It’s difficult to convey the ubiquity of olive trees in Apulia. Our hosts at the Masseria Le Fabriche in Maruggio believe this beauty to be more than 1,000 years old.

There’s so much to be said about these trees and their fruit… but not enough time today… posting in a hurry as I prepare for the first day of the Radici Wines festival devoted to indigenous grapes of Southern Italy…