Shipping Olive Oil Trastevere

Hi rich,

Although I have not shopped in this market >> Volpetti https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187791-d9793358-Reviews-Volpetti-Rome_Lazio.html I did some googling and came up with this good possibility.

https://www.volpetti.com/ >> Take a look to see if you would like to explore that market while in Rome.
https://www.volpetti.com/chi-siamo/

Read on about their shipping and deliveries >> https://www.volpetti.com/termini-di-vendita/#Spedizioni-consegne

You can also check out >> Eataly https://www.eataly.net/it_en/shops/rome

Good luck.

I hope it will be very high quality indeed, because the cost of shipping something that heavy may be shockingly high.

Yes, shipping will be high. Unless the OP decides to check a bag and secure olive oil safely home.

Most airports in Italy will shrink wrap 3 liter containers which you can put in your checked luggage.

We travel with a foldable duffel so we can securely pack wine or oil in our suitcase for under the plane and then carryon the duffle with suitcase items and laundry we removed to make room. This saves a shipping costs and we can take exactly what we want. We have had no breaks so far. Another vote for Volpetti in Testacio, just over the river from Trastevere on the tram 3 line.

Just a word to the wise, if you plan to carry on oil, wine or liquids that are packed in official airport packaging. We typically carry on all our luggage. And on a recent trip, when we arrived to the US for our connection the TSA security checkpoint did not accept the liquid carry on, even though it was packed according to airport protocol. I was not allowed to carry it on the domestic connection, they required I check my carry on bag. I did not expect I’d have to pack oil into my carry on, and I ended up stuffing it quickly since I had to get into check baggage line and make my flight in time. I even emptied a zip lock bag that fit, and put it in there. Crossed my fingers and let the bag go...

As you can guess, the olive oil broke in transport, ruining everything including the bag!
I learned a hard lesson and will never pack oil, or wine, again.

Thanks, Girasole and thanks, Becky. The folding duffel bag is a great idea!

Also Rich,

What I bring are sheets of "thin" bubble wrap and a few zip lock bags. (They fit flat at the bottom of my luggage -- never questioned)

And, even though most stores will wrap little jars and bottles for you, it might be good to have that bit of extra protection. I also wrap my clothes around those too. So far, I have not had any problems.

I cannot attest to large bottles of olive oil or wine purchases someone may make. Perhaps a bigger bottle with longer necks (as a pressure point) have more potential for cracks or breakage?

I carry on and check my bags. Both are about the same size -- pretty much equally splitting my clothes, toiletries and non-valuable items (in checked) -- leaving room for purchases not allowed in carry on luggage. I have purchased unique jars of Pisctacchio spread, Nutella and hand-painted, unusual, smaller bottles of Limoncello, and Chocolate liquore, which of course, would not be allowed in carry on.

The danger to bottles is mostly from hitting sharp edges. They're pretty strong otherwise.

I buy “wineskin” packaging in the States and use it for returning from Italy with bottles of olive oil. It has bubble wrap protection and also seals in such a way that even if a bottle were to break, the liquid would be contained within the sealed packaging. I decant from my large tins into water bottles then once back in the States transfer the oil to attractive oil dispensers for gifts.

@Tim from Charlotte: any time you have to go through security, you have to follow the rules again. So, something purchased at an airport after security can be carried on the plane departing that airport. But, on arrival in the US, you always go through immigration and customs in your first point of US arrival. You have then left the secure area and have to go through security again. So, if you're not flying back nonstop from Europe to your final US airport, but have to change in the US, you have to check any liquids that cannot meet the 3-1-1 carry on rules - even if they were bought at an airport shop and packaged to meet security requirements of the departure airport.

If you want to bring back oil or wine from Italy, you'll have to make sure you're on the nonstop AA flight from Rome to Charlotte!

I once brought back some high quality olive oil from Sicily and later found the exact same oil, in the same container, in a TJ Maxx store, for about the same price. If you have not yet left on your trip, you might want to check out local sources of imported olive oil.

I still often bring back a small tin or two of Italian or Greek olive oil as a souvenir (in my checked luggage) but would not spend money shipping large quantities.