While Whaiheke is known for its wines, it also has a thriving olive industry, with perhaps a dozen groves producing highly sought-after olive oil. The producers got together today for an Olive Festival. This is what the Wine Festival (which we thought was a rip-off) should have been: cheap, fun, family oriented. Alexander had a great time running around with the other kids, and we enjoyed the food and music. We even came back with four bottles of olive oil for our own taste tests.
The festival was held at Rangihoua Estate, which has some amazing sculptures made from swamp kauri. If that bench was for sale, I think we would be figuring out how to ship it back to Pittsburgh.
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