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The mystical powers of Italian olives

As she savours the oil from the fruit of Italian olive groves, Sue de Groot is reminded of ancient bells, motherly love and rock-hard endurance

04 August 2019 - 00:00 By sue de groot

The best olive oil I have ever tasted was spooned out of a bucket of deep green viscosity pressed that very hour from olives picked in the groves of Fattoria di Maiano, near Fiesole in Italy...

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