In the province of Pescara the cultivation of olives has very antique origins, witnessed by fonts dating back to the period of the Romans. A testimony of how the cultivation of olives is indissolubly tied to this territory from a historical, landscape and economic viewpoint can be found in the presence of the olive tree or its stylised interpretations in the coat of arms of the antique local families. In the course of the centuries an organisation of social, cultural and economic relations tied to feasts and shows, but also, on the production side, a co-operative of producers and oil mills who enter into contact and constitute a vital and dynamic production environment has been created around the cultivation of olives in this area.

It is not by chance that exactly the province of Pescara was amongst the first in Italy to obtain recognition of the Protected Denomination of Origin for its Aprutino Pescarese, a prestigious extra virgin oil with fruity notes and low acidity. The hills of the Vestina (valley of the Tavo river) and the Casauriense (high valley of the Pescara river) where two typical varieties are cultivated: Dritta, also known as Loretana or Lordana or Moscufese (indicating the probable municipalities of origin) and Pollice or Toccolana characteristic of the Casauriense area are the production zones.

Tocco Di Casauria is in fact the area of major development. The climate, orography and altitude contribute in rendering the hills of Tocco the ideal environment for the cultivation of age-old olive trees and prestigious vines. The first mention of TOCCO, whose definition that corresponds more closely to its position is the village on the rock, as it presents itself to the traveller observing from the via Tiburtina Valeria, dates back to the year 872. In the sixteenth century the town reached the most successful period of its history, a period in which the Charters were drawn up, whilst in 1706 it was hit by a violent earthquake that razed it to the ground. Thanks to its eager inhabitants, in a few years it again rose to a new life and immediately after the Unification of Italy, and more precisely in 1862, the name Casauria was added to Tocco with the official justification of historical traditions of the famous and neighbouring temple of Casauria. And so Tocco began its new historical course: life in the town, free activities, trade and agriculture again flourished.

The verses of Rémy d'Hauteroche, a lieutenant in the French army under Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, who in 1806 wrote of a military mission to Penne witness the importance of the cultivation of olives in the Province of Pescara: «We marched through an olive plantation, whose foliage seemed like silver in the moonlight...». «Cheer up, when the sun rises you'll forget about it. Its night time, and its these endless olive groves, this silence that make you sad».