Sunset Or Sunrise Olive Grove Tours With BRIST
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There are no shortage of olive oil producers in Istria, Croatia. Istria is world-famous for olive oil. The most influential olive oil guide in the world, the Flos Olei, awarded Istrian olive the title of the highest-quality extra virgin olive oil region in the world, for the fifth consecutive time in 2020.
I mean, most people think of Greece or Italy when they think of olive oil – but, nope – the award winners are in Istria, Croatia.
A few years back, I was on a week-long adventure in Istria and I was taken to the BRIST olive oil tasting shop in Vodnanj, near Pula. It is here that I met Paul (a fellow expat) and his Croatian wife Lena.
Lena’s family are well known in the area. The Puhar family makes extra virgin olive oils that are produced from traditionally grown native olive varieties from their six-hectare grove. They also hand-pick all the olives – no machines are used in the…
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