how to taste olive oil
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Now they need a movie called Bottle Shock 2, where olive oil takes a seat next to wine on a global market. Does it compare? Yes. We are now making high quality oils, proven—and improved—by trial, error, taste and technology. I love that olive oil is being taken seriously state-side.
It is important to note that with oil: new is best. You want oil as close to its pressing date as possible. Yes: olive oil has a shelf life but unlike wine it doesn’t improve with age. Quite the opposite. In fact, in Italy they consider olive oil ‘new’ for just one year—until the next batch of oil is pressed. If oil is one year old? It is considered cooking oil....
On November 8, 2011
