Olive Juice

This time of year, and one of the key reasons for this trip was for the opportunity to see, experience and learn about the olive oil harvest here in Umbria.  Unfortunately a series of events accelerated the time-frame for harvest and most of of it has already been completed.

But ... the celebration and enjoyment of the new olive oil continues.   In this region, each weekend a town or local area will have it's own celebration associated with the Olive harvest and olive oil production.  We were able to visit the area of Colle delle Marchese; enjoy lunch at a fantastic resturant in the area where the chef served the new oil; and we also went to a olive oil mill in the afternoon, and then in the early evening enjoyed some of the local festivities, which included an 8 meter piece of bruschetta.  They sliced the bread, toasted it over a fire, gave it a good hefty swirl of the new oil and a sprinkle of salt ... and oh man was it good ... 

Here are a few pictures from the day ...