Oil & Vinegar Provides Hand-Crafted Turkish Pottery Line; Continues to Provide Unique, Gourmet Products to the Culinary Industry

Here at Oil & Vinegar, we have just launched a holiday-specific product line, hand-made Turkish Pottery, which is not only perfect for home decoration and special occasions but it is also a unique collectors’ item.

In addition to supporting the everyday foodies’ craving to become top-chef, Oil & Vinegar’s we pride ourselves in providing unique products to the culinary gift-giving segment. Our guests can create their own gifts or meal flavorings with the “on-tap” oils and vinegars, along with mustards, pestos, tapenades, honeys, fig spreads, fondue chocolates, dried herb mixes, as well as a fine selection of ceramic table ware, cruets, kitchen accessories, salt/pepper mills, international cookbooks and other culinary accessories fill the shelves.

This season Oil & Vinegar introduces Turkish Pottery designed by world renowned ceramic artist Nimet Varli. Each piece is handmade, hand painted and signed by the artist. Created using techniques from the 14th-16th century, the patterns found in the collection are typical, yet have definitely taken a new dimension in the hands of the contemporary artist. Nimet Varli is the first woman to ever professionally produce ceramics in Turkey and in 2002 she was named “Artist of the Year”. Each piece is customized and tells a strong and dynamic story. The pottery collection that is inspired by the grace and beauty of nature is reminiscent of snowflakes.

This customized gift is extremely exclusive and can only be found in the U.S. at selective locations, including Oil & Vinegar. Prices range from 9 to 120 dollars depending on size and style of pottery selected; styles include bowls, plates, vases, etc.

We are honored to be able to offer these one of a kind pottery collections. The beautiful artwork of each piece tells a unique story and sharing it with our guests as gifts is a great way to offer history and richness at each of our stores. This is a perfect gift to share with someone you care about and want to find something original and meaningful.

Oil & Vinegar Surprise Gift Bags

The big question from our guests this summer is when are you doing the bags again?! Well, for those of you that are not familiar, twice a year Oil & Vinegar has fun with surprise bags and they’re starting next week! Created after a Japanese shopping tradition, ‘fukibukuro’ or ‘lucky bags’ are the highlight of every sale event. The bags are full of interesting items at incredible prices.

The surprise bags at Oil & Vinegar are filled with five items from the store. Usually it is a combination of three food items and two non-food items and it can be anything from oils, vinegars, dried herbs, sauces, dip dishes, kitchen gadgets, and more. You have to be adventurous, but it is a great way to try new products, and, if you’re lucky, you’ll find one of the four gift cards that are hidden in the bags in every store.

The bags are double the value, so a $20 bag has $40 worth of products in it, and so on. They are packed randomly, so not even the staff in the shops knows what is in each bag or where the gift cards might be. It is so fun to see the excitement about this promotion. Besides our guests who have experienced it before, asking “when are the surprise bags coming?”, when the promotion starts, some guests will buy one for themselves and one for a friend, or co-worker just to brighten their day. Everyone has their own technique in finding the perfect bag; it might be closing your eyes and picking, wandering around lifting them and picking by weight, or just grabbing the first one you see! Anyway, it is fun and exciting and our most popular promotion ever!