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Olive oil schools in Italy

There are many small and large olive oil producers who offer tours and tastings at their estates and farms throughout Italy. But apart from large olive oil schools which offer classes on tasting and horticulture for producers and professional buyers there are very few dedicated olive oil schools solely aimed at the general public and small trade buyers.
Organisations such as ASSAM in Le Marche and other similar bodies throughout Italy hold courses, teaching classes, workshops and certification services, these all being essential for professional olive oil producers.
One of the aims of the Festival del Gusto is to help bring organic and biodynamic producers in Italy together with interested members of the public and organisations who wish to hear more about these increasingly important methods of production of our food and wine.
Another important aim we have is to set up and run olive oil schools offering workshops, tasting classes and lectures by small olive oil producers who will be specialists in organic and biodynamic extra virgin olive oil production and horticulture.
As well as modern day techniques of olive oil production and horticulture part of the classes will also concentrate on the history of olive oil production and olive varieties found in Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean region.

Ci sono molti piccoli e grandi produttori di olio d'oliva nelle Marche che offrono tour e degustazioni nelle loro aziende in tutta Italia. Ma a parte le grandi scuole che offrono corsi di degustazione e orticultura per produttori e professionisti del settore, ci sono veramente pochi corsi dedicati ad un pubblico più generico o ad amatori del settore.
Organizzazioni come la ASSAM nelle Marche, o altre simili nel resto d'Italia, offrono corsi, classi, laboratori e relatici certificati ed attestati, che sono fondamentali per la formazione degli operatori del settore.
Uno degli obbiettivi del Festival del Gusto è di aiutare nella coordinazione di produttori biologici e biodinamici italiani, insieme a membri interessati del pubblico e le organizzazioni locali che sono interessati a conoscere maggiormente questi sempre più popolari metodi di coltivazione.
Un altro importate obbiettivo che ci prefiggiamo e  la creazione e gestione di una scuola incentrata sull'olio d'oliva e sulla suo degustazione offrendo corsi, laboratori e seminari tenuti da piccoli produttori artigianali locali specializzati in coltivazione e produzione biodinamica e biologica di olio extra vergine d'oliva.
Ci si occuperà tanto delle moderne tecniche di produzione ma ci si concentrerà anche sulla storia della produzione dell'olio  sulle varietà presenti tanto in territorio italiano che nel resto del mediterraneo.




Our new olive oil schools will not be permanently located in any one particular Italian region or venue, they will be based on our "pop up" events that we currently have in London and Norwich, where we hold tastings and workshops at different venues most months of the year. But it is possible that in the future a semi permanent venue may be located in the lovely Adriatic resort of Senigallia in the Le Marche region as many of our producers and contacts live in and around that area.
We also have interest about holding classes and "pop up" schools from an olive oil and wine producer near Arezzo in Tuscany, a producer near Todi in Umbria and another producer of fine extra virgin olive oil in the Lazio region in the west of Italy.

La nostra suola di degustazione non avrà per scelta una fissa dimora in qualche parte d'Italia, ma ci si baserà sul concetto di evento "pop up" come stiamo già sperimentando con successo a Londra e a Norwich, dove organizziamo mensilmente laboratori in location ogni volta diverse. Ma non escludiamo che in futuro si possa avere una base semi permanente nella zona Adriatica di Senigallia nelle Marche in quanto molti dei produttori che hanno aderito a questa iniziativa si trovano in quella zona.
Altre zone che verranno sicuramente coperte dai nostri corsi "pop up" saranno in Toscana nella zona di Arezzo, Umbria nelle vicinanze di Todi ed infine in Lazio.




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