Olive Harvest

 

Host: Mike Whitney

 

It’s olive harvest time in the Hunter Valley.

 

 

 

Bunna Bunoo Olive Grove
Bunna Bunoo is a family managed olive grove located on the Paterson River in the Hunter Valley Region of NSW.

 

Like the climate of Southern Italy where their family originated, the hot summers and cool crisp winters of the area are ideal conditions for cultivating olives that produce the finest olive oil.

 

At Bunna Bunoo, the olives are harvested and processed within 48 hours. Generations of olive growing and processing results in this unique and superior quality product.

 

 

 

The olive grove has 3500 trees established in 1997. They grow five varieties of olives - Frantoio and Correggiola, Jumbo Kalamata, Kalamata and Manzanillo.

 

Harvest is usually between April and June.   The olives are processed, bottled, labelled and packed at the grove, in a new purpose-built facility. The olive oil is cold pressed locally, and is then returned for bottling and labelling at the grove.

 

 

 

All products are available from the Bunna Bunoo Cellar Door, selected delicatessens and gourmet stores, and by mail order.

 

The Cellar Door is open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between 10am and 5pm, and weekdays by appointment. Coffee, tea and light refreshments are available.
Tourist groups are welcome, and tours through the grove can be arranged.

 

More Information
Bunna Bunoo Olive Grove
237 Fishers Hill Road, Vacy
Telephone: (02) 4938 8086
Cellar door open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 10am - 5pm
www.bunnabunooolives.com.au

Prices correct as at 03/05/08