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Saturday, 11 November 2017

The olives go to the mill. Time to celebrate.

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Too exhausted to write a proper blog post, but here are a few pictures that sum up the final day of this year's olive harvest: stacking ...
Wednesday, 8 November 2017

How to pick olives: Krappy’s four-point guide

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We’re starting the fifth and final day of what promises to be our best-ever harvest. It’s been olives all the way since Sunday. Cascades of...
Monday, 6 November 2017

Net gain. Best harvest in years!

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We’re now two days into the Casa della Meridian olive harvest and there's lots of excellent news. It’s the best harvest in years. After ...
Sunday, 5 November 2017

Early harvest start - and an unexpected visitor

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Casa della Meridiana, Gallo, Abruzzo, Italy, Sunday, 7am:  We arrived here late last night, after picking up a hire car at Pescara Airport ...
Friday, 3 November 2017

Picking for 2017 starts on Tuesday 6th November

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Harvesting of the olives for Stroud Green Olive Oil will start at Casa della Meridiana on Tuesday morning, weather permitting. The team of o...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013

'Maltempo in Abruzzo' - will the oil get through, as devastating storms wreck the Abruzzo countryside?

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We're used to thinking of Italy as an enchanted place of sunshine, outdoor lunches in the shadow of some ancient monument, and sundowner...
Thursday, 21 November 2013

It's just arrived in Stroud Green.

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Words fail me. Half an hour ago the doorbell rang.  It was Duncan, the van driver, just arrived from Italy with a very special load.   ...