puglia, with all its colors and scents, was stronger than we were. In 2016 we came back to Andria, our bags full of enthusiasm, to bring an old family label back to life: Le 4 Contrade.”
“At the heart of Le 4 Contrade is the source of everything: our organic farm, handed down from father to son for centuries. Our family, the Spagnoletti Zeuli, has been farming since the early 1600s.”
“We only grow local varieties, the true expression of our land: Coratina for our organic extra virgin olive oil.”
They farm organically, “without additives or chemical fertilizers,” as they put it.
Their masseria, the fortified farmhouse at the center of the estate, was designed by the Neapolitan architect Vincenzo Latilla at the end of the 19th century. Around it are centuries-old olive trees, almond orchards, vineyards and wheat fields, between Castel del Monte and the sea.
Inside Oliverse’sPuglian grove
Le 4 Contrade lies in Contrada Torre di Bocca, in the Murgia countryside outside Andria, in northern Puglia. From the old trulli in its fields, you can see the sea.
The trees are Coratina, the classic olive of this corner of Puglia, known for its green, peppery oil. The estate is certified organic by ICEA, its oil has won gold at BIOL, the international awards for organic olive oil, and scored 95 out of 100 in the Flos Olei guide. You can find all its certifications and awards on its website.
From harvestto bottle
Picking starts in the second half of October, as the olives turn from green to purple. From the trees they go to the mill, where the oil is extracted cold, and then into bottles that carry your name.
What you getwhen you adopt
When you adopt a tree with Oliverse, you get:
- An olive tree in Italy, adopted in your name (or in someone else’s if it’s a gift)
- A digital adoption certificate with your name and your tree’s ID
- Your name, or any name you choose, on the label of every bottle
- Oil from your grove’s harvest
- Updates from the grove in your account, through the season
Questions people askbefore they adopt
Oliverse is not a scam. We work with Le 4 Contrade, a family-run organic estate in Andria, Puglia, where our Puglia trees grow. You can visit the estate’s website, find it on a map and write to us through our contact page.
Yes, Oliverse is real. You adopt a real olive tree, the oil comes from its grove’s harvest, and the people who tend our Puglia grove are named on this page.
Our Puglia trees are at Le 4 Contrade, in Contrada Torre di Bocca, outside Andria, in northern Puglia. If you chose Tuscany at checkout, your tree is in our grove near Grosseto.
In Puglia, Valeria and Sebastiano of the Spagnoletti Zeuli family, who run Le 4 Contrade. Their family has farmed since the early 1600s.
Yes, and we’d love you to! If your tree is in Puglia, come for a day trip to our estate, Le 4 Contrade: walk the grove, visit your tree and finish with a tasting. We suggest staying at Villa Pesce 1820, just minutes from the estate. You can also find your tree on the grove map in your account, and every adopter gets updates from the grove through the season.
Adopt an olive tree with Oliverse
Your own tree at Le 4 Contrade, and oil from its harvest with your name on every bottle.
Adopt a TreeCon amore, dall’Italia.