by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne | Nov 10, 2011 | Australia Trip Oct 2011, General, Olive Oil Standards
Where do we go from here?— Legal standards and chemistry were only part of the ground covered at the Australian Olive Association National Conference. A significant amount of time was devoted to the world of promotion and marketing, and how this informs the efforts at...
by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne | Nov 6, 2011 | Australia Trip Oct 2011, General, Olive Oil Standards
Where the Olive Oil Industry is Now, and How We Got Here— The theme of the Australian Olive Association’s (AOA) 2011 national conference, “Restoring Trust in the Trade of Olive Oil,” was a logical choice in the year that saw approval of a new olive oil standard in...
by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne | Oct 31, 2011 | Australia Trip Oct 2011, General, Growing Olives, Olive oil processing, Olive Oil Tasting
The Mornington Peninsula is like the Sonoma or Napa County of the Melbourne area. The landscape is lovely, and they produce first-rate wine, olive oil and other good things to eat. After our visit to the “big is beautiful” world of Boundary Bend, Dan...
by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne | Oct 19, 2011 | Australia Trip Oct 2011, General, Growing Olives, Olive Oil Tasting
My Western Australia olive oil rambles have had an Organic theme, starting to the east of Perth with a visit to the Avon Valley groves of Kailis Organic. This was my first drive in the Australian countryside; fortunately I was a passenger so I could safely enjoy the...
by Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne | Oct 17, 2011 | Australia Trip Oct 2011, General
The best laid plans of mice and men… Ah, the internet age, the tyrannies of technology. At another time I will rail about the bait and switch nature of the cell phone (sure, you can use it almost anywhere, but you can’t hear what anyone is saying) but for...
