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Are you more likely to buy food or wine if the product has won an award? Browse most market stalls or shop shelves and it’s likely you’ll spot one or two products emblazoned with stickers of prizes won. While some producers say they’re valuable marketing tools, others aren’t so sure.
At its peak the fire was so intense it formed a 150-metre-high tornado of whirling heat, flame and smoke. It was January and the owners of Laharum Olive Grove – Deirdre Baum, her husband Richard and their two boys – were on holiday at the beach.
Red Island’s Show Reserve was awarded the trophy for best Extra Virgin Olive Oil at the 2014 Australian Olive Association (AOA) National Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, held in the Hunter Valley last week. We’ll bring you all the major results in the next edition of Friday Olive Extracts, and a full round-up of the…
The Auckland A & P Association has announced the winners of the 2014 Easter Show Olive Oil Awards, with the Logan Campbell Trophy and Supreme Champion oil awards going to Man O’War Olive Groves, Waiheke Island, for its Frantoio/Leccino blend. Entries this year were of a high standard and the judges awarded 31 medals in…
The 2014 NZ EVOO Awards Dinner is being held tomorrow night, 4 October, in the Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings, a fittingly significant venue for such important awards. The set three-course menu will use several of the recipes from the Olives NZ 2015 Recipes Calendar, making it a true celebration of NZ EVOOs. It’s no doubt…
Less than one month away from wrapping up the current (2013/14) campaign, reports out of Spain indicate that the country has surpassed one million metric tons in exported olive oil for the first time in history.
Corfu has been known as a Mediterranean tourist destination for decades but it has not been particularly known for producing exceptional olive oil. That could be changing. Spyros Dafnis, a recent University of Economics graduate whose family owns an olive mill in Corfu decided to try a new method of harvesting and milling the olives…
New quality standards, concerns over water, and growing demand could convince more farmers to grow olives.
Jim Kamas, assistant professor and extension specialist at Texas AgriLife Extension, released an opinion statement rejecting the likelihood of Texas becoming a commercial manufacturer for olive oil, citing such challenges as the crop’s cold sensitivity, an unsuitable climate, and olive trees’ susceptibility to soil-borne pathogens. Yet despite such acknowledged hardships, Texas farmers are pushing back…
The Citoliva Center in Andalusia celebrated the end of its summer program with an open training session earlier this month. El Centro Tecnológico Andaluz Citoliva — which roughly translates into “Civic Olive Oil Technological Center of Andalusia” — hosted an open training day on September 2. Attendees were invited to see some of the innovative…