I’m harvesting a 300-year-old olive tree in central Italy. It’s a windy October day, and the silver-green leaves shimmer under the Tuscan sun. Using a small ... made his eponymous olive oil ...

The mill we visited in Monopoli, south Italy, produces around 800 litres per day of extra virgin olive oil, crushing about 5,000 kg of olives. Harvested olives enter the mill on a conveyor belt ...