The old W cliche'

Well, I guess it would be fair, at the very beginnings of this blog, to give you a short introduction to the whos, whys, hows, and wheres (hope to have got them right...)

The who - we're a small family producer that is setting up an, again, small olive oil production. A lot of work, but still, a lot of fun.

The why - it does feel good. Bringing back to life old and neglected growths, planting new ones, caring for them. Avoiding "traditional" kill-em-all pesticides and seeing the nature enjoying such a different approach. Seeing ladybirds nonchalantly take a stroll on an olive branch. Having a swim in the sea to wash off the red layer of dust after a day in the fields. Seeing my daughter eating the oil with a bit of bread and knowing it's completely free of added chemicals, pesticides and their likes. I could go on...

The how - further to the several hundred trees whose production was almost completely depleted by family consumption, we undertook a significant enlargement of their ranks which will bring the figure up to an estimated 5000 trees by next year. Although it takes us a lot of additional time and efforts, all the olives are organically grown.

The where - the magic triangle in front of the Brioni islands. Although olive oil from Istria was sung by poets from the roman ages, the whole region got off the radar for a long period. Now we are coming back on it, slowly but steadily and with all the right reasons.

That's it from us. We'll develop the topics more in detail in parallel with the works en plen air...