Overlooking the estate and house from the groves on the slopes
One of the 400 year old trees on the estate
The sorted olives ready for pressing
The olives are then pushed through a grate to remove the leaves and odd
branches removed in the stripping process
The olives are then pushed through a grate to remove the leaves and odd
branches removed in the stripping process
The olives are then pushed through a grate to remove the leaves and odd
branches removed in the stripping process
The stripped olives fall onto a net spread on the ground beneath the tree
The trees are stripped of their olives by teams of four or five workers
The fruit of the prized trees - some of which were planted over 400 years ago
The trees are stripped by hand as they have been for generations
This olive harvest story was shot on a 400 year old olive estate in Catalonia
- it is owned and managed by the Torres family to produce it's unique oil