Tag: cultivar

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

Olivaria – Spanish Olive Oil, part 1

The outbound Lufthansa flight from Tunisia departed at 2:30 am, and the route had us flying north to Frankfurt to catch a flight to our next destination south to Barcelona. 

Insight into Tunisian Olive Oil Production, part 1

It’s Tuesday afternoon.  Day Two.  Part Two.  An alert for my non-industry readers:  this post will be dense with olive talk. After a morning tour of cultural and spiritual sites