11/04/2009


Milling Olives seminar

The fourth seminar in the Sonoma County Olive Oil 2009 Seminar Series will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 4 at The Olive Press, 24724 Hwy 121 (Arnold Drive) in Sonoma.

This meeting will focus on milling olives.

Registration is $10, payable at the door by cash or check only. Please RSVP by contacting Lisa Bell, lkbell@ucdavis.edu or (707) 565-2050.

Agenda
8:45-9:00 Registration

9:00-10:30 Processing Olives into Oil, Effects on Quality and Flavor—Washing, crushing, separation, cleaning, storage, and bottling; olive oil tasting.
Paul Vossen, U.C. Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Sonoma County

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-1:00 Observation of Milling—Watch a specific batch of olives move through the mill and taste the oil as it is being made.
Deborah Rogers, The Olive Press, Sonoma



For more information, view the full agenda and event flier at http://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/files/68672.pdf.

Or find more information about UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor Paul Vossen's work with olives at http://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/SpecialtyCrops/OLIVES.htm.













 


(Submitted by B. Dawson)

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