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 June 28, 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 production and the characteristics of the product: production, composition, nutritional aspect, read a label, regulations, ...

- Discover the methodology of tasting virgin olive oils and its mechanisms.

- Develop and refine your sensory perceptions: recognize the different fruity flavors, detect bitterness and ardor (spicy). What are direct and retro-nasal olfaction?

- Acquire the vocabulary of tasting olive oils (Writing the organoleptic profile of an olive oil)

Oils tasted: 10 oils from several producing countries

Number limited to 12 participants maximum

Initiation workshop price: 80 € TTC / person

Advanced Tasting Workshop:

Date: Saturday June 29, 2019, in the morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Prerequisite: Have completed the previous “initiation” workshop or have good knowledge of olive oil tasting

Audience: Confirmed amateurs, Professionals in the olive sector, catering or 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 are the factors that 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 12 participants maximum

Price improvement workshop: 80 € TTC / person

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

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