EVOO
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Olives NZ members are getting great promotion of their brands on the TV program Café Secrets. Screening on TV3, Sundays at 5pm, the program is featuring EVOO and also the OliveMark, providing positive support for the local industry and its quality products. You can watch the episode featuring Kapiti Olives https://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/CafeSecrets/TVOnDemand.aspx Coming up are: 19 August – Napier, featuring Matapiro Olives; 2 September – Auckland, featuring Wells Grove Estate and 9 September – Nelson, featuring Matapiro Olives.
New Zealand producers planning to infuse their Certified EVOO might like to consider an alternative this year. Olives NZ executive officer Gayle Sheridan said there is a shortage of Certified EVOO from the 2012 harvest, and a demand from people wishing to buy all types. Difficult weather conditions mean there has also been oil certified as Virgin rather than EVOO. This oil is still generally fine for infusing and remember, if you infuse EVOO it can no longer be labelled as EVOO. So if you are infusing oil, why not look to buy in Virgin oil and sell your EVOO to someone looking for this? Check out the Olives NZ website for EVOO wanted to buy https://www.olivesnz.org.nz/for-sale/