There are places in the world where the land and climate combine so precisely that they give rise to plant varieties that don't exist — or don't express themselves the same way — anywhere else. Casaliva, Leccino, and Gargnà: three

There is a moment in the year that those who work in olive groves learn to recognize first with their eyes and then with their sense of smell. It arrives in spring—usually between May and June on the hills around