Tag: varietal

Vinegar, Resplendent

I participated in a comparative vinegar tasting this morning, and as I was clearing the tasting cups captured the sun on some of the samples.    

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

Olivaria – Spanish Olive Oil, part 3: So Many Oils, So Little Time

Alimentaria in Barcelona devotes about 6,000 square feet to olive oil in the pavilion called “Olivaria”, and in the very back were several banks of long high tables for the

Olivaria – Spanish Olive Oil, part 2 Olive Juice and Other Ideas

We’re at Alimentaria Barcelona, the mega trade show for food and wine held in Spain each year, and as I walked through the 6,000 square foot olive oil showcase called

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