Growing slowly, not scared of long draughts nor cold winters, the olive tree is famous for it’s longevity, for its fruits and most of all for the liquid gold we call olive oil. A sea of olive groves! This is what Messinia felt like to me back in November 2021 when we travelled there with journalist Elisa Perrigueur meeting producers, agronomists, oleologists, merchants and workers that were converting the precious fruit into extra virgin olive oil.

Discover the full story in GEO France April 2022 issue.