Questions about Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Olives & Olive Oil Chocolates
Integrated production system?
This is a sustainable farming system that maximizes natural resources and mechanisms of production minimizing the use of elements external to the f...
Pungent olive oil?
This is the tactile sensation of spiciness, distinctive of oils produced at the beginning of the harvest, which can be perceived in the entire oral...
Persistence olive oil?
This is a positive attribute in the tasting of virgin olive oils that appears when the different fruity aspects and favourable sensations remain fo...
Tasting panel in olive oil?
The tasting panel is a set of qualified tasters brought together in order to analyze and classify an olive oil as stated by an international method...
Pomace in olive oil?
Pomace is the industrial by-product of the olive paste (alpeorujo) generated once virgin olive oil and olive vegetation water have been extracted a...
Hand-picking olives?
This is the action of picking olives from the tree by hand (manual harvesting), or by means of hand-held pneumatic combs and/ or other devices, wit...
What is oleotourism?
This is the form of tourism associated with olive groves and the production of olive oils. This allow a deeper understanding of the essence of the ...
Olive-growing culture?
This is a set of techniques aimed at the cultivation of the olive trees and impriving the extraction and production of oil.
Milling during production of olive oil?
Milling is the part of the olive grinding process carried out in oil mills. It is the act of grinding the olives into a continuous paste. In the tr...
Rusty (humedity) olive oil?
This is a characteristic flavour of the oils obtained from olives on which fungi and yeast have developed on account of the olives having been left...
Pairing olive oil?
Pairing is the art of combining different foods and condiments. In the field of olive cultivation, pairing comprises choosing different types of ex...
High density olive grove?
This is a system for cultivating olive trees that began in Spain in the 1970's, driven by a group of agronomists led by D. Jose Humanes. It is char...