Annabel Moorsom - Garden Furniture

Samples of the garden furniture to be supplied at the Villa - all white wicker - the other versions are examples of the shape and form.

Annabel Moorsom - Crockery

This is a typical style of Salento terracotta crockery that is handmade (inc plates, mugs and jugs, serving plates and bowls).  The pottery can make most items with the VV logo at no extra cost, which adds a special touch.  Spares can be stored in the office and sold to clients, or they could place orders.  More can be made fairly quickly  if needed to replace breakages.
I have a quote and when making a full order, believe we could negotiate further.  Most items worked out cheaper than those at COIN (the Italian version of Habitat).  A large order like this one, should be made fairly soon to ensure they are ready and they will need the logo.
At the foot is a terracotta plaque, as a suggestion for the name plate(s) of the villa.  Individual ones could be made for each house, if you think they need naming.

Nigel Wilson - New Windows, Doors & Fire place.

The New fire place in The Garden House sittingroom

One of the new bedroom door to the terrace - they are just over 2 meters tall.

In The Main Villa, the bedroom doors from the Sittingroom, are all double doors and VERY high.

You can see the thickness of the walls by the depth of the door casement

The Library bedroom in The Garden House - the right door gives access to the dressing room, the right to the bathroom.

The Garden House Kitchen - the left door accesses the Fridge and the right accesses the stairs to the roof

One of the bedrooms in The Main Villa - the left door shows the large bathroom and shower area - the right gives access to the dressing room

Annabel Moorsom Finalised Floor Plans

These are the final plans for the two villas - Casa A is the one to the left as you enter the gardens and Casa B is the one straight ahead.  Double click on the images to see them BIGGER.

This shows you the lay-out of the gardens and the proposed area for the swimming pool

Nigel Wilson - Christmas 2010 picture updates

Annabel Moorsom - Olive Harvest

Antonio Dongiovanni has been working in the villa garden for over 20 years.  He's been maintaining the fruit trees, shrubs and the olive grove on your behalf since the property was purchased.  Each year he cuts back half the olive trees, and although this means that only half the trees produce fruit each year, this system also means that the fruiting trees will produce better pressing olives at each harvest. That time is now!  

This year, due to the weather, a bumper crop is expected, so we can expect not just quantity but quality.  We're looking at approximately 750 litres of sun-kissed Puglian oil.

Puglia is known as one of Italy's finest producers of olive oil: the blazing sun, rich soil, good water supply and proximity to the sea are all considered reasons.  The olives at the villa are well cared for and, though originally irrigated, are now mature enough to have roots reaching down to the underground water supplies.

As an olive grove owner, you might like to know how to taste olive oil - here are some tasting notes:

Olive oil is judged like wine, by its sensory, properties: colour, bouquet, and taste. These qualities depend on the ripeness of the olives when harvested, how they were kept after picking and how the oil was extracted.  Unlike wine however, olive oil does not improve with age, it will never be better than in its year of production.

1. Examine the color (yellow, green tones?)
2. Smell the aroma (grassy, tomato leaf, artichoke?)
3. Sip the olive oil while sucking in air and exhaling from your nose. A high quality olive oil should not feel greasy in the mouth and should taste peppery.