173. From Tree to Table: The Olive Harvest in Umbria

Untold Italy travel podcast

Katy Clarke

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Leisure

4.6 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Olive oil is a staple of Italian cuisine and some of the country's best drops come from Umbria. Here communities take part in centuries old traditions and rituals to extract precious oil from fruit grown on the region's many hillsides.

Our friends at La Cuccagna, an agriturismo near Gubbio, share their experiences picking and harvesting olives in their idyllic part of the world.

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0:00.0	This is the Untold Italy Travel Podcast and you are listening to episode number 173.
0:12.5	Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages,
0:20.0	mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of
0:23.1	Bella Italia. Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical
0:29.1	landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. If you're
0:36.4	dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,
0:39.8	you've come to the right place.
0:51.3	Ciao, Artuti.
0:52.6	I hope you're all doing super well. Today we're headed back to beautiful Umbria to delve
0:57.7	into one of the most important local rituals in the region, and that's the olive harvest and the first
1:04.3	press of olive oil. If you've been listening along for a while, you'll know that I think Umbria is one of the
1:10.2	most underrated
1:11.3	regions of Italy. It is a place that's revered throughout the country for some of the most
1:16.8	beautiful hilltop towns, delicious foods and fascinating local festivals. But for some
1:22.4	strange reason, visitors seem to pass it by, with a few exceptions like Assisi. Now we love taking guests to Umbria
1:29.7	on our very special group tours of Italy and to watch their faces when they enjoy the beauty
1:34.8	and local traditions of this land. And of course, we always build in hyper-local experiences like
1:41.2	the Olive Harvest into our group plans as after many, many years of
1:45.1	travelling in Italy, we know that these are the very special moments our guests will cherish
1:49.6	the most. So today I've invited our friends Sarah and Salvatore or Sal from the beautiful
1:56.1	lacucania agriturismo near wonderful medieval town of Gubio back onto the show to share with you
2:02.4	why the olive harvest in Umbria is so very special. We'll get started after this quick break.
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