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If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what is a taste worth? Chinese people are now familiar with wine tasting, which is a rewarding experience. How about olive oil tasting? It is definitely a way to prove that not all the oils are alike. My first-ever olive oil tasting last month in Melbourne, Australia, proves…
As reported last week by Olive Oil Times, the Spanish government is preparing a royal decree forcing the country’s restaurants and bars to replace refillable oil containers with clearly labelled single-use sachets or bottles of oil. The announcement, made by Minister of Agriculture Miguel Arias Cañete, came as a shock after the European Union made…
Pyramid Pet Products was founded with a simple goal: produce the healthiest pet food available on the market. Apart from using multiple natural protein sources with added super foods including blueberries, kelp, sweet potatoes and probiotics, what truly sets the company’s pet food, Tuscan Natural Pet Food Products, apart from others is nutrient rich extra…
In its June newsletter the International Olive Council (IOC) called its North American campaign to promote olives and olive oil “a success judging from the constant import growth recorded since its outset.” The 18-month, $1.7 million campaign was launched in September, 2011 with a cocktail reception for food bloggers in the back of New York’s…
The New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards are arguably the premiere olive oil awards in New Zealand, with the highest level of judging and entry criteria. As such, all entries must have been certified as Extra Virgin Olive Oil at the time of entry. Producers wishing to enter the 2013 NZ EVOO Awards are…
The 2013 Awards Dinner weekend, September 28-29, is being hosted by the Canterbury Regional Group. Saturday commences with a Tasting Seminar from 9am–4pm, led by head judge Sue Langstaff, followed by the Awards Dinner at 7pm. Both events will be held at the Sudima Hotel, Christchurch Airport, with a free shuttle bus from/to the airport.…
Customers of Nelson olive oils can expect milder, better balanced products from this year’s harvest, say growers. After a tough, wet growing season last year, which made it difficult to produce top oils, the long, dry summer has been much kinder, although rain before and during picking caused some disruption. The region’s biggest grower, Roger…
Billed as “A Gastronomic Affair,” New Zealand’s first olive-themed harvest festival has lived up to expectations if all the feedback from festival-goers is a guide. Harvest time in New Zealand is early winter and here in southern North Island the annual struggle is to ripen and pick as much fruit as possible before the inevitable…
We’re in the middle of a gorgeous weekend over the hill in Martinborough and we’re feeling a little, well, overdressed. Our tonsils are coated with oil. Olive oil soup, olive mash, olive-infused dessert. We’re facing an avalanche of artisan breads dipped in the appley green, mown-grass peppery deliciousness of a river of Wairarapa-grown extra virgin…
Not all olive oils are created equal. Not even all extra virgin olive oils are created equal. True, a drizzle of the golden liquid will spruce up a tangled bowl of spaghetti, but there’s more to a bottle emblazoned with ”premium”, ”extra virgin” and ”cold-pressed” than meets the eye.