Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Hazelnuts and more....

Welcome from Margot and Richard.

Situated near Greytown in the Wairarapa (about a 75km drive north of Wellington), New Zealand, we run a small grove established in 2000 growing hazelnuts, olives and table grapes, plus a little horseradish.

We welcome visitors and would love to see you!

Olive Picking

We've made it through another picking! It has been a difficult season, with a lack of sunshine hours in what was supposed to be summer putting us weeks behind normal, and, it would seem, leading to the completely uneconomic yields from the presses. Then throw in lots of frosts to keep us guessing...

But friends and acquaintances pitched in with another valiant effort, and the picking weather was better than forecast. We made it, thank you all our helpers.

The 2012 photos are now here. Links to photos from our 2011 and earlier olive pickings are on the Olives and Olive Oil page.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Our olives are cold-pressed in the Wairarapa. We produce very high quality extra virgin olive oils. We usually keep the varietals separate for pressing, so we can produce Frantoio, Leccino, Barnea and Picual extra virgin olive oils and beautiful blends and infusions.

Want to know what "Extra Virgin Olive Oil" means? Check out our "Olives and Olive Oil" page.

Hazelnuts

Our main hazelnuts include Barcelona and Tondo Romano table varieties, and a younger planting of Tonda di Giffoni and Whitehart.

Table Grapes

We have a small area dedicated to old-fashioned table grapes. No, they are not pip free - but they taste great, the way grapes used to!

Horseradish

Finding we have more horseradish than we can consume, we make our excess available for those that know the delights of real horseradish sauce.

Purchasing or Visiting

We are happy to supply internet orders for all our products except the grapes. Please see the purchase page for ordering and pricing information.

We welcome visitors to the grove for tastings, grove tours and sales. Please see the visit us page.

If you have a suggestion on how to improve this website, let us know! We have tried hard to keep it simple and readable, but we know it isn't perfect.