Archive for the 'North America' Category

17 Jan

Italica PLUS EVOO is the first Spanish EVOO enriched with vitamins.

From spring water to cereal, grocery manufacturers are adding vitamin-enriched items to their product lines. Today, Italica Imports is introducing the country to an extra virgin olive oil from Spain that is enriched with fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E, making it a rich source of antioxidants. Use of Italica PLUS in your favorite recipes […]

16 Jan

Rylstone olive producer nabs contracts on ‘best trade trip’

A Rylstone olive producer says he is on his best trade trip to the United States and has gained contracts from his stand at a San Diego speciality food fair. Nicholas Bentivoglio is in the US showcasing his Rylstone organic olive oil to more than 16,000 buyers as one of 40 Australian producers at the […]

14 Jan

UC Davis Launches New Olive Oil Center

Hoping to do for olives and olive oil what it has done for grapes and wine, the University of California, Davis, today launched the first university-based olive research and education center in North America. Plans for the new UC Davis Olive Center, which is part of the university’s Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food […]

04 Jan

About French Olive Oil

Would you like to know more about French Extra Virgin Olive Oil ? Alain Maes, a Frenchman who live in Chicago wrote a few days ago a passionate and interesting article on the subject. Via this post and Costas

28 Dec

Olive harvest reported stolen

By Stevie Ipsen, An olive crop worth about $2,400 is reportedly missing after several men, posing as pickers from a local olive oil company, picked and drove away with 6 tons of olives. According to William Klarenbach, his mother’s 6-acre property on Flournoy Avenue consisted of manzanilla and mission olives that were simply loaded into […]