Olivery News — extra virgin olive oil

Juliet Harbutt Master of Cheese will lead an immersive tasting session on Olive Oil.Juliet says " Olive oil ranges from the sublime and grassy to the sharp and greasy but we don’t often get a chance to taste them side by side. I have judged oils and used to sell over 35 oils in my London shop but am unfamiliar with NZ oils. So, I have invited Geoff Crawford from Telegraph Hill Olives to do a comparison tasting of oils from his award-winning oil to those you buy in the supermarkets and explain what makes them so different." If you...

Yes, no , wait, maybe yes wash those olives, but when? how much washing? When googling a recipe for how to cure olives you can get a thousand different best ways, all profess to be THE way to cure olives... but really? are they all right? and do they all work? The answer is simple, yes they are all correct processing techniques, and they all do work, but what you really need to know is: what one is going to work for me? Do you want to prick or slice each olive before curing, do you want to change the water...

Every year throughout the growing season we regularly measure the growth of the olives. This is done by.....

Geoff doing the mahi in the grove. A video of olive tree pruning.