MOULIN DE VELAUX
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Located in the lower valley of the Arc, Velaux has one of the few traditional mills in Provence still operating with granite grinding and presses. If the co-op was born in 1926 of the will of a handful of olive growers, the equipment becoming obsolete and access to the centre of the difficult village, a brand new mill was installed at the village's exit in the 2000 s. However, the co-op kept a system to the old: The 250 tonnes of olives crushed on average each year are thanks to granite wheels and are pressed with scourtins. Today, more than 1 150 co-operators are members of the mill. There are three types of oil on site: a PDO Aix-en-Provence in fruité black, gold medal this year at the general agricultural competition in Paris, a traditional oil (assembly of all olive varieties of the region of Aix-en-Provence: aglandau, salonenque, triparde, picholine, grossane, bouteillan…) which has a slight ardence, flavoured (lemon, orange) and organic oil (assemblage assembly, salonenque, picholine and cunner).
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