May 19-23, 2025 8:30 AM-4:45 PM
873 Broadway, New York City
8:30 - Lesson 1
Introduction / Olive oil quality, grades, standards and enforcement Tasting session
Curtis Cord
10:30 - Lesson 2
Introduction to olive oil sensory assessment Tasting session
Carola
Dummer
11:30 - Lesson 3
Olive oil quality parameters and positive characteristics Tasting session
Antonio
G. Lauro
12:30
Lunch
1:15 - Lesson 4
Defects and the negative characteristics of olive oil Tasting session
Carola Dummer
2:30 - Lesson 5
Introduction to olive cultivars Tasting session
Antonio G. Lauro
3:30 - Lesson 6
Olive oil nutrition and chemistry
Simon Poole
4:30
Review and closing comments
8:30 - Lesson 7
Olive oil defects and their causes Tasting session
Carola Dummer
10:00 - Lesson 8
Northern Hemisphere regions, production and cultivars Tasting session
Antonio
G. Lauro
11:30
Roundtable Lunch
1:00 - Lesson 9
Sensory descriptorsTasting session
Carola Dummer
2:30 - Lesson 10
Polyphenols and the health benefits of olive oil
Simon Poole
4:30
Review and closing comments
8:30 - Lesson 11
Harvesting and milling best practices Tasting session
Pablo Voitzuk
10:00 - Lesson 12
Southern Hemisphere regions, production and cultivars Tasting session
Carola
Dummer
11:30 - Lesson 13
Culinary applications with high-quality olive oils Tasting session
Michael Burbella
12:30
Lunch
1:30 - Lesson 14
Sensory assessment: Tasting and milling Tasting session
Pablo Voitzuk
3:00 - Lesson 15
Insider's guide to olive oil competitions and awards Tasting session
Curtis Cord
4:30
Review and closing comments
8:30 - Lesson 16
Review of olive oil defects and negative characteristics Tasting session
Carola Dummer
10:00 - Lesson 17
Filtering, shelf life and olio nuovo Tasting session
Pablo Voitzuk
11:30 - Lesson 18
Taste panel analysis and instruction Tasting session
Carola Dummer
12:30
Lunch
1:15 - Lesson 19
Balance, harmony and advanced sensory analysis Tasting session
Pablo Voitzuk
2:30 - Lesson 20
Advanced milling and recent innovations Tasting session
Pablo Voitzuk
3:30 - Lesson 21
Tasters' roles and where to take it from here
Curtis Cord
4:30
Review and closing comments
8:30 - Lesson 22
The Story of Kosterina Tasting session
Katerina Mountanos
9:30
Review and assessment preparation Tasting session
Curtis Cord
10:00
Assessment 1: Samples 1-2 Cultivars and descriptors
10:30
Assessment 1: Samples 3-4 - Quality attributes
11:00
Assessment 1: Samples 5-6 - Defects
11:30
Assessment 2: Written questions
12:00
Assessment 3: Sensory analysis samples 7-8
12:30
Review and closing
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