The grove
What happens to an olive in October
Green, then violet, then black. The harvest starts when the oil tastes of grass and pepper.
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By October the olives have turned from green to violet, and the whole island starts to watch the sky. Rain too early and the fruit splits; too late and the flies arrive.
We pick by hand onto nets laid under the trees. Guests who join us in the morning take home a bottle of the first oil, cloudy and bright green, the kind that makes you cough a little. That is the good kind.