All That Remains





Inside the mill is full of noise and activity as the new oil is being produced.  Outside it's much clamer the only sign of the harvest being the silver leaves falling gently into the trailer.

Pressing the Olives



Pressing oil from the olives the old fashioned way

Thanks to Bob and Ian from Casal Dei Fichi I got the chance to visit their local mill in Mogliano (Corradini Corrado & Co).  Here as well as more modern equipment they still use the old pressing techniques - the stone wheels crush the olives and the paste is then pressed between discs to extract the oil. I came back with fruity, peppery oil pressed from the 'Piantone di Mogliano'.