Host: Paz Figares Mignot  

Member of the Jury of the 17th International Competition "Les Huiles du Monde" AVPA-Paris 2019 

Initiation Tasting Workshop: 

Date: Friday, September 13, 2019, afternoon 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Prerequisite: none 

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 countries 

Number limited to a maximum of 12 participants

Initiation workshop price: €80 including tax/person 

Perfection Tasting Workshop: 

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2019, morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Prerequisites: Having completed the previous “initiation” workshop or having good knowledge of olive oil tasting 

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).  

- Hedonistic tasting & competition tasting. 

Oils tasted: 10 oils from several producing countries 

Number limited to a maximum of 12 participants

Advanced workshop price: €80 including tax/person 

Special rate to attend the two workshops: €150 including tax/person

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