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Warrick Grove Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the Clare Valley will soon be available in Coles stores throughout South Australia after being selected as part of the Meet the Buyer event. Owners Phil and Grier Warrick entered the event, which saw Coles’ buyers’ tour the country meeting local suppliers, food manufacturers and farmers in search…
At the Hawke’s Bay Olive Oil awards Telegraph Hill scooped ‘Best in Show’ for their ‘Leccino’ Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This is a stunning result in what was a challenging growing year. These olives were harvested in Esk Valley in early June, and batch pressed. Andrew Taylor (the convenor) commented that this oil is a…
Waiheke Island producer Rangihoua Estate received the top honour of Best in Show for its ‘Waiheke Blend’ EVOO at the 2012 New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition, the win backing up Rangihoua’s 2012 Supreme Champion award at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Over 40 entries were received for this year’s competition, with 4 Gold, 7 Silver…
Consumer insights in diverse olive oil markets were shared by trade experts at the Terra Creta international olive oil conference held in Crete last month. From the United States to Brazil and Europe, a consistent message was that quality is crucial, even where consumers have yet to realize it.
A minimum number of tests on olive oil authenticity would have to conducted each year in the European Union under proposed anti-fraud measures before a European Commission committee. And EU countries would have to be more rigorous in the details they gave the EC on their testing and any irregularities found, as part of a…
The Indian Olive Association (IOA) held its 5th Annual Session in New Delhi on November 1. VN Dalmia, president of IOA, said India’s olive oil imports had grown by nearly 40% from 5,000 tons in 2010-11 to 6,900 tons in 2011-12. Imports in the first quarter of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at 2,300…
A con man passed off some 25 tons of industrial olive oil as edible, commercial oil, and distributed it in Israeli grocery stores, until he was caught in a raid by officials from the Health and Agriculture ministries. First reported in The Marker, the scam was discovered when the authorities raided two factories run by…
Spanish olive oil output has doubled in the last 10 years, but ongoing drought and climate change may mean a setback for the global leader in ‘liquid gold’ production. Spain produces 46% of the world’s olive oil, a total that has increased from 28% in 2002. However, it is now being suggested that the countries…
Two more regions of Greece, Messinia and Chalkidiki, have submitted applications to the European Commission for a ‘Protected Designation of Origin’ (PDO) label for their extra virgin olive oil. Messinia it southern Greece, aims at putting all the olive oil it produces under the PDO umbrella with the ‘Kalamata’ tag, while Chalkidiki, near Salonika, wants…
Olive trees in the Jerusalem garden revered by Christians as the place where Jesus Christ prayed before he was crucified have been dated to at least 900 years old, a study showed. The results of tests on trees in the Garden of Gethsemane have not settled the question of whether the gnarled trees are the…