«"No one born in Provence can live without the scents of the garrigue scrubland, the gusting Mistral, the sun's caress and the magic of the olive tree, whose rippling grace has shaped the local landscape for a thousand years" Catherine and Jean-Benoît Hugues, olive growers in Les Baux de Provence.

After living for 15 years on the wide-open plains of Arizona (but with their distinctive French Midi accent intact!) Catherine and Jean-Benoît Hugues decided to go back to their roots. They returned home to Provence to dedicate themselves to their passion: the olive tree.

Castelas Mill, which they built from scratch, is the project they had nurtured ever since venturing into the world of olive farming.

They are now the owners of a 36-hectare olive grove (that's about 90 acres), located entirely in the Vallée des Baux de Provence appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC) area.