Olivery News — olives

Our Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil (bottled as Medium Intensity Extra Virgin Olive Oil) has won a SILVER medal at this year's New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards earlier this month. This consistent all-rounder is smooth - not too strong or peppery! and can be used liberally on all dishes to enhance and enrich.  A delicious, nutritious, guilt-free superfood!  

Our Kalamata Extra Virgin Olive Oil (bottled as Medium Intensity Extra Virgin Olive Oil) has won a SILVER medal at this year's New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards earlier this month. This consistent all-rounder is smooth - not too strong or peppery! and can be used liberally on all dishes to enhance and enrich.  A delicious, nutritious, guilt-free superfood!  

This years Olive Harvest was a great success. A large crop and excellent weather meant we could harvest a total of 50 tonne, 15,000,000 olives in total. This year Manzanillo, Kalamata and Uovo di Piccione varieties were harvested.  What happens now..... Once the olives are harvested (watch here) they then go through the grader to be sized. Smaller Olives are pressed to make oil and larger olives are kept for our table olives. The large olives are then washed, and placed in 2000L vats or 200L barrels in brine (salt and water). Over the first 3 weeks, rapid fermentation begins using...

On the grove flowering has finally started.  This year we are running two weeks behind last year.  This is due to the cold spring where the weather was all stop start.  The Olive trees listened to the cooler temperatures and delayed spring growth cycles. I hadn't realised this was happening which resulted in me forecasting a light cropping year, because I couldn't see many flower follicles in September.  I've now changed my mind, we are in for another good year!  Plenty of flowers on all the trees. Spring pruning was delayed as we waited for the flowers to come.  I...