If you like this one, I'd just put a cork in the spout to keep more air from it. You could cut down a wine bottle cork to fit.

The only negative I've ever read about pottery oil bottles is that they may seep from the bottom as the pottery/ceramic is pourous so I would make sure to keep it on a saucer of some sort. As for the open spout and degradation/oxidation, I would avoid that by keeping only a small amount (maybe a week's supply) in the decorative container.

Alternatively, there are some attractive metal dispensers or something like the Brightland collection that you might like. Brightland Link

I didn't see a picture, but I like Olychick's idea.

You can also buy the pouring spouts separately, and they act as corks as well.

There are also wide bottomed ones with proper spouts.

Mine aren't pretty. I keep them in the cabinet to the right of my stove within reach, or sometimes on the counter if I'm not trying to look my neatest or impress anyone 😊

I've used nothing but Graza for a number of years (sometimes subbing avocado or coconut oil depending on what flavor I'm leaning towards). For years you could only order from the company but I'm now seeing it in several grocery stores and Costco.

Graza, Drizzle, Sizzle and more newly Frizzle (link)

We are also using Graza. Since we don't have olive oil on the dining table, I am not too fussed about the attractiveness of the container. That said, we go through it fast enough that I doubt the open spout of the one shown would matter.

I’ve been using Partanna olive oil and keep it in the original container in the pantry. I’ve also used O’s oilive oils and vinegars for years. Their vinegars (attached pic) come in corked bottles that I suppose could be used again for whatever. I used to buy TJ’s California Estate Olive Oil but haven’t seen it there in a while. All my oils/vinegars are stored in the pantry.

We have the Trader Joes Extra Virgin Olive Oil which came with a pour spout. We just refill that same bottle with whatever olive oil we buy at that time. We leave it sitting on the counter next to our range.

We recently bought the Oxo Precision Pour glass dispenser. It worked well in the beginning and then became a disaster. The top became impossible to get off and it also started leaking. Into the trash it went.

The computer shows the picture that the tablet didn't. That's really cute! I'd worry that the top cork would go rancid quickly, but I suppose regular washing would help that. All the above advice sounds good. That definitely looks hard to tip!

I have a pair for oil and vinegar that were a gift and are just slope-shouldered glazed ceramic bottles with pouring stoppers. The proportions make them harder than tall slender bottles to tip, but you could with a shove. They work well and are easy to clean. I only use them for use at the table. In general, I'm also a bottle in the cupboard person., but the cupboard is really handy.

I have one that looks something like this one in bright red for dish liquid, though I found something better functioning, but not as cute. It doesn't tip over, but little kids and pets might achieve that.

This one is cute and has a wide bottom:

I don't think one of these would work with your linked image one, as I said earlier, but you can see a varaiety of the pouring stoppers at Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=olive+oil+pour+stoppers&crid=1BHV9YYOQ6WFN&sprefix=olive+oil+pour+stoppers%2Caps%2C207&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Haven't actually put oil in mine....yet. It's a Bloomingville Brass Cruet on the outside, Stainless Steel on the inside. It was on clearance @ Ace Hardware Store $9/reg $72 .....it's sitting unused on my kitchen counter, looking pretty.❤️ I like the unbreakable idea.....I'm a klutz...holds 32oz....Link to buy it

Beautiful! It looks hard to knock over, too. :)

nicole, does that thing close to outside air?

The pouring spout, the metal straw like-thing that seems to be where the oil pours out looks like it's hollow.

I love the OXO Precision Pour. So far I've had much better luck than @Clyde Kalvin. Love it for being absolutely dripless, and super easy to clean. It's glass but it's wide enough to be really stable.

I keep olive oil in a plastic squeeze bottle - at least the oil that I use the most, which is California Ranch. I also get olive oil from Paso Robles, and we like to go there for olive oil tasting. The farmer's market in Mar Vista also has olive oil that we can taste before we buy.

I just keep it in the container it comes in next to the stove. I use a lot and buy 2litres at a time for cooking. I really couldn't be bothered decanting it into a different bottle. I'd also imagine some of those pictured are really hard to clean. Fancier oils for salads I also leave in their bottles.

CK, we also buy TJ’s olive oil that comes with a pour spout. Besides the olive oil being exceptional for the price, you start with a fresh pour spout every time. I have washed and kept one JIC I get a bad one one day. We keep the bottle in a cabinet.

I’ve had many decorative bottles over the years, all ceramic iirc, and the spouts eventually fail in some way requiring replacement. Plus i don’t have the extra decanting step.

@nicole I like that dispenser! @chloebud I use O's fig vinegar on salads - good!

I have a variety of oils depending on use (Costco stuff for making popcorn or greasing pans; artisan for flavoring or salads.) I keep them all in a pullout pantry, and I have a few self closing spouts that make both oils and vinegars easier to pour. I got them at the same store where I bought several bottles of oils and vinegars. Great place - they'll help you with pairings. For example, I did a tasting there and for dessert we had vanilla ice cream with blood orange olive oil on it -- tastes like a Dreamsicle!

Lars -- one of the oils I use is California Ranch, too. Can get it here in Michigan at Meijer (large local chain).

@Elmer J Fudd...It has a black plastic cap that goes on the end of the spout. I actually have several olive oil decanters. They really are too hard to clean as someone else mentioned. I just set them around to look pretty. Years ago.....I kept several flavors of olive oil sitting out. We have a store where you can sample the oil flavors before you buy, called The Olive Tap. Manitou Springs Colorado.

That's good.

Something that can't be cleaned is really not usable for the function it touts. It amazes me that companies make such stuff and even worse, that people buy products like that and try to use them with consequences as you describe.

You get it. It's a decorative piece almost as if a sculpture. With a longer spout with a curve, it would almost look like an old-fashioned oil can used by the railroads.

Olive oil can live elsewhere.

Uh....I have had the same glass olive oil dispenser for something like 8 years now and have never washed out the inside. Why? Bacteria can't grow in 100% oil. Remember old FAT TOM?

F=food

A=acidity

T=time

T=temperature

O=oxygen

M=moisture

The oil can get rancid, that's true, but that's generally not a problem for me, I use it up in enough time. I do wash off the outside of the container, being careful not to get any splash on the inside (I leave the nozzle when I wipe down the bottle).

Anyway, I ended up ordering a ceramic dispenser off Etsy. It has the long skinny pour spout rather than the larger open spout of the one I linked to (less chance for something to get in there). If I remember, I'll snap a pic when it arrives.

The residual oil on the unwashed inside will most definitely become rancid and that flavor will pass to fresh oil poured into the container.

Oil turning rancid is a chemical reaction from oxidation, not a bacterial one. For this one, tell old Fat Tom to stay away.

"The residual oil on the unwashed inside will most definitely become rancid and that flavor will pass to fresh oil poured into the container."

That I can't argue with, but I can say I haven't had that experience. {shrug}

I tried a pretty decanter once. It dribbled and I hate things that have to be wiped off after pouring. Turns out I don’t like leaving things on the counter either so that was a short experiment for me. Some of them are very pretty though.

As well as rancidity you can also get sediment at the bottom of an olive oil container which is hard to shift. I had a large (5 litre) glass dispenser with a tap which I stopped using because the sediment was impossible to shift and affected the flavour of the oil.

@porkchop_mxk3 z5b_MI, that dispenser would be way too small to be useful for me. And the spout is rather large. Keep looking.

I am Greek American, which in and of itself does not give me a superior knowledge of olive oil and its storage, but I am part of a culture that believes food exists to provide opportunities for getting olive oil into our bodies. We fry our eggs and ”butter” our toast in olive oil, our leafy greens are served in olive oil and lemon juice, and we go through gallons (well, liters) of the stuff. My cousins in Greece who have their own professions, still grow olives on family land, harvest them, bottle the fresh pressed oil, and send us a bottle every year just to keep us healthy and connected to our ancestral home. I’ve also seen how they use and store their oil. In case you find it interesting:

1. We never store olive oil in plastic because plastic can leach chemicals into the oil. It goes without saying that we do not buy olive oil in plastic bottles (which rules out Graza for me, as if I would buy Spanish olive oil anyway - my Greek DNA would revolt).

2. We usually buy olive oil in 3L cans and aliquot the oil into dispensers for daily use.

3. We use dark glass bottles or ceramic dispensers (reminiscent of the amphorae our ancestors used) with pour spouts that ”close” because we need the convenience. We wash those containers and allow them to dry completely before re-filling them, which brings me to…

4. We always have 2 dispensers going at a time. We try to use them serially, actually use them at the same time, but it means you always have oil in one of them while you are cleaning the other.

I am pretty consistent in using the dark glass bottle option, just as you probably do. The one below holds enough oil to be useful, and is easy to clean. And the spout is not so narrow that it takes forever to pour a tablespoon, and not so huge that you basically have an open container. Is it pretty? Not really, but it is familiar.

My eldest sister has two of these ceramic dispensers. I like them less because I can’t see how much oil is left in them, and somehow I’m always the one cleaning them.

Once you get your dispenser, whatever you choose, fill it with Greek olive oil. If you use olive oil for the polyphenols and health benefits as much as for the flavor, keep in mind that Greek olive oil has the highest percentage of polyphenols of any (extra virgin, first cold pressing) olive oil on the planet. To our health, olive oil lovers!

The dispenser is cute but very tiny!

I also agree about greek olive oil. I've had tastings hosted by a greek friend of a nephew who brought oils from the family trees in Greece and the flavours were quite stunning.

Here's what I bought. You can't see it in the photos, but the side of the handle has green on it, which goes with the rest of what I've got going on. I wish it were a little bigger -- taller, specifically -- to better visually balance the other doo-dads next to the stove but then again I bought it because it's unlikely to tip over.

I buy the oil with the wonderful dispenser right away. I often buy olive oil because it is healthier. I am thinking of starting to eat healthier and thanks to Canadian Pharmacy Partner I started to learn more about vitamin supplements. I completely want to give up sunflower oil and switch to grapeseed oil. Can you recommend some great substitutes for regular oil?

Glad you found one that will suit you, @porkchop_mxk3 z5b_MI. Thanks for coming back and posting. I'm always interested in "the rest of the story."

porkchop, I just bought two large bottles of California Ranch olive oil at Costco in Grand Rapids, it was far cheaper than at Meijer.

I have a tall glass fancy dispenser with one of those black plastic pour tops, I wash it well each time I empty it, dry it overnight and refill it. My favorite olive oil is from Sciabica's in California, I like their Marsala oil for every day use.

Annie