In response to this letter, that deals with the causes of the very poor production of 2014 and advises to act immediately and use Dimeothate, a pesticide against flies, even if it’s forbidden, we would like to add the words of some loving olive growers that are concerned about their trees and the quality of […]
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Let’s be honest, the 2014 harvest is close to zero. And the Domaine des Opies is no exception. With a production reduced by ten. Although trees were full of olives thanks to a sweet Spring, and even Winter, nature, as if it was telling us not to ask for too much, quickly reasserted itself…. Parasites, […]
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In Winter, later than for olives grown for oil, begins the harvest of table olives. “Black” olives, loved by those who enjoy thrills, appear on the trees. However, the fruit doesn’t become entirely black but purplish, brown. The beautiful and perfect black colour of some table olives is made with chemicals forbidden in France.. On […]
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Winter care for olive trees is a calm care, a rest period with a little bit of worry. Winter is the time of the year when nature takes its rights and during which the only human action is the limitation of the consequences of any excess. The letting go is the attitude of the grower […]
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After the Winter, flowers blossom in Spring and the first fruits appear between half-May and half-June. Constant care is brought to the trees during the production and maturation of what will become the precious olive, saturated with oil, with its subte and delicate taste. As nature is a non-ending movement, olive changes from an instant […]
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The film director Jean‐Karl Lambert shows us, in its documentary OLIVE OIL: FROM LUXURY TO TRAFFICKING, an investigation about the olive oil market and about what big agribusiness groups do. Olive oil is a simple food product, it is the mechanical extraction of the essence of a fruit, and that’s its worth today. Its quality […]
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A sheer slope North neighbours the other side of the Alpilles mountains, gently rolling, undulating, outlining landscapes with character. The summit of the Alpilles is the Tour des Opies (coming from the Provençal “Aupiho”, which means “Alpilles”), at 493 metres. The range has a long shape, it is bathed by sun, from Avignon to the […]
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Olive oil is the only oil made out of a fruit. A simple mechanical process helps to make it, without adding any chemical of natural product. It is called “virgin” when it is simply extracted, without adding anything. Formerly, some mills used to add hot water during the extraction process. The oil then lost some […]
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