About Us

 

 

Please note basket donations for May and June have been picked.

May-Tumble Brook Country Club- Gift basket to benift "day of play"for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. (Breast Cancer) 

June-Brain Injury Alliance Connecticut.  Gift basket to benifit 26th Annual BIAC Golf Tournament.  

 

Check out the Connecticut Magazine May 2012 issue for a great article featuring Lynda, Bella Gusta, and our fabulous products.

The page 75 article is titled "Olive Oil Gets Fresh" 

 

 

 Bella Gusta has been recognized by Tom Mueller, author of the chart busting book EXTRA VIRGINITY, as one of the very few quality stores in North America who source "The Greatest Olive Oils of the World"

 

 

Lynda and Alan Przybylski welcome you to their labor of love, Bella Gusta Select Oils and Vinegars.

This journey began during our many international travels which allowed us to experience what most of the world sees as routine when it comes to food; tasting before you buy. Whether in a rural Italian market tasting olives, cheese, and cured meats or in the night markets of Hong Kong eying unfamiliar culinary delights, we have experienced first hand the opportunity to select the absolute freshest products available which has long been part of every day life for so many lucky people. We have taken this time honored tradition and married it with our passion for creating exquisite culinary dishes centered around using only fresh, healthy ingredients.

 

Our unique tasting room is "Nestled in West Hartford Center" and is a showcase for the freshest Extra Virgin Olive Oils, Specialty Oils, Modena Balsamics and Select Wine Vinegars the world has to offer. Let us introduce you to the most recent pressings available in North America. Our selections constantly represent the geographic locations producing the freshest oils. Whether it be the Northern Hemisphere countries of Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Spain or California or the Southern Hemisphere countries of Chile, Argentina, New Zealand or Australia; we ensure that you will be tasting the absolute freshest products possible and receiving all the health benefits these have to offer. Our in-store selection includes at least 25 oils and 16 vinegars which are on tap, readily available for tasting and always bottled fresh on site. In addition to a selection of estate grown and pressed single varietal olive oils, we can tempt you with fused and infused offerings such as Blood Orange, Persian Lime, Chipotle, Wild Mushroom and Sage, Herbs de Provence and more. Our specialty oils currently include, White and Black Truffle oils, as well as an expeller pressed Roasted French Walnut, Roasted Almond and Dark Toasted Sesame. A spectacular assortment of vinegars currently include a Traditional 18 year blend Balsamic, and all natural flavor infusions of white and dark Modena Balsamics including Black Cherry, Rasberry, Cranberry Pear, Dark Chocolate, Fig, Sicilian Lemon, Cinnamon Pear, and Jalapeno just to name a few, along with some spectacular wine vinegars such as barrel aged Pinot Noir, Champagne, and a 25 year cask aged Sherry Reserva from Spain.

We create beautiful custom gift baskets for any occasion (please allow ample time), and offer a wide variety of corporate/business gift giving programs, as well as gift cards. Ask Lynda about a Private Tasting for your group at our store (15 persons max) or at your home. We will work with you to make it a special event.

We now offer a beautiful assortment of favors for showers and weddings, pricelist and samples are in the store.

And as always, free gift bagging upon request for all in-store purchases. 

 

So please stop by and see us at 981 Farmington Avenue in beautiful West Hartford Center and start your own tradition.

Call us at 860-216-3961, or email us at bellagustaevoil@gmail.com

Our Spring Hours:

CLOSED MONDAYS

Tuesday thru Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 12:00 p.m. -  4:00 p.m.

 

We look forward to seeing you soon, 

Lynda and Alan