Do you see that red dot on the map? There's a small town there called Orca, and that's where I have a cabin.

Mano grew up in the shadow of the mountains, surrounded by olive groves, pressing oil from olives he picked fresh himself. We never really understood what a privilege that was until the pandemic shut the world down, cut us off from those olives, and left us buying oil off supermarket shelves in Finland instead. That's when it hit us just how good we'd had it. Oil from a store simply doesn't compare to fresh Red Baron olive oil.

Red Baron's Azeite started as a hobby, born out of four friends' shared passion for good olive oil, and turned into a real business in 2024. We decided Finland deserved the best olive oil in the world, and if no one else was going to bring it there, we would. That decision took us to Orca's beautiful olive groves, where we watched the olives ripen, built relationships with local farmers and mills, and eventually got our hands on our first batch of olive oil we'd produced ourselves. Now we get to deliver it, with real pride, to restaurants, shops, and directly to our customers.

"What's Red Baron?" is a question we hear a lot. The name and the brand come from a charming red car, the "Red Baron," which has carried our four friends through Portugal's culinary adventures and cultural discoveries. Red Baron also captures how we like to do things: with energy, but never too seriously. When that iconic car speeds from the groves to the mill, it's not just carrying premium olive oil, it's carrying friendship and the joy of building something together.

Red Baron is our brand, but more than anything, it's a story about friendship, joy, working together, and entrepreneurship.