Grape harvest in Oliveto Citra: when harvesting becomes tradition
There are moments in the agricultural year that go beyond simple work in the fields. The grape harvest is one of them.
The snapshot accompanying this article was taken during the grape harvest in the vineyard adjacent to the Colli Borbonici® olive groves in Oliveto Citra, in the heart of the Upper Sele Valley. An image that tells the story of an agricultural landscape, but above all of a special time of year: one in which work, conviviality, and tradition meet once again.
The harvesting of a product of the earth like grapes, in fact, still holds a strong social value today. The harvest means coming together, working side by side, and sharing a tradition passed down through time. It is an agricultural culture that is also deeply rooted in our own territory.
From the grape harvest to the 52nd Grape Festival of Oliveto Citra
This year, this bond was even more evident.
In Oliveto Citra, in the province of Salerno, the 52nd edition of the Grape Festival has just concluded, an event that for over half a century has celebrated one of the most representative moments of local agricultural life.
For Colli Borbonici®, it was natural to choose to support this year's edition as a sponsor.
Not only because our farm was born and raised here, but because we believe that promoting a product also means helping to preserve the territory, its events, and those occasions when a community rediscovers its roots.
Grapes and extra virgin olive oil: two harvests, the same culture
The grape harvest precedes another fundamental moment for our countryside by a few weeks: the olive harvest.
The fruit, the techniques, and the processes may change, but something deeply common remains: the anticipation throughout the year, the care for the land, and finally the moment of harvest, experienced not just as the conclusion of a production cycle, but as an opportunity for connection.
This is precisely the thread that unites the snapshot of the vineyard, the Grape Festival of Oliveto Citra, and the Colli Borbonici® olive groves.
Three images of the same idea of territory.
For us, being part of this community also means this: producing extra virgin olive oil in Oliveto Citra while keeping the relationship between agriculture, people, and the traditions of the Upper Sele Valley alive.
And while the grape harvest comes to an end, another moment we wait for all year long is approaching in our olive groves: the new olive harvest.
From the vine to the olive tree, the harvest continues to be a time of work, sharing, and belonging.