ABOUT US
Our family is involved in olive cultivation, continuing a tradition that dates back centuries. In this context, we produce organic extra virgin olive oil.
Respecting the environment and sustainability, cultivating our olive trees in the traditional way of our ancestors, without using pesticides or chemical products that are prohibited in organic farming. Our olive groves have been certified for the production of organic products by approved certification bodies since the early 2000s.
Olive oil production was carried out at our grandfather’s olive mill, which was modernized in the early 1990s. Today, the extraction and bottling of our family’s olive oil take place in state-of-the-art facilities.
Currently, our activities are overseen by the younger members of our family: Maria Trikka, a graduate of the University of Piraeus in Economics, and Georgia Trikka, who holds an MSc from the Agricultural University of Athens.
Our great-grandfather's water mill and olive grove.
Photo from the excavation of the pottery workshop.
OUR LAND
Our village is called Prosymna (Berbati), located in Argolis, and its territorial boundaries are adjacent to the archaeological site of Mycenae. The archaeologist and Director of the Swedish Institute at Athens, Berit Wells, in an interview with the magazine “Anagennisi,” states that during the Mycenaean period, the valley of Prosymna was under Mycenaean control. Surface research conducted in the area reveals that, in addition to cereal cultivation, the people also engaged in olive cultivation, and traces of olive presses have been found scattered across the valley of our village.
In excavations conducted in 1938 by Axel W. Persson of the Swedish Institute at Athens, a Mycenaean pottery workshop was discovered just 500 meters from our olive groves. These large vessels, decorated with various scenes, were used by the people of the time to store food and olive oil. Some of these vessels have been found in Cyprus, Syria, and other locations.
Photo from the excavation of the pottery workshop.
The Lion Gate - entrance to the acropolis of Mycenae.
