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This year’s NZ EVOO Awards is providing a remarkable opportunity, with observers being welcomed to attend the judging in Auckland on 3-5 October. If you’re free and able to get there, don’t miss this chance to see the judging process in action and learn how it all works. Entries for the Awards are now officially…
Just a short hop over that rather large hill from Wellington is the Wairarapa – a region well-known for its pinot noir, and one that boasts about its artisan food producers and restaurants. So while in the capital recently, I thought it would be rude not to nip across and take a look. And one…
The dates have been confirmed for the next round of Focus Grove Project field days/grove visits, as follows: Thursday, 27 October – Nelson; Friday, 28 October – Canterbury; Friday, 4 November – Hawke’s Bay; Friday, 11 November – Wairarapa; Friday, 18 November – Auckland (field day only). The visits will include a detailed project presentation,…
Registrations are now open for Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes Tasting Programs in Europe, Australia and the USA. The programs source some of the best extra virgin olive oils from around the world for participants to taste, expanding their tasting knowledge, skills and experience. Dates are: New York, USA – 2-4 November 2016; Melbourne, Australia…
The Australian National EVOO and Table Olive Competition has had a number of beneficial changes this year, including a range of new classes, lower testing costs and the ability to use judges comments as organoleptical assessment for COP signatories. The chance to ‘go for Gold’ and have your oils assessed by a panel of expert…
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days will be 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…
Olives SA invites all olive oil growers, producers, processors and EVOO lovers to the 2016 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards Presentation Dinner, celebrating the best of the 2016 Australian EVOO harvest. The event will be held in The Gallery at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide on Tuesday, 30 August, commencing at 6.30pm for drinks. Tickets…
The AOA has issued an alert regarding a possible new biosecurity threat which has affected olives in Spain, Italy and the US. More information about this threat and what to do if you think you have it, can be found in the information prepared by the AOA, available on its website here.
Healthy eating guidelines could fall flat as lower income shoppers are increasingly priced out of a market catering for prestige-seekers, a new study suggests. An upside could be higher prices for our fabulous healthy – and fashionable – EVOOs!
The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) and the police’s financial crime squad have uncovered a ring distributing adulterated olive oil in northern Greece.