We took a nice walk to a local olive oil press and winery. This is the place where Casa Cares takes their olives to turn them into olive oil since the olive oil press at Casa Cares is no longer functional. Olive oil is the number one priority in this region even though there are wineries around as well. Here, wine is kind of a dime a dozen so unless you have some really spectacular wine, it's just not worth as much as the olive oil! Tuscan olive oil is known for it's quality and they can make a pretty penny on it because it is premium! The olive trees here grow smaller than other places so the olive are picked off the tree by hand, therefore affecting the acidity of the finished olive oil. Other places, the olives get a chance to ripen more so that they will easily fall off the tree when the tree is shaken/hit/comb so the acidity is different.
There's a little old church not far from Casa Cares and we went in to see the old church. It's pretty neat. They have a beautiful garden out back full of fruits, vegetable, herbs and flowers. Roses are blooming everywhere I've been in Italy and here in Tuscany, wild flowers (a lot of poppies) are also everywhere!
Wild peacock!
Old olive oil press!
New Olive oil press.
This is where they used to store wine for aging.
This is where the wine would ferment. These are no longer in use!
The white peacock showing off...everyone is taking pictures!
This place has beautiful garden outback!
White peacock!
These are cherries! Wild cherries just along the side of the road.
This is the whole complex where the oil press (and winery) is.
This is a vineyard.
The road leading up to the old church.
There's a little old church not far from Casa Cares and we went in to see the old church. It's pretty neat. They have a beautiful garden out back full of fruits, vegetable, herbs and flowers. Roses are blooming everywhere I've been in Italy and here in Tuscany, wild flowers (a lot of poppies) are also everywhere!
This is an old olive oil press in the basement of the church...no longer in use.
The sign on the old olive press: it means no cursing! Our guide said that there was probably a lot of cursing going on because making olive oil is hard work!
It's a beautiful place. I look around and the view is just breath taking! As my roommate said, " I feel like I'm living in a postcard!"
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