Olives are soaked for pickling in water until they have changed colour and lost their bitterness. PHOTOS: CHARMIAN SMITH : The good oil on growing olives in Central Otago

Grassy, olivey with a peppery aftertaste that catches you at the back of the throat - rich, green, Central Otago olive oil oozes slowly out a pipe into a strainer at the end of the noisy olive press. : The good oil on growing olives in Central Otago

Freshly picked olives emptying into the press hopper. : The good oil on growing olives in Central Otago