Allure Estates
Templeton, CaliforniaA tiny, family owned and operated olive and grape growing estate producing some of the best olive oil, varietal vinegars, and fruit-infused vinegars.
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Welcome to Allure Estates! We are a tiny, family owned and operated olive and grape growing estate, just a few miles inland from California's central coast, near Paso Robles. We produce (we hope you'll think) some of the freshest, spiciest, best-tasting olive oil, varietal vinegars, and fruit-infused vinegars you've ever experienced. We currently produce five different oak barrel-aged wine vinegars from grape varietals we grow on our farm, and our organic certification is pending.
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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 our four children, along with the help of many friends.We're happy to say we will never be a large commercial enterprise, since we do not intend to produce more oil or vinegar than we can grow ourselves!
-Laurie and Alex
What started out primarily as an effort to improve the aesthetics 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.
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.
Our vineyard has approximately 1000 vines or approximately two acres of six different varietals (cabernet sauvignon, syrah, zinfandel, grenache, chardonnay and viognier). It was planted in 2000 and has now reached a level of maturity that allows excellent fruit quality. It is located in what is known to viticultural specialists as the "Templeton Gap," an area within the Paso Robles appellation in the Central Coast of California with ideal climatic and soil conditions for premium grape growing. The vineyard is farmed organically and the fruit is thinned to yield no more than two tons per acre for maximum quality. The grapes are hand-picked and crushed at our own facility within minutes of picking.
Our Olive Oil Production Process: We pressed our very first oil from a tiny harvest of 250 lbs. in 2004, resulting in five gallons of oil with flavor and taste we thought exceeded all our expectations. The next year we hand-picked our first commercial crop of 2.5 tons of olives and pressed 90 gallons of oil. Since then our production has steadily increased (180 gallons in 2007). This year, (2008) we expect to harvest some 6 tons and press 240 gallons or so.