Lebherz Oil & Vinegar Emporium

I stopped in for the first time today by chance — I was leaving another establishment and happened to notice this shop. Since it’s been here for 6 years and I’ve been here much longer, I don’t know how I missed it until now. All I needed today was a spout for a bottle of olive oil I’d purchased in Tennessee, but the sales person was incredibly gracious nonetheless. After he rang up my small purchase, he took me through their offerings, where I tasted a few. It took a lot of willpower to leave with just the spout I went in for, but I plan to become a repeat customer in the near future. My fave — the infused balsamic EVOO — so yummy drizzled on fresh mozzarella and tomatoes. With their phenomenal selection, I expect to add to that list of favorites very quickly!

Love this place! So many delicious varieties and options to choose from and the staff is helpful. Give it a try, I guarantee you will find a flavor you really like.

If you like to cook (or you need a gift for someone who does), you’ll love this place. They carry dozens of different flavors of flavored olive oils, balsamic vinegars, and other specialty oils and vinegars – which you can taste on a bit of baguette before you buy. Delicious products, friendly staff, reasonable prices, and an attractive shop. Highly recommended!

This place was really unique. 40 some odd oils and balsamic vinegar flavors and I was in heaven. Apparently they rotate flavors around and they have a nice selection of both white and dark balsamic vinegars as well as the different flavors of olive oil.
The herbed olive oils — basil, oregano, dill — were some of my favorites as they were quite potent on their flavors.
While I’m not the biggest white balsamic fan, they had a orange/​vanilla flavor that tasted like a creamsicle and was beyond amazing.
I have also never tried a dark chocolate balsamic before but ended up grabbing a bottle of that and the maple balsamic because they were both so rich and delicious the sauce possibilities I could make were blowing my mind. Dark cherry, pomegranate, red apple, pear and ginger, strawberry, blood orange… The list of balsamic vinegars was impressive.
This store is totally worth a trip even if it is just for sampling some of the flavors.

Yes, yes, yes! The world needs more shops like this. This emporium offers a huge sampling of vinegar and oils. Don’t know anything about vinegar or oils? Not sure if you even like them? Just come in and try a few. You’re sure to find a lovely-​bottle-​of-​something to spruce up your meals (with reasonable pricing too!). If you love cooking (or eating) this is a fun stop while shopping in Frederick.

My family came to see me for the first time in about 6 years and I took them for a trip around downtown Frederick. This shop was on my list of places for us to check out. The woman who I believe may have been the manager or the owner was incredibly kind and helpful. My brother and I were going to make pizza that night because we both love to cook, and she made an excellent suggestion on an olive oil we could use for the crust and to drizzle over the pizza when it was done. We thoroughly enjoyed the Tuscany flavor she suggested, so we bought two — one for our pizza and one for my mom and brother to take home. My mom also bought 3 more oil flavors for herself.
The setup they have is pretty neat. They give you pieces of bread and paper cups. You take a few drops of the oil in the paper cup and dip your bread into it to sample the flavors. When you pick one you like, you get a tag that the employees will then put onto a bottle which they then fill with oil and seal. They then wrap the bottles in tissue paper and put into a nice little bag. The packaging is lovely. perfect for gifting.
The selection is amazing as well. Oils and balsamic vinegars of so many flavors, you’ll have a hard time walking away with just one. To help with that, they did have a pretty nice deal. I forget exactly what it was, but it was either buy 3 get the 4^th one at a discount, or buy 4 and get 20% off your entire purchase? Not sure if it’s always going on, but it was great for us because in total we left with 4.
At any rate, lovely unique store — a great experience with great service and great products.

Wow!
It doesn’t matter if you cook or just like to eat, this place is awesome.
They have many flavors of olive oil (not Olive Oyl) that you can taste and purchase.
They also have many flavors of Balsamic vinegar. I like the 18 year aged.
The staff is very friendly, courteous, and knowledgably.
STOP being mundane, go get some Oil and Vinegar

Wonderful!!! They have so many flavors of olive oil and vinegar it will blow your mind!
I don’t even like vinegar but their strawberry flavored vinegar was delicious. They let you try as many flavors as you want and no one pressures you.
The prices were reasonable. We ended up with a bottle of Harissa hot olive oil (YUM!!!) and garlic olive oil… these are perfect for dipping w/​crusty bread. I use the Harissa oil for frying my egg whites… gives it just the right amount of kick.
I can’t wait to get back to Frederick to try more

There is absolutely nothing better than amazing olive oil, except when it is paired with amazing vinegar! I learned of this place when a client gave me a gift of their 18 year balsamic vinegar and an olive oil (I wish I knew which one, but my mother stole the tag).
After serving this deliciousness to my family for dinner one night, my mother became obsessed. She seriously stole the tags right off of my bottles and plotting how to get herself some. Fast forward to today when she called me up and asked me to go on a short road trip up there to get her some. Since I didn’t have plans, I figured why not?
Now, all I can say is wow! Immediately upon walking in, we were greeted and welcomed to try as many of the oils and vinegars as we wanted. You have got to kidding me. I can try them all??? Yum!!! There were so many I wanted to buy, but my wallet, sadly, would not let me. I finally decided on the Garlic olive oil, the blood orange olive oil (holy crap!), the lemon white balsamic vinegar, and the grapefruit white balsamic vinegar.
While the prices seem high, I think the quality of what you are purchasing is worth the cost. Drooling over the idea of my next salad? Definitely worth it!

50 flavors, and you can taste them all! This place is awesome. I could spend hours in here, with my own baguette, tasting everything… but I love that they have oils, plus white and balsamic vinegars… this is a great place for hostess gifts, housewarming gifts, or for anyone who loves food or cooking.
And really, who doesn’t love food? This place is awesome. I’m their new biggest fan.
PS– They have a spiced balsamic that’s AMAZING. They only have a little more left, so get it before it’s gone.

Could not be better! Great selection, very nice service, clean and delicious oils and vinaigrettes. If you are shopping in Frederick (or online), you owe it to yourself to stop. Make sure you sample as much as you can as it’s all very good. My favorite was the white vinaigrette with lemon but there was nothing bad. Very kind staff too.

So I don’t know if it’s that I usually don’t venture this far down Market St. or by the time I do I have stopped at a bar or two and haven’t noticed it. But, whatever the reason is I really had been missing out! I stopped in last weekend and was so glad I did. This place is great, so many interesting combos to try. I absolutely loved the dark chocolate balsamic. When the girl working told us it would be great on ice cream I thought, ew gross. Then tried and she was right it would be it was so good. Had to get a bottle!
Do yourself a favor and stop in, very interesting shop and items you won’t find just anywhere! Will make great gifts whether to myself or for others!

This place is a wonderland for infused oil and vinegar fans. Friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff and a mindblowing selection of different flavored olive oils, white vinegars, and balsamic vinegars — all available and free (with the exception of the truffles, understandably) for you to try. The quality is truly excellent and the flavors faithfully represent the essences that they advertise. Towards the end of our visit, me and the fiancée were forgoing the bread and just taking shots of oils, vinegars, and oil+vinegar combinations straight up from the little paper cups they provide. While this was an excellent way to try everything, it made for achy and overacidic stomachs. Hard to pick favorites. Try for yourself and ask the staff.

My mom told me about this place when I was visiting the old hometown. I knew I had to go.
The store is very cute, clean and has so many amazing flavors of olive oil and vinegar. I was amazing and impressed. I wanted to buy the whole store, but I had to fly back to San Francisco so I controlled myself, buying three small bottles (you get 10% when for each 3 you buy). The Champagne, Vanilla and Dark Chocolate were my choices. There were about 6 more flavors I wanted to buy. Luckily they ship, so I foresee some online shopping in my future!
Service was friendly. Once you have your fill of tastings, simply take the tags of the favors you wish to buy to the front counter and they pour your bottle right then and there. My only qualm is the bread bits to do the tastings with is on a small table and its a pain to keep returning every few tastings to grab some more. Maybe have some bread bits at a few locations around the store to ease with tastings.

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat
It’s pretty unbelievable for the dozens (and dozens and dozens) of times I’ve been to downtown frederick, I’ve never noticed this store. It’s a little hidden tucked away next to Volt restaurant.
Went in today though and I am thoroughly impressed. They have over 50 different kinds of olive oil and vinegars. Prices are extremely reasonable… $ 12 for a small bottle of olive oil.
My favorite thing I tried was the oregano balsamic vinegar. Great place for a gift or to buy for yourself. Only problem is deciding which one to buy!

Exquiste Taste.
Nestled in what seems like a town that pops out of nowhere after vast nothingness on the highway… there is Lebherz Oil & Vinegar Emporium … The only place, by far, that has been able to blow my mind when it comes to Olive Oils and Vinegars.
Case after case of amazing olive oils with information attached to then (very much liek fine wine) you get to explore the endless tastebud exciting possibilities of Olive Oill The Butter Olive Oil introduced to me by someone who must love me to share this treasure with… got me hooked.
it REALLY tastes like butter.
The Basil oil, chipotle oil. its all amazing.
If you love flavor… Floor it to … Frederick (I promise it is worth it)

Who would have though sipping on vinegars and olive oil would be so interesting. My wife told me about this place and we just had to go.
So off we went on a Saturday morning. When we first walked in, we were greeted by the owner and her mother. They had asked us if we had been here before. Our answer was no. The owner then showed us around. There are bout 40 or so stainless steel barrels of olive oils and balsamic vinegars. I guess the only way to see which one you liked was to start sampling. They have little paper cups you use to sample and they have little pieces of bread you can use for dipping. My wife was there for olive oil and I was there for the balsamic vinegar. I didn’t think you could fuse so many different flavors. I didn’t try all of them that day, I think that would have been too much. I did try the dark chocolate fused balsamic vinegar. I will say it was good. I should have gotten a bottle, but I would have just drank it instead of putting it on anything =). I asked the owner what you would use it for, she said it makes a good salad dressing, if you mix it with an olive oil. She suggested the blood orange and dark chocolate balsamic for a good dressing. I tried it and it was actually good. In the end I go the traditional balsamic vinegar, it’s aged 18 years. It’s nice and dark, syrupy like, and awesome flavor. I will be back there again, I know they also have red wine vinegars and some others as well. If you want some high quality olive oil and vinegars this is your place. Don’t buy from an online store. Drive out to this place and actually be able to sample it. It’s well worth the trip.

What a terrific little gem in downtown Frederick. Amazing oils and vinegars. Chose your bottle size and pour away!
Butter olive oil is delish, but the Wild Mushroom Sage oilive oil is to die for. What am I saying?!? They are ALL GOOD! Haven’t tasted a bad one yet! And the bottles make for terrific hostess gifts!
They should make a deal with a local bakery to get fresh bread delivered so that you can make a quick snack out of their yummy offerings.
It’s a bit of a bummer that you can’t refill a bottle, but that’s the health department’s fault, not the sotre’s.

Olea Europaea: Latin for Olive. Oleum: Latin for Oil
LOVE: Acronym for the best darn olive oil and vinegar emporium in the Frederick area (and possibly the whole of Maryland and other surrounding countries)
When someone takes the time to open a shop of nothing but Olive oil and vinegars and is so passionate about it, you know it’s about the love (no, not the kind that you need a bucket and mop to clean up after… get your mind out of the gutter again)
You can sample, you can dip… you just shouldn’t double dip. The Blood Orange oil and the Rosemary thyme oils are phenonemal to cook with the dark chocolate vinegar adds that great kick to sooo many dishes.
Is it worth the drive out to Frederick? Are you a foodie? Do you just want good oil to cook with? Do you want to bathe in it and look like you’re just about to audition for the movie ‘300’?
It’s worth it… now, let’s get our LOVE on.

Ok this is a time for me to break out my Awards. I give this great little «Newly Opened (6mo) business my top award (not to mention the five-​stars above. The «OMG+++++», meaning if you do not stop in this place you have missed the best place to satisfy your Foodie cooking cravings.
This place has a plethora of infused oils, and my most Fav thing (The King no the Supreme Ruler of all Vinegars) Balsamic. Ok readers, I know I might sound a bit over the top but I am one of «Those People» that likes to partake of a little nip or two or three… of a great Balsamic. It is a thing I have done for years and when WS (ok William Sonoma) had there Vinegar/​Oil Bar I just camped out there and was in heaven while the family shopped for hours. Do not forget the other samples, the oils but I was there for the Balsamic! This place not only satisfies that for me but places me in Balsamic Nirvana. Maggie is a self proclaimed «BN» (Balsamic Nipper), as her Fav is the Strawberry Balsamic, you cannot imagine the uniqueness of this place as I stepped into this small but tastefully (ok caught me) done business.
Frederick Citizens or those visiting, If you have not purchased your last minute gifts or are looking for that special gift for that Foodie (even if it is yourself) you have to go in and taste test drive all the unique flavors of the Balsamic and the truly wonderful Infused Oils. Yes, you might see me in there so look for the guy with the «Big Gulp Cup» in the corner sipping the «Dark Chocolate, Honey Ginger, or even Black Cherry Balsamic’ s. Please stop by and visit Maggie and enjoy yourself!
P. S. The Pricing is excellent, and the product is high quality and the bounty of cooking you can do with all of the products makes it worth wile.