If you love Nice olives, olive paste, and oil from our region, don't miss the Open House Day at the oil mills of the Alpes-Maritimes! Each year, the Interprofessional Union of Nice Olive, the Chamber of Agriculture of the Alpes-Maritimes, and the oil mills and cooperatives of the department come together to showcase this local expertise to the public. An event marked by tradition and culinary delight!
The olive tree is the emblematic tree of the Mediterranean basin. In France, the PACA region naturally ranks as the leading olive-producing region.
In the Alpes-Maritimes and the County of Nice, olives have been cultivated since ancient times and are used in all kinds of dishes. Olive oil is an essential element of the local gastronomy, used both for preparing a Pissaladière and for seasoning the famous Niçoise salad!
The Open Day of the oil mills in the Alpes-Maritimes is an event organized by the Syndicat Interprofessionnel de l'Olive de Nice, the Chamber of Agriculture of the Alpes-Maritimes, and the oil mills and cooperatives of the department: an opportunity to discover the secrets of making the precious golden nectar...
Olive specialty enthusiasts (salted olives, tapenade and PDO olive paste, brissaouda), mark this event in your calendars!
The 10th edition of the Open House Day of the olive oil mills in the Alpes-Maritimes will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in 15 private, cooperative, or communal mills, from Grasse to Menton.
The millers and olive growers of the department are waiting for you to introduce you to their trades and products.
On the agenda: guided tours of the mills, demonstrations of olive harvesting and crushing, and of course tastings of olive oil and specialties like brissaouda (grilled bread rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil).
The Open Day of the oil mills in the Alpes-Maritimes will take place on Saturday, November 29, 2014 in the mills of the Pays Grassois, Pays Niçois and Estéron, the Pays des Paillons, and the Pays Mentonnais.
Admission is free.
Here is the list of participating mills:
Moulins d'Opio
2 route de Châteauneuf - 06650 OPIO
Tel. 04.93.77.23.03 email: direction@moulinopio.com
Open from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, visit of the old mill, olive harvest demonstration, tasting and sale of oleic products, brissaouda, games.
Moulin à huile du Rossignol
41 chemin des Paroirs - 06130 GRASSE
Tel. 06.18.84.04.15
Open from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm
Explanatory visit of the mill, video screenings, visit of the old mill, tasting and sale of oleic products, brissaouda.
Huilerie Sainte-Anne
138 route de Draguignan - 06130 GRASSE
Tel. 04.93.70.21.42 email: contact@huilerie-sainte-anne.com
Open from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, visit of the old mill, tasting and sale of oleic products.
Moulin Baussy
3 rue du Bourboutel - 06530 SPERACEDES
Tel. 04.93.60.58.59 email: moulin.baussy@wanadoo.fr
Open from 9 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm
Visit of the mill, visit of the old mill, tasting and sale of oleic products.
Coopérative oléicole de St Cézaire
100 route de St Vallier - 06530 ST CEZAIRE SUR SIAGNE
Tel. 06.13.45.74.88
Open from 9 am to 5 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, tasting of oleic products.
Moulin Alziari Neolive
318 boulevard de la Madeleine - 06000 NICE
Tel. 04.93.44.45.12 email: tourisme@alziari.com.fr
Open from 9 am to 5 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, video screenings, tasting and sale of oleic products.
Le Moulin de Castagniers
2 chemin du Moulin - 06670 CASTAGNIERS
Tel. 04.93.08.10.75 email: lemoulindecastagniers@9business.fr
Open from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Explanatory visit of the mill, demonstration of olive paste making, photography exhibition, video screenings, visit of the old mill museum, tasting and sale of oleic products, brissaouda.
Coopérative Oléicole de Gilette
Route de Gilette - 06830 GILETTE
Tel. 06.23.17.28.88 email: lougilettan@orange.fr
Open from 10 am to 5 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, visit of the old mill, tasting and sale of oleic products.
Moulin communal du Broc
Route de Nice - 06510 LE BROC
Tel. 04.92.08.27.30 email: personnel@lebroc.fr
Open from 8 am to 1 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, photography exhibition, sale of oleic products.
Moulin communal de Villars-sur-Var
Placette du Moulin - 06710 VILLARS-SUR-VAR
Tel. 06.51.72.27.71 email: olivier.hoch@gmail.com
Open from 9 am to 5 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, photography exhibition, visit of the old mill, olive harvest demonstration.
Moulin communal de Clans
21 avenue Auguste Ghiraldi - 06420 CLANS
Open from 8 am to 5 pm—Explanatory visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, visit of the museum.
Moulin à huile Roger Guido et fils
916 boulevard de la Vallée Borghéas - 06440 PEILLON
Tel. 04.93.91.24.40 email: moulin.guido@libertysurf.fr
Open from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 7 pm
Visit of the mill and demonstration of crushing, tasting and sale of oleic products, brissaouda.
Moulin communal de l'Escarène St Sébastien
Descente du Moulin - Route Nationale - 06440 L’ESCARENE
Tel.06.63.53.57.81 email: m.cagnazzo@escarene.fr
Open from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Visit of the old mill and demonstration of crushing, tasting and sale of oleic products, brissaouda, "Trulles" aperitif offered at 12:00 pm.
Moulin communal de Castellar
Voie du moulin - 06500 Castellar
Tel.04.93.35.67.80 email: jean-pierre.louvet3@wanadoo.fr
Open from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Explanatory visit of the mill, video screenings.
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