Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions
The 2015 Sydney Spring Fine Food Show Olive Oil Competition achieved a record 136 entries, with the competition saw judges tasting the finest olive oils, in addition to olives and olive products. The organisers said all nine Champion winners were unique producers in...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions, Equipment
The Australian olive industry has developed rapidly since the early 2000s and one of the biggest innovations has been the mechanisation of harvesting.Boundary Bend Victoria production manager, Ryan Norton, has spent the past 15 years helping to build Cobram Estate in...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions, Olive business, Table Olive News
An innovative introduced to the 2014 and 2015 AOA and Olives SA Table Olive Competitions was the inclusion in both the testing and blind tastings of 20 commercial green, black and Kalamata table olive products purchased from local supermarkets. Convenor of the...
Sep 22, 2015 | Competitions, International News/Trends, Olive Oil Shows
Registration has opened for the 2016 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), the fourth edition of the largest and most prestigious extra virgin olive oil competition in the world.Each year the annual contest draws some 700 entries from 25 countries to...
Aug 31, 2015 | Competitions, NZ
Entries for the 2015 New Zealand EVOO Awards are now open, with the 2015 judges panel comprising Australians Peter Olson (head judge) and Margi Kirkby, international guest judge Himeyo Nagatomo from Japan, and New Zealand judges Ed Scott, Hilary Fenemor and Charlotte...
Aug 31, 2015 | Australia, Competitions, EVOO
Mornington Peninsula producer Cape Schanck Olive Estate has wowed the judges at the 2015 Los Angeles International EVOO Competition, taking out four awards in the Southern Hemisphere judging. The only local producer to win at the show, Cape Schanck’s Coratina was...
