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Epicurean Ways will bring A Taste of Spanish Olive Oil to the Taste for Travel stage, Europe Pavilion, at the Boston Globe Travel Show, February 20-22, 2009, at the Seaport World Trade Center Complex in Boston.
Epicurean Ways founder Jane Gregg will lead a guided tasting of three distinct Spanish olive oils. Arbequina olive oil comes from Les Garrigues region in Spanish Catalonia. Hojiblanca oil is from the area of Andalucía, in southern Spain, east of Sevilla and south of Córdoba. The third oil is a blend of Picual, Picudo, and Hojiblanca olives from the Priego de Córdoba region of Andalucía, .
Epicurean Ways will also present tastings of the olive oils at the Specialty Travel Agents Association booth during the Travel Show.
Spain is the world's leading producer of olive oil and over 250,000,000 olive trees grow in Spain. Recently, Spanish olive oil producers have been exercising increasing care in producing olive oil, often using natural or organic methods, harvesting by hand, and making single varietal oils.
Epicurean Ways specializes in food and wine tours in Spain. Many of their tours feature visits to olive oil mills in the Denomination of Origin olive oil producing regions, as well as olive oil tasting sessions.
