Australian Olive Association Conference Through a Californian’s Eyes (Part I)
Where the Olive Oil Industry is Now, and How We Got Here— The theme of the Australian Olive Association’s (AOA) 2011 national conference, “Restoring Trust in the Trade of Olive Oil,” was a logical...
View ArticleAustralian Olive Association Conference Through a Californian’s Eyes (Part II)
Where do we go from here?— Legal standards and chemistry were only part of the ground covered at the Australian Olive Association National Conference. A significant amount of time was devoted to the...
View ArticleVarietal or Variety? The Words of Olive Oil
Lucca, a variety developed at UC Davis The olive oil world is being tempted to follow the wine world down the path of questionable language: it’s time to decide if that is an “olive varietal,” or an...
View ArticleOlive Oil Quality: Whither the US?
Tom Mueller January 2012 is likely to be remembered as a watershed month in the US olive oil industry. It seems that at long last, we can glimpse a light at the end of the tunnel. The catalyst for much...
View ArticleOlive Oil at the 2012 American Oil Chemists’ Society
This article originally appeared in Olive Oil Times. Olive oil analysis received more than its fifteen minutes of fame at this year’s annual meeting of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) 30...
View ArticleCalifornia Olive Oil Goes to Washington
Everyone knows that an army marches on its stomach, but it took Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to highlight on the fact that diplomacy does as well. California extra virgin olive oil was among the...
View ArticleAnalysis of the NAOOA Report on Random Testing of California EVOO
Analysis of the North American Olive Oil Association’s (NAOOA) Report “Random Testing of Store-bought California Extra Virgin Olive Oils: 67% Fail New Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC)...
View ArticleExtra-Virgin Olive Oil: Influences on Flavor
It’s harvest time in California and all across the Northern Hemisphere! Appearing in the Fall issue of Edible Silicon Valley is an article Extra-Virgin Olive Oil: Influences on Flavor.
View ArticleWhy Virgins Aren’t Pure and Other Olive Oil Confusions
A second piece from the Fall issue of Edible Silicon Valley takes on the issue of truth in labeling in the US olive oil market. It is no wonder that American consumers are confused about olive oil when...
View ArticleExtra Virgin Olive Oil: Complex, Compelling & Commercial
From KeHE Distributor’s On Trend magazine comes an article co-authored by Maria Reyes, David Neuman and Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne. KeHE has a strong commitment to olive oil quality and is doing...
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