OLIO EXTRA VERGINE DI'OLIVA
Two years ago, during my mother’s visit to Italy, we went to an olive oil factory that is owned by a local Sicilian family. Their farm is absolutely incredible with over 9,000 olive groves. Their villa sits on the hill of Pianogrillo. The factory is very small, but well worth the visit. We paid a small fortune for over 100 bottles of olive oil… below are a few pictures from the factory of the olive oil being prepared for us.
These are the olives gathered from the groves.
Waiting....
First, the olives get cleaned and free of twigs, etc.
Next, they get dropped into this section to get grounded and smashed.
Looks yucky at this point...
The purist and finest olive oil in Italy, straight from the farm/factory to my home!
