Fri, Sep 13
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AVPA olive oil tasting workshops
Initiation Tasting Workshop. Date: Friday, September 13, 2019, afternoon 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Perfection Tasting Workshop . Date: Saturday September 14, 2019, morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.


Time and place
Sep 13, 2019, 2:00 PM ā 6:00 PM
AVPA, 46 RUE SAINT-ANTOINE 75004 Paris
About the event
Host: Paz Figares Mignot Ā
Member of the Jury of the 17th International Competition "Les Huiles du Monde" AVPA-Paris 2019Ā
Initiation Tasting Workshop:Ā
Date: Friday, September 13, 2019, afternoon 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.Ā
Prerequisite: noneĀ
Audience: all olive oil enthusiasts who want to discover the basics of tasting.
Program:
- Get to know the different stages of development and the characteristics of the product: production, composition, nutritional aspect, reading a label, regulations, ...
- Discover the methodology of tasting virgin olive oils and its mechanisms.
- Develop and refine your sensory perceptions: recognize the different fruity notes, detect bitterness and pungency (spiciness). What is direct olfaction and retronasal olfaction?
- Acquire the vocabulary of tasting olive oils (Writing of the organoleptic profile of an olive oil)
Oils tasted: 10 oils from several producing countriesĀ
Number limited to a maximum of 12 participants
Initiation workshop price: ā¬80 including tax/personĀ
Perfection Tasting Workshop:Ā
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2019, morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Ā
Prerequisites: Having completed the previous āinitiationā workshop or having good knowledge of olive oil tastingĀ
Audience: Experienced amateurs, Professionals in the olive sector, catering trades or the food industry.
Program:
- Discover the official tasting methodology: tasting conditions for a test panel, training methods for tasters,
- Develop and refine your sensory perceptions: what are the faults of olive oils? What factors can influence the quality of extra virgin olive oil? Recognize the different commercial categories (lampante, virgin, extra virgin). Ā
- Hedonistic tasting & competition tasting.Ā
Oils tasted: 10 oils from several producing countriesĀ
Number limited to a maximum of 12 participants
Advanced workshop price: ā¬80 including tax/personĀ
Special rate to attend the two workshops: ā¬150 including tax/person
AVPA Espace ALTURA 46 rue Saint-Antoine75004 Paris T : 01 44 54 80 32 Ā contact@avpa.fr Ā Ā ww.avpa.fr
The tickets
Price
Quantity
Total
Special rate: two workshops
ā¬150.00
ā¬150.00
0ā¬0.00
09/13 Initiation workshop
ā¬80.00
ā¬80.00
0ā¬0.00
09/14 Advanced workshop
ā¬80.00
ā¬80.00
0ā¬0.00
Total
ā¬0.00