Jul 8, 2013 | Olive Oil News
A taverna owner in the northern Greek town of Preveza has been caught stealing oil from graveyard lamps to use in the taverna kitchen. Traditionally, olive oil is used to keep the grave side lamps burning in Greek cemeteries. In the midst of economic crisis cheaper...
Jul 8, 2013 | Olive Oil News
Joe Scopoletti took a phone call some weeks ago, asking if he could fly to Italy for judging in the inaugural Armonia International Olive Oil Competition in Parma, northern Italy. He thanked the caller, but respectfully declined the invitation … Then they received...
Jul 8, 2013 | EVOO, Olive Oil News
Alta Vista olive oils are back in production. The scenic orchard at the top of the hill east of Harvey is undergoing a facelift. Its products were once the first choice for many of the nation’s top chefs … Kurt Haunold and his wife Shenai have moved back to the...
Jun 19, 2013 | EVOO, Olive Oil News
A company has been issued with $20,000 of infringement notices for selling canola oil that it labelled as extra virgin olive oil. The ACCC has fined MOI International for selling the oil, which says on the front of the container ‘Extra Virgin Olive Oil’...
Jun 19, 2013 | Olive Oil News
She is 72 and if you ask Gesine Owen she is “slowly, slowing down” but she is arguably the only one who’d describe her life that way. Truth is this dynamic Inglewood woman, who is the force behind the successful organic operation, Coolmunda Olives,...
Jun 19, 2013 | Olive Oil News
Western Victorian olive yields are down about 50%, but quality is up. A dry growing season, with little spring and summer rain, has meant the berries are about half the normal size. But Greg Matthews, from Toscana Olives at Laharum, just west of the Grampians, says...
