Celebrating the Italian olive picking & pressing season
Olio Nuovo, new oil! Ooooh, just the sound of these two little words brings music to my ears! Today in our garden, Salvatore and our olive oil pickers are busy reaping the harvest. Large green nets are spread under trees like catch nets under a circus trapeze...tied to branches, fences and whatever they can hold on to, while sun tanned farmers with worn leather-like hands pick vigorously by hand. With a small hand-held rake, the farmers gently sweep off the olives from the branches, being careful not to bruise them. They fall to the net and then are wrapped up, bagged and carried to the frantoio, the press.
The olive fruits, that were only small pearl sized in May, have now grown full size and are ready for pressing. And all in a days work! Yes, the picking, cold pressing happens quite fast so the olives don't lose their fresh flavor!
Check out our lemon olive oil, made with Amalfi Coast lemons, and hot red chili pepper too at Marketplace Page.
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