KONTOULIS  FAMILY

 Happy Family! Athanasios, Christina, Demetra, and Demetrios.

 

 Our olives are being washed at the local olive mill in the village of Strefi.

 

  Demetra and George examining olives at the nearby temple site of Ancient Messini.

 

 Washed olives separated from twigs and leaves being sent into the crushing chamber

 

 Athanasios and Demetra standing next to a full tree weighed down with olives.

 

 Washed olives separated from twigs and leaves being sent into the crushing chamber

 

 The nets on the ground are to catch the olives that are harvested from the trees.

 

 Athanasios and Nikitas trimming and harvesting!

 

 All of our trees are naturally grown for a natural taste!

 

 Burlap sacks of olives ready to be cleaned and pressed within 24-48 hours of harvest.

 

 Teamwork! Cut full braches are placed through the mechanical comb to get the olives off and into the sack

 

 Thousands of olives are released from the sacks.

 

 View to the north from a 4 year old grove!

 

 Athanasios standing proud with the younger trees.

 

 View of nearby mountains from our grove

 

 Mature olive trees basking in the sun.

 

 Close up!

 

 A perfect bunch of olives waiting to be squeezed

 

 State of the art, German pressing machinery! at the Strefi olive mill

 

 Demetra, named for the ancient Greek goddess of the harvest. What a view!!!

 

 The natural beauty of Messinia!

 

 A wise, old tree dripping with olives.

 

 Cyprus trees beyond the olive grove

 

 George amongst the olives!

 

 Seven different blending chambers working simultaneous on separate harvests.