Agriculture . Competition . International Trade
TerraOlivo Day #2: Variety is the Spice of Life
On July 26, 2010 by Liz TagamiThe 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
Competition . International Trade . Travel
Israel Welcomes TerraOlivo 2010
On July 25, 2010 by Liz TagamiEarlier 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
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The Industrial Side of Olive Oil
On April 17, 2010 by Liz TagamiAfter a morning in the orchards we drove to the other side of Sfax to visit a very large producer. The filling lines were running and we observed both 500
Dining . Travel
Breakfast with Methuselah, part 1
On April 8, 2010 by Liz TagamiThe morning dawned bright and cloudless in Sfax, the largest city along the eastern coastline of Tunisia, fewer than 15 miles across the water from the nine low-lying Kerkennah Islands.
Agriculture . Travel
Insight into Tunisian Olive Oil Production, part 2
On April 3, 2010 by Liz TagamiWe stood outside in a small courtyard surrounded on three sides by the typically bright white walls and blue trimmed doors / blue painted ironwork of Tunisia, which here were
Agriculture . Travel
Insight into Tunisian Olive Oil Production, part 1
On April 2, 2010 by Liz TagamiIt’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