Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil Shows
The second annual Harvest Open Day will be held on Sunday, May 8 at Nangkita Olive Grove, Tooperang. Last year’s event was a huge success, attracting visitors across the state to the Fleurieu grove. It’s a jam-packed day of olive education, including olive oil tasting...
Feb 1, 2016 | Diet/Food, EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive Oil Shows
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven that frying in Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is the cooking method that increases the phenolic fraction present in raw vegetables used in Mediterranean diet (potato, pumpkin, tomato and eggplant) the most....
Dec 10, 2015 | Competitions, NZ, Olive Oil Shows
A Marlborough crayfisherman’s award-winning olive oil has all the components to rival the best of any overseas producer, judges say. Trevor Burkhart’s ‘Burkhart Family Estate 2015’ produced extra virgin oil picked up first prize as the best...
Nov 17, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows
The period from the middle of October until mid-November is when the olive harvest begins in Istria, Croatia’s premier olive oil producing region. This is also the time of year when an annual festival celebrating the new olive oil season is held in Vodnjan, in the...
Oct 15, 2015 | Australia, Olive Oil Shows
Mount Zero Olives are celebrating the 2015 olive harvest by hosting an appreciation session of that famously underrated ingredient – olive oil. There will be tastings to make your mouth water at the Mount Zero warehouse in Tottenham (only 9km out of the CBD), as well...
Sep 22, 2015 | Competitions, EVOO, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows
Entries in New Zealand’s most prestigious competition for extra virgin olive oil closed on Wednesday, 9 September, with a total of 70 entries. There were 60 entries in the Extra Virgin classes and 10 entries in the Flavoured Oil classes, which are new classes for...
