Olive Oil - The Scince behind it.
The use of objective tests to determine an olive oil´s quality has two purposes. On the one hand, it allows for the comparison of the composition of two apparently similar oils. These tests can also be used to …
Date: Wednesday 17, 2008
The oldest vinegar in town, Sherry Vinegar.
While Balsamic vinegars from Italy have become a household staple you may not be so familiar with the Spanish counterpart, aged Sherry Vinegar. Similar to Balsamic you’ll find sherry vinegars with different agings including 30 year, 50 year and sometimes up to 75 years. As with fine balsamics the older high quality vinegars are sometimes [...]
Date: Sunday 7, 2008
Condado de Huelva Vinegar
The Designation of Origin Condado de Huelva (Denominación de Origen) was extended to include its white-wine vinegars, made with wine from the same D.O. This historic move makes Condado vinegars only the third Designation of Origin in all of Europe to receive coverage.
While not new to the market by any means (historical documents [...]
Date: Wednesday 12, 2008
Olive Oil Types
There are four different types of olive oil:
Virgin Olive Oil
Virgin olive oil is obtained only from the olive, the fruit of the olive tree, using solely mechanical or other physical means in conditions, particularly thermal conditions, which do not alter the oil in any way. It has not undergone any treatment other than washing, decanting, [...]
Date: Monday 10, 2008
Spanish Olive Oil - Your Definitively Guide to Understand the World of Olive Oil
Your supermarket aisles are stocked with olive oil. Every day, it seems, we hear of the most recent disease it helps prevent or health benefit reaped from it. Mediterranean countries have sworn by it for centuries, but if magazines and newspapers are any indication, its popularity currently outshines that of pashminas, Eminem, and Nicole Kidman [...]