Liam O’Grady locates the finest olive of the day It’s been a tough year for all those involved in the two weeks of harvesting at the BRIST olive groves. Inclement weather and heavy ground posed a challenge for all across Istria to get the olives in on time. Thankfully with a great team, we have […]
It’s been tricky picking a date to get started this year. Plenty of mixed weather and different olive types are ripening at different times. That said, this is what working in partnership with nature is all about. We started off with picking our older trees, which because of their deeper roots have had access to […]
The French are great lovers of tasting. Tasting great wine, great cheeses and now it seems they love tasting Istrian olive oils. Over the summer of 2013, brought in by a stellar recommendation from the leading French guide book Routard, they have tasted, discussed, tasted some more and then in great numbers chosen Seline as […]
September 2013 saw the visit of 42 members of the Arenberg Orchestra (a student orchestra from Belgium) to the Brist Olive grove in Vodnjan. The visit was a wonderful experience and the young members of the orchestra learned about the history and traditions of olive oil growing as well as seeing how it is produced […]
Vrhunska maslinova ekstra djevičanska ulja i gastronomske kreacije Deniza Zembe u centru Zagreba. wish.hr Zagrebački restoran Apetit bio je domaćin prezentacije vrhunskih ekstra djevičanskih ulja BRIST Olive Sta. Margherita, Seline i Gorlato, proizvedenih od tradicionalnih i autohtonih sorti maslina te uz pomoć najsuvremenije tehnologije. Obiteljska tvrtka Brist već šestu godinu zaredom uspješno plasira svoja vrhunska […]
Early September saw the arrival of much wanted rain, and wow did we get it! What we didn’t expect one afternoon was to see five (yes five) tornadoes passing no more than 20 km away just west of the Brijuni national park. Big winds are expected across our grove every so often but our well […]
June 2013 saw the visit of our young cousin from Germany to the Santa Margherita olive grove. Two and a half years old and apparently an expert on soil mechanics. He was not impressed with the balance and consistency of the soil and was insistent that he needs to see the red tractor again.
After a rainy spring we are now into the hot season. Plenty of hours of sunshine to fill our olives full of energy and goodness. Added to that over the last week in Istra we are experiencing fresh winds from the north which keep the olives moving and well aerated. All in all, if it […]
Intense – Harmonious – Delicate (and the fourth is very special) are the three key flavours of the BRIST Olive Oil range. This variety is created through the blending of traditional local olive types. Whether you like to drizzle your olive oil over red meat, white fish salad or even your vanilla ice cream we […]
A spring heavy with rain has left the olives in great shape for a long hot summer. As the trees bloomed this year in June light winds helped pollination to give what will hopefully be a bumper crop of natures best.
