Olive Oil Gift - Spanish Olive Oil

Spain produces about 30% of the world’s supply of olive oil and is the largest producer with over 190 million olive trees. The Spanish oils taste very differently from other oils due to the growing conditions and the practice of joining many small growers’ harvests into one pressing.

Spanish Olive Oil

Comparing olive oil to wine again, even if the same variety of olive is grown in different places, the oil from one place will have a unique taste due to soil and microclimate characteristics. Another parallel between olive oil and wine is that the ancients crushed olives like grapes: They stomped on them with their feet. Later, the Romans invented the screw press which was much more efficient at extracting oil. Still later, modern machinery made the process of oil extraction relatively easy, and now few oils from large producers come from the old style presses.

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Spanish Olive Oil Flavored with Herbs

Cultivation of olives in Spain dates back to the 4th century B.C., and as during the days of Roman conquest, Spain continues to export most of its olive oil production to Italy. Spain was the first European country to ensure that certain oils were made from olives only from certain regions, similar to the way wines are associated with regions.

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January 29, 2004

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