Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Marketing, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows
The Fantastic Food + Drink Show is a new trade event for the specialty food business, celebrating “premium, gourmet, handcrafted, delicious and unique”. The organisers say the event will bring together members of the premium and gourmet food and drink market...
Jul 29, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil Shows, Seminars/Conference
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days will be seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling...
Jun 7, 2016 | Competitions, Marketing, NZ, Olive Oil Shows, Suppliers & Announcements
Entries are now open for the 2016 New Zealand Royal Easter Show Olive Oil competition, with important dates to note as follows: entries close on September 5, with oil samples due by September 19 and judging to take place on September 27. Schedules will be circulated...
Apr 19, 2016 | Awards, General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil Shows
Even though Istria was named the best olive oil region in the world by Flos Olei, many Croatians (author included) will tell you that they prefer olive oils produced in Dalmatia, and on March 20, 2016, during the annual international Noćnjak awards in Bol on island...
Apr 7, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil Shows
Upon opening a new bottle of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), the aromas of fresh cut grass and green almond waft into your nose. It is so intense that you might exclaim: “What an Extra Virgin” or, if you are a Spaniard, “Qué Virgen Extra.” This is the slogan that led...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, International News/Trends, NZ, Olive Oil Shows
The 2016 World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE) will be held on March 2-3 in Madrid, Spain. The annual international exhibition and trade fair serves as a meeting place for olive oil producers, traders, brokers, agents and buyers from around the world, and this year’s...