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Although Simon Johnson started his career as a chef (first by completing an apprenticeship through the InterContinental hotel group, and later through running a successful restaurant in New Zealand), eventually he realised his love for cooking needed to be nurtured in a different way. “I loved cooking and the industry, but I felt that I didn’t…
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition is being held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days are seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling facility in Lara on the Wednesday. Providing “Essential Knowledge for Modern Olive…
The villa that once belonged to Michelangelo, which includes an almost 1,000-year-old olive press and millstone, is going for about $8.4 million. “I think the property would be perfect for someone who has a love of olive oil and would like to restore the old mill,” the international real estate specialist for Handsome Properties International,…
Leontyna by Australian producer Paringa Ridge joined Alonso Obsession by Chilean company Agricola Pobena and Trilogia by Argentinean company as top winners of the Sol d’Oro Southern Hemisphere 2016 competition, held recently in Melbourne. Australia swept the board in the delicate fruity category, while Chile, Australia and South Africa came out on top in the…
After a one-year test with Greek oils, the world’s second largest retailer has returned to Italy for its Kirkland Signature brand, saying it was “what members wanted.” https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/north-america/costco-switches-back-italian-private-label/52656
Any traveler who has driven through Andalusia and more specifically through the province of Jaén can tell you of its spectacular landscape, dotted with millions of olive trees. Their seemingly infinite existence has been christened the Mar de Olivos or “Sea of Olives.” https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/jaen-seeks-unesco-nod-sea-olives/52696
A Corsican olive oil producer feared for her orchards after the Xylella fastidiosa bacteria was spreading on the island, but for the third consecutive year, Fabienne Maestracci was rewarded for the quality of her work. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/corsica-rewards-grower-olives-picked-fell/52739
Perfect weather over the last few months has created conditions for a strong olive harvest in Italy, both for quantity and quality. But in recent days the climate has also become quite favorable for the proliferation of Bactrocera Oleae, also called olive fruit fly. A patchy attack in various parts of the country, due to…
It’s reliably reported that 80% of the Italian olive oil on the market is fraudulent. Some experts think that percentage is an exaggeration. Others believe that the bigger problem is poor quality olive oil, deliberately mislabeled as virgin or extra virgin. In any case, it’s likely that when you buy olive oil, you’re not buying what it says…
Waiheke Island olive oil producers have done New Zealand proud in an international competition. The Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards Southern Hemisphere 2016 attracted 101 entries from seven countries. The oils came from 45 producers based in Australia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa and Uruguay. And New Zealand did splendidly, with…