Blue Sky Oil and Vinegar

This is an amazing store! I love that you can sample all the oils and vinegars. All of which are delicious! Also Impeccably sourced. And of amazing high quality. There is also a great artistic vibe as work from various local artists are featured and available for sale. The owners are an adorable mother and daughter team who also have a café next door. The sandwiches are scrumptious! Tried the grilled pimento and the turkey Reuben. Omg!

Closed on Sunday’s. I think this is a recent change in schedule because there is a piece of tape on the schedule.

This boutique is really fun to visit since you can taste EVERYTHING (vinegars, oils, salts).
It is also a great place to pick up nice gifts for your foodie friends.
Two 100mL bottles + the gift packaging = ~ $ 17 dollars.

Great place for Oil and Balsamic vinegar. The different flavored salts are a great addition as well. We just moved to Chapel Hill in July and are amazed at the great food options here. The staff were exceptional. Best part of the store is, you get to try all the products before you buy. :) Blue Sky is definitely a highlight of the area.

Interesting store: they have different types of extra virginia olive oils infused with various herbs and they taste delicious. They sell also balsamic vinegar infused with various herbs as well (you can choose which one) and also table salts.
Before you buy, you can taste it. Extra virgin olive oil is good for humans and this store sells good quality ones.

Blue Sky’s vinegars really are GREAT! I was given a bottle of the strawberry vinagarette as a gift, and it was the best I’ve ever tasted. We went back and bought 4 more! I love this place. BTW, the staff are as good as it gets. Very helpful, friendly, and appreciative of your business.

We love Blue Sky Oil & Vinegar! The selection of infused olive oils and vinegars is amazing. The mushroom & sage olive oil is now a staple in our kitchen — a splash just puts the «wow» factor in so many dishes (like steamed rice). That you can taste any of the products before buying is icing on the cake.
If you save your bottle and bring it back for recycling (good for the earth), they even give you a credit of like a buck per bottle. If you haven’t been here and you’re even somewhat of a gourmet type, you need to pay them a visit! It isn’t Walmart prices here, but it’s not a Walmart experience either (thank god).

The review about this place by Christina G is right on the money! I can just see a local restaurant doing a theme dinner featuring the oils from this place in the future. Lots of different oils and vinegar to choose from. On the walls are paintings and photos from local artist (for sale of course). This place is worth a walk in.

I’m not sure it’s not very well-​known in this area, but the people there are knowledgeable and the selection is great. My first time there, a lady who works there took me on a tour of the oils and vinegars as well as recommended combinations based on what I like. The 18-​year aged vinegar is very good and the espresso balsamic, though not often useful, can enhance a nice greek yogurt maybe ice cream if you’d like.

BSOV has been on our Unilocal radar for awhile thanks to some good reviews and excellent word of mouth. After whittling down our stash of aged balsamic from Napa to a fortified teaspoon amount, we decided it was time to stock up and see what BSOV had to offer. Let’s just say that we were pleasantly surprised given the convenience of location, price on their goods and helpfulness of the staff.
We walked in here after a short bike ride with our lil’ bambino in tow running errands around our neck of the woods and they were super welcoming and friendly. This in itself was a far cry from the usual response we illicit when we descend upon businesses in our full on bike regalia[1]. The open and inviting, but small space makes it especially easy to navigate with a bike trailer — good to know when your bambino is on the verge of a meltdown and you need a quick exit strategy!
The space is open with **lots** of EVOO and vinegars (aged balsamic and younger white vinegars) for you to taste. Don’t be shy too… they encourage you to try out their wares before buying. And if you don’t know where to start — ask. They gave us the tour and we asked tons of questions. One of which we learned that they use what’s seasonably available for EVOO. At this time of the year, a lot of the olive oils were coming from the southern hemi — Australian and South American. Don’t worry, they’re all labeled but you can ask if unsure. I asked about the EVOOs used for the infused oils and they mentioned that the person (offsite) who makes it, chooses a complementary oil to go along with the infused spices, herbs or whatnot. So not much info on that end.
The vinegars are split among the aged balsamic and the younger white variety. We didn’t sample the white since we were more interested in the balsamic to replace our dwindling supply. Just an FYI, the infused balsamic all come from the same 18 yo base according to the lady. It’s pretty decent. I found it a bit watery and not as thick/​syrupy/​deep in flavours as I’d like, but still sweet, bright and complex in taste. The balance of acidity was not a nice as others I’ve had — it almost seemed like a younger aged balsamic with more acid than sweet, mellow, cherry, oaky flavours I was expecting. It’s really not up to par with the one we frequently order from St. Helena’s Olive Oil Co.[2], but since it’s much cheaper ($ 10 for a 200mL bottle) and more convenient knowing that we can pretty much order anything here in 100mL, 200mL and 400(?) mL sizes w/​out waiting for a week for it to arrive… it’s hard not to pass this deal up.
I also saw that the had some truffle oil in the back along with some other assorted, but related accouterments (i.e., candles, bottle pour spouts). They also «recycle» the bottles which is nice — meaning if you bring back your previous BSOV bottle, they’ll refund you 2 quarters for the smallest and $ 1 for the 2 largest ones on your next purchase. Pretty eco friendly and a nice way to reward frequent EVOO and vinegar purchases. If you’re buying their wares for a gift, just ask for recommendations and they’ll lead you in the right direction. They’ll also wrap everything up in nice tissue paper, throw in some FYI things on the type of vinegar/​EVOO you have just to make it all educational and informative for the recipient.
Overall helpful staff… and a good aged balsamic vinegar that we’ll definitely be back for — esp. as our «everyday» vinegar. My only complaint is I wished they had more variety in their selection from other regions or styles of products (i.e., different labeled/​aged balsamics[3]) — hence the 1 star deduction.
4 enthusiastic stars and a welcome addition to the neighborhood!
[1] When we usually show up in full bicycling regalia with a huge-​arse kid trailer (sometimes barely fitting through most doors), most store clerks in the area just look at us a bit weird as if we were pariahs of the community with a huge scarlet letter «B» for bicyclist carved into our backs. Not here…
[2] With shipping and $ 38 for a 375mL bottle of their Di Modena Methode Tradizionale balsamic, it gets to be a bit extravagant. But not near as bad as a $ 182 bottle of Gold Label Traditional Balsamic from Reggio Emilia!
[3] FWIW, I believe it’s illegal for Italians to declare an exact age on their traditional consortium sanctioned Italian balsamic vinegar. Only minimum ages in increments of 12, 15 and 25 yo. However, not so for us Americans — traditional Italian consortium laws be damned!

This place is brilliant! Dozens of fine olive oils (fused, flavored, extra virgin, and truffle!) and balsamic vinegars of all nature. I tried a bunch of samples before narrowing down some picks for Christmas gifts. They have bottles in three different sizes, which is perfect for gifting — or if you find something you’re not sure you’ll use a ton of (but still have to have)!
The women who work here are SO amazingly nice! I encourage you to ask them for help or suggestions. They have a wonderful shop that I know will be tremendously successful. I can’t wait to see them grow into it, maybe offering recipe ideas, dressier bottles/​labels, or even bread & wine — how fun would it be to bring a date, buy a loaf alongside your olive oil, crack open a bottle of wine, and chill out right there?

I went in to Blue Sky Oil and Vinegar as a detour to buying cat food from Phydeaux, and I couldn’t have walked out happier. The woman who owns the store is an utter delight and one of the most helpful salespersons I have ever met. I think I tried 15 kinds of infused, and fused olive oils and vinegars. My friend and I walked out splitting the sample pack: 4 10oz (ish?) bottles of oil and vinegar for $ 25, which I found perfectly reasonable for the quality of product you get. You can also bring the bottles back for $ 1 off your next purchase. My friend and I got the Herbs de Provence oil, the Blood Orange Oil, the tangerine balsamic vinegar, and the Honey Ginger White Balsamic vinegar (which was good in the stir fry I made that night instead of rice wine vinegar). I can’t wait to go back and come home with more goodies!

After ASS’s olive festival, I learned one thing: I’m never buying olive oil untasted again. It simply costs too much to leave to chance. The flavors are so diverse and it’s a base for almost every food I make. And with places like this, I don’t have to! So since picking one for its label without tasting it just seems pretty unacceptable to me at this point, enter Blue Sky Oil and Vinegar…
This weekend I found myself out of EVOO and finally stopped in to check this place out. Olive oils (flavored, infused), vinegars (also flavored, infused), salts and spices… and a tour guide. It’s really pretty amazing and a great place to get to know your (their) olive oils.
So. If you care anything about how your olive oil (or vinegar) tastes; might possibly taste next to another; or simply find yourself out of oil (or vinegar). I suggest that before you just buy the best priced, prettiest labeled bottle (in your choice of grocery stores), to at least stop by this place and see how different they can be. You won’t be disappointed.

Foodies and closet gourmets PAY ATTENTION! This place is a true gem and just opened about one month ago. They have multiple varieties of olive oils and balsamic vinegar including flavored varieties. Their 18 year old balsamic vinegar is to DIE for and may change your life! It is a good sized store with plenty of room to move about and you can sample any and all of their products! The owner is delightful and will happily share her knowledge of the merchandise and even give you tips on which oils and vinegars to pair up and how to incorporate them into your cooking.
Yes, the prices are more expensive than what you pay at Kroger, but you pay a little more for quality. I was especially pleased to find this locally because I
visited a similar establishment in Schaumberg, Illinois but could not purchase anything because I was flying home and did not want to check a bag. I came to find that the owners of Blue Sky are well acquainted with the owner of the store in Illinois! I suppose the world of oil and vinegar sales is a small one :)
I recommend:
–18 year old Balsamic Vinegar (It’s absolutely drinkable!)
–Tangerine balsamic vinegar
— Persian lime olive oil
— Black truffle oil
— Peach white balsamic vinegar
You can buy small sampler sizes to try new flavors at home or larger bottles of your favorites! I heart this place! Bön appetit!