Every tree receives tender loving attention
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Pat decides its easier to bring pieces of the tree to her rather than her to the tree!
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What is Daniella looking at in the tree?
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Jack's in there somewhere!
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Some of those olives are darned hard to get
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The loneliness of the long-distance olive harvester?
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Harvesting basket hanging handily on a branch
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Picnic lunch for the workers
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Basket cases :-)
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Francesco comes over to supervise the antics of the workers
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Lunch at the frantoio:L to R: Viv, Annette, Jane, Anna, Clive, Greg, Cheesy, Pam and Rachel
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Lunch amongst the vats
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Stone grinding wheels mulch down the olives
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Olive mulch being churned
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The frantoio himself with Tom and Cheesy, with a big pile of 'sansa' which what is left over after the olives have been processed into oil.
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First golden drops of the 2006 vintage!
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Bucket filling up nicely
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Bottling the 2006 'Goccia d'oro' di Colletta
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Francesco holds aloft the 'prima bottiglia' - the first bottle.
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And to finish off, the bottles are cleaned and labelled.
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