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ABOUT US
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Allure Estates is a small family farm located on the California Central Coast near the town of Templeton, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, 25 miles from the Pacific coast. It is owned and operated by Laurie and Alex Alexiev and their four kids along with the help of many friends.
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What started out primarily as an effort to improve the esthetics of a particularly unappealing, weed-overgrown part of our property eight years ago has evolved into a productive, if tiny, family ranch dedicated to the production of Tuscan-style, extra-virgin olive oil and premium varietal wine vinegar. It will never be a large commercial enterprise, since we do not intend to produce more oil or vinegar than we can grow ourselves. But, within the constraints of our size, we aim to make the best olive oil and vinegar we possibly can.
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Allure Estates is now in the process of getting organic certification. For the past three years we have farmed organically (prior to that we occasionally used the herbicide Roundup) and have qualified to apply for organic certification as of March 2009. We expect to be certified 100% organic by the summer of 2009. |
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Adventures in a Pile of Dirt
A fun rant about the initial planting, written by Laurie.
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Olive Orchard
A decidedly more jaundiced view of the same,written by our son, Eric (The Orchard’s Poet), at 11 years old. |
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