Olive Oil

Olive Oil tasting

Keizer — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:41:49 +0000

Olive Oil tasting Keizer Fri, 10/26/2018 - 01:41

The elegant and light taste of the Rosè seemed just ideal to clean the mouth between the different oils

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Salviano Pinot Nero Rosè

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I am an olive oil lover and consumer, not an olive oil expert. But every October it is my special enjoyment to taste the different new oils. This year I started with the oils from Podere "il Sasso", "il Poggiolo" and "Tenuta Salviano". You see the 4 oils in the picture. The price range was between 11 and 22 Euros /l. Unfortunately the predicate "extra virgin olive oil" is without any meaning of quality. What they sell you as EVO in the supermarket for 5 Euros/bottle is a totally different product from the oils tasted here. Knowing a bit about the production process in the field and after, I consider 11 Euros/l really a bottom line price.

The most expressive oils with many taste nuances were the two from Pogliano, the Oil from the Sasso was excellent, but not as good as last year. But I have to admit: I preferred the oil from Salviano (the deep green one); I think I got the first oil directly from the tank. They had not filled it in bottles and canisters. I liked it, because it is sweeter and a bit less phenolic, I know, a very personal judgement and for some foods I cannot do without the oils from the "Sasso" people.

New Olive Oil

Keizer — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:02:00 +0000

New Olive Oil Keizer Sun, 10/08/2017 - 14:02

Do you need wine for Olive oil tasting? I think if you are tasting seriously olive oils, you should have some white wines with you, and some bread. At the end, these are the 3 pillars of the mediterranean diet. Wheat, Wine and Olive Oil.

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At the beginning of October the first new olive oils come to market. The Olive from early harvested fruit is more elegant. I got a bottle from "Poderei il Sasso" on a event called "Terre di Orvieto". "Terre di Orvieto" is a new initiative to collectively promote food and wine from the Orvieto area. I also got goat cheese from the "2ndo Altopiano" and pasta from "Casa Vespina". Ab absolute highlight was the Goat Salami from Mafalda farm. They produce wonderful salamis from goat meet and pig belly,

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A perfect match

Keizer — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:09:05 +0000

A perfect match Keizer Fri, 09/08/2017 - 09:09

What to drink. Red wine would not match the Mandarin peels, neither the Anchovies in the pasta and the rolls. White wine should be very aromatic to withstand this feast of mediterranean flavors,

I choose 3 Rosè to try. All the 3 of them matched well. The "Salviano Pinot Nero", less than the others. It is too elegant and fine and it's Bouquet of Roses was waisted against this food. But on the other hand, it was a nice contrast.

Perfect the Martavello, anyway my favourite Rosè, with its flavours of Tropical fruit, but also the fruitiness and crispiness of the Sangiovese SunRose from il Palagione was marvellous.

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A pasta and meat rolls from chicken and turkey breast. The pasta had a Sicilian flair with a sauce made from dried tomatoes, Olive Oil, Capers, anchovies and a bit of hot peppers. A flat pasta, which could take the sauce on it's surface.

The rolls were partly from organic meat, Organic chicken breast costs double as conventional one. It is much better, but not as better as the price is higher..but there are other reasons for organic meat :-). The chicken slices were simply treated with a green Olive paste with mandarine peels, delicious! The turkey slices were wrapped together with Norica ham or with an Anchovi filet, both give nice taste to the turkey, which was conventional and had not a much taste on its own.
Served with a bit of fresh tomato sauce and rucola salad

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