The author enjoying some good Italian wine after a day of harvesting.
Matt Lindemulder helps harvest olives on the property owned by Nancy Harmon Jenkins on the Umbria/Tuscany border.
Olives from the harvest are brought to a local frantoio (olive mill) for processing.
Virgin Territory (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015) demystifies the world of extravirgin olive oil and includes scores of delicious Mediterranean-inspired recipes.