Category: Competition

Toshiya Tada – Olive Japan 2012

This article first appeared in the Olive Oil Times. This morning olive oil judges from Spain, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Australia and California are making their way across the world’s oceans

TerraOlivo 2010 Announces Results

The Olive Oil Times has just published an exclusive  article of my coverage of the Competition and Congress at TerraOlivo 2010.   You can read it here, “Israel Hosts TerraOlivo

TerraOlivo, Day #3 – All in Good Taste

I was mighty impressed by the coordination of the TerraOlivo 2010 program.  Moshe Spak, the organizer introduced me to Leo, who was in charge of the samples and set up.

TerraOlivo Day #2: Variety is the Spice of Life

The soft sschick of protective glass covers sliding off official blue tasting glasses; the brusque schqqq schqqq schqqq of  precisely warmed olive oil being aerated across official palates; the particular

Israel Welcomes TerraOlivo 2010

Earlier today an international jury of 18 certified olive oil judges began the 3-day process of blind tasting 189 extra virgin olive oils from 14 countries.   I’m at the