Industry News
To search by topic, use the 'News by category' filter. To search by month and year, use the 'News by month' filter.
Cobram Estate is Australia’s leading extra virgin olive oil producer, taking on the industry’s giants in Spain and Italy and beating them in global tasting competitions. Last month, Cobram Estate was named the world’s most successful producer at the New York International Olive Oil Competition for a third successive year after taking out an unprecedented…
When it comes to olive oil usage among the big Asian countries, Russians consumption seems practically Greek when compared with China and India. While Russia and China both imported about 35,000 tons of olive oil last year, according to the latest report by the International Olive Council (IOC), Russia has about one-tenth of China’s population.
Over-ripe olives can be a problem for more than just your driveway. They may be creating a home for the olive fruit fly, a well-established pest that seems to be spreading in Sonoma Valley. The olive fruit fly was first discovered in Southern California in 1998 and has since spread state-wide, arriving in Sonoma County…
Olive oil is perfect for everyday cooking, but if you have some really nice olive oil you use for dipping, you probably won’t use it as often. You can extend its shelf life by keeping it stored the right way. And great to see this message getting out there.
It’s called liquid gold, but can olive oil, like the precious metal, handle the heat? A long-standing myth is that you shouldn’t cook with olive oil. Yay – this reporter gets it right!
Myths, legends, half-truths and outright lies about olive oil so pervade our current conversation about food that an oleophile like me hardly knows where to begin to refute them. Here are just a few I’ve seen or heard recently …
On June 5 and 6 the small village of San Martino in Pensilis (in the Molise region) will host the 4th edition of Extrascape, an international competition for the best extra virgin olive oil and olive growing landscape.
New Zealand are holding a Judging EVOO and Flavoured Oils Seminar in Auckland on 22 September. The course is targeted at the judges’ pool but is also open to members interested in improving their tasting skills and learning about the taste profiles of flavoured oils. It is an advanced course, so participants must have previously…
Allied soldiers in the First World War took refuge under olive trees, and 100 years later their sacrifice will be further remembered by a special commemorative olive oil bottle being sold by the Marlborough Returned and Services’ Association. The idea to create and fill the small, traditionally shaped bottles with oil from the Marlborough RSA’s…
The 2015 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory (OID) celebrates 10 years in print for this “must have” industry information source. Publisher Ryan Media began compiling annual industry listings in 2006, when there were just 520 olivegrowers and olive producers listed. In its 10th edition, the print and online Olive Industry Directory features 2014…