Marisolio Tasting Bar

This is on our must visit list every time we’re in town. Cooking has never been the same since we discovered this place. The staff is excellent. They’re really well acquainted with the product and give great recommendations. They also take the time to give personalized service and they remember us and which oils/​vinegars we can’t live without.
Definitely check this place out. You won’t regret it.

Don’t come to Murphys without stopping at Marisolio! You can easily spend an hour here tasting all of the oils and vinegar. I’m lucky enough to live locally, but any time I stop in here… I leave with at least 2 – 4 new flavors. The Italian Herb Olive Oil is amazing to cook with EVERYTHING. It has become my new regular olive oil. The maple vinegar is delicious on fried sweet potatoes and the lemon white balsamic & white peach balsamic are delicious on any salad.

Tasty olive oils and balsamic vinegars, we always would re-​stock when we were in the area. We brought in one of their bottles to re-​use and it apparently was not clean enough. I asked if they had a sink where I could wash it out better. The woman said no and rolled her eyes at us. She said was very rude and even said, «We have signs all over I don’t know why people don’t read them.» It is a good place if you don’t mind horrible customer service where the staff cannot explain something simple in a friendly manner. We won’t be making that stop anymore!

Roberta and her team provide a very pleasant shopping experience in their great little shop in Murphys.
I cook with a variety of oils, so their extensive selection gives me the convenience of one stop shopping for very tasty and well made products. For the last two years, I’ve been adding the Black Truffle Oil to various dishes. It always pleases and elicits comment of the unique flavor truffles provide. This is an easy way to have the truffle flavor without the expense of buying the delicate fungi. They don’t keep very long, so using the oils make it very easy. Take a look at their delicacy oils. It’s enough to stock even the best five star kitchens.
So far, two of our favorite infused olive oils are the Tuscan Herb and the Whole Lemon selections. We have just about all of their oils, but these two drain quicker than most.
The nice thing is if you don’t have the opportunity to visit their shop, order some by mail. You will be pleased. The labels say exactly what you get. No surprises.
This shop was a unique addition to an otherwise wine oriented town. We wish them much success and look forward to enjoying their oils and vinegars for a long time to come.
Most of all, I hope you enjoy their products as much as we do.

So many choices — so little time — this place reminds me of a store I visited during a food walk in Chicago — the selection of oils and balsamic vinegars are vast.
Pros:
Friendly, knowledgeable staff
Creative placement of oils and vinegars which lead to some great tastings
Wild Mushroom & Sage Olive Oil
Dark Chocolate Balsamic Vinegar
You can taste as many and stay as long as you wish
Frequent buyer card
Free shipping on orders of six bottles or more
Cons:
Not really…
Thanks Marisoliio — I plan on using my frequent buyer card!

Quality of product 4.5 stars
Quality of service 2 stars
Friendliness 4.5 stars
Selection 5 stars
Knowledge 4 stars
Price for shipping 2 stars
Overall Experience 3 stars
Possibly the best tasting room in a town filled with tasting rooms. To be fair, all of the other tasting rooms are offering wine and this one offers vinegars and olive oils which I find much more fun and unique. Amazing creative selection of vinegars and some olive oils. You can taste any and all of them. They provide suggestions on how to serve them and how to pair them. They freshly package them for you when you make your purchase.
My folks had been before and wanted me to experience the wide variety, which inevitably meant that we would be making a purchase. Mom and Dad have a selection at home but Mom selected two more to add to the home selection, a Thai/​Lemongrass Balsamic and a Wild Cherry Balsamic. Being stellar parents they insisted I select one to be shipped to my home in Oregon. We were informed that we could have free shipping if we filled a case, however the price of a case was bit more than we were ready to shell out as it takes 6 small or 4 medium to fill it, which amounts to about $ 60 worth of great tasting goodness.
One of the ladies told us it would be $ 8 to ship the medium sized bottle my parents wanted to treat me to so I selected a superb tasting Juniper Berry Balsamic. We left pretty satisfied with our purchases.
The following day I received a phone call from the sales person who let me know that in the hustle and bustle of the weekend they had forgotten to charge us the shipping, I said no problem and whipped out my credit card to pay, only mildly shocked when I was informed it would be $ 10 to ship, Since my folks were nearby when I was taking the call I did not want to spoil our day by arguing so I proceeded to provide the billing info and got off the phone.
This would have been a 5 star review except for their shipping prices, and the change in the price for shipping from what was originally quoted. If they would raise their customer service level they would have received 5 stars from me for sure.
I should not be paying $ 10 to ship a $ 14 or $ 15 bottle of awesomeness, mistakes happen, but when they do, the business should be paying the price, not me. I don’t want or expect anything for free, but I would have liked to pay the $ 8 I was quoted.
I still recommend this a great place to go, sample and buy from, just watch out for your pocketbook, and maybe be prepared to double and triple check your receipt… and for those of you who are shipping, go for the case and get free shipping or have them sign your shipping quote before you leave.

One word: Amazing.

Amazing selection! Delicious combos of oil and vinegar! And fun!
This is a new concept to me (maybe that it is common place elsewhere, but not that I have seen). It is a tasting room for oils and vinegar, just like a wine tasting, but yummier! The selection is seemingly endless! Amazing flavors like organic tuscan herb olive oil and their traditional 18yr aged balsamic vinegar is to die for! This is now my go to place for quick gifts, you don’t have to be a «foodie» to enjoy the yumminess that is Marisolio. And if you are entertaining out of town folks a great break from just wine tasting.
As mentioned by someone else on here, they can get kind of busy on weekends so be aware, you can taste all by yourself and always order online if you don’t want to wait in line to pay. That said during the week when they are slower and you can get more personal attention it is really fun!

What an amazing experience! This little store on Main Street Murphys has more olive oils and vinegars than I ever expected. The flavors are so diverse. I had a great time trying and pairing everything from a garlic herb olive oil and an aged balsamic to a lime olive oil and a dark chocolate vinegar. The staff is informative and the atmosphere friendly. There were too many decisions!!! But I will definitely be back– the possibilities are endless!

Delicious oils and vinegars. Grab some bread and taste from the tens of tasters. The Fig balsamic vinegar goes particularly well with garlic olive oil.
Whats probably best about this place is that it’s a perfect way to follow-​up wine tasting at La Folia — a wine tasting bar that shares the same space.

Marisolio Tasting Bar is AMAZING!!! What a wonderful find. As a person in recovery I do not visit wineries. Being able to taste a huge variety of olive oils and balsamic vinegars was a great treat. My favorites were the porcini olive oil and the pomegranate vinegar.
And I can’t forget to mention the staff. What a great bunch of people. They are very knowledgeable and helpful. We bought lots of gifts to share with friends. But most of all we tell people to go there to taste all of them.
Thank you again for having such a great place to visit.

My husband and I walked in to Marisolio in August and we tried just about every oil and vinegar they had out to taste. We went home with two vinegars and two olive oils. The next weekend I took them to my daughter’s house with a loaf of bread, some tomatoes and basil and some fresh Mozzerella cheese. Everybody went crazy for them. I bought Blood Orange Olive Oil, Tangerine Balsamic, Peach White Balsamic and Tuscan Herb Olive Oil. I have since order (online) two more Blood Orange Olive Oils and another White Peach, plus Raspberry and Pomegrante.
The Blood Orange oil and White Peach Balsamic with a little raw honey and some seasoning make the perfect summer salad dressing. And last week I tossed some cubed Butternut squash in it and roasted then made a glaze of the White Peach, Honey (a dash of the Blood Orange Oil) and some seasoning with a little butter at the end. My husband can’t stop talking about it! I am SO glad I can buy this stuff online! I need more Blood Orange and White Peach! I think I will give my best friend some for Christmas!

What I sampled: so many flavors!
Visit date: August 20, 2011
First time? Yes.
I love tasting balsamic vinegars! Olive oil… not so much… at least not shot style. My favorite: the alfoos mango balsamic vinegar. Try it!
Marisolio had delicious bread to help soak up all the good vinegars and oils. The staff was very helpful when it came to trying new flavor combinations and placing orders. O, and they have this awesome vacuum sealing apparatus to secure your oil/​vinegar according to FDA standards. :) Yay.
I later learned that their product is made in… OAKLAND. So next time, I won’t have to travel too far for some samples.

We recently visited this store and bought a few oils and balsamic then promptly left our goods at the Lavender Ridge Winery after tasting some fairly good wines. I called Lavender Ridge when we returned home and they walked our goods over to Marisolio who shipped them at their expense to us.
Our thanks to both Lavender Ridge and Marisolio for caring about their patrons they do look after their customers and we will be back.

I love this wonderful tasting bar !!!
They have many different flavored olive oils and vinegars.
My favorite combination is Tuscan Herb Blend olive oil &
Trad. Balsamic vinegar 18yrs.
I live far from Murphys but i occasionally go there with my friend
for the tasty olive oil & vinegar.

It took me a while to finally make it to Marisolio but now that I have I don’t buy olive oil anywhere else ! I love the variety that they offer and that they have quite a few organic olive oils. It’s great that you can sample different oils and vinegars before you purchase, although I don’t think I’ll ever get used to «drinking» straight olive oil! What I really love, though, is that I can bring my empty bottles back for refill and get a discount for doing so. Also, they give you a stamp card to keep track of your purchases and you will eventually earn a free bottle of your choice. The service is incredibly friendly, though it can be a bit slow when they are busy… that just gives you more time to browse and sample new things.

I think it would be fun to invite a bunch of friends and gather from Marisolio different flavored olive oils and have a party. I really enjoyed my visit.
We should not forget also the wines from Calaveras County.

I stopped in here just to see what all the talk was about. Well if you like flavored oils then this is the place to go. They have every flavor of oil you can imagine. Then we come to the balsamic vinegar and when you pick out the right combination, wow, your taste buds go crazy. In our house we love to dip and this is now my fav store for oils and vinegar.
Thumbs up here

With all the wineries in Murphys, it would be easy to miss Marisolio and that would be a mistake. Being of Sicilian descent, it was an easy decision to happen into an olive oil tasting room. I was not disappointed. The walls are lined with shelves and the shelves are filled with stainless steel and ceramic fustinos that are filled with many different olive oils and vinegars. There are olive oils of different origins, as well as herbal and fruit-​infused flavored olive oils. The different kinds of vinegars are just as plentiful.
There are small cups and small labeled bottles next to each type of olive oil and vinegar. You can taste them on their own (as I was told by a connoisseur in San Francisco was the «right way» to taste) or with a small piece of bread. You can taste each individually, or have one of the wonderful staff, guide you to a vinegar-​olive oil combo that will really dress up your salads.
I had a really hard time narrowing down my choices and in the end bought a medium sized bottle of both the 18 year aged balsamic and the pomegranate vinegar, as well as a large bottle of Ultra Hojiblanca olive oil. That just might hold me until next summer’s trip to Tahoe, or maybe I’ll have to find another reason to visit Murphys.

Olive oil and balsamic vinegar are one of my favorite combinations. I recently heard about a new olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting room opening in Murphys. I eagerly anticipated the opening.
Even though it has been open for a few weeks now, I finally had my first opportunity to pop in for a tasting. Marisolio is located in the space once occupied by French Hill and La Bella Rosa tasting rooms. Before that it was home to Jillian’s.
As I entered the room, I noticed the walls were lined with steel and ceramic crocks containing numerous varieties of olive oil and balsamic vinegars. Tasting dispensers labeled with the contents sat next to the larger crocks. Here is how it works: you can either sample on your own or one of the helpful employees will suggest complementary pairings. The samples are served in little plastic cups for you to taste.
So many varietals to choose from! White truffle oil, black truffle oil, chipotle olive oil, champagne vinegar, wild mushroom and sage olive oil just to name a few. In the end, I selected an 18 year old aged balsamic vinegar and a basil olive oil. I can’t wait to try them with a freshly baked baguette! If you are a fan of olive oil and vinegar, I highly recommend a visit to Marisolio Tasting Bar. Buon appetito! ;)