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Why Blending is As Important to Olive Oil as it is to Wine at Jordan Winery
Why Blending is As Important to Olive Oil as it is to Wine at Jordan Winery

A closer look at olive oil production at Jordan Vineyard and Winery.

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ProducerAmy Beth WrightJune 21, 2023EVOO, California
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amy Beth Wright

In addition to The Olive Oil Professor, Amy Beth Wright contributes to Wine Enthusiast, StyleBlueprint, Fodors, and many other outlets focused on travel, food, spirits, art, and architecture. She also co-edits Parks & Points, a website dedicated to sharing writing about parks and public lands. She teaches writing at Purchase College in New York and serves on the board of the SUNY Council on Writing. To read more of her work, visit amybethwrites.com and keep in touch on Instagram @amyb1021 and Twitter @AmyBethWright.

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Tina Caputo

Tina Caputo is a California-based writer and editor who spent 15 years editing wine business magazines before setting off on her own to enjoy the rewards and perils of independent writing. Now she covers drinks, food, travel and produce for publications including VinePair, SevenFifty Daily, Sonoma, Visit California and more. She also posts offbeat humor pieces at TinaCaputo.

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Emily Paster

A lawyer turned food writer, Emily Paster brings passion, a sharp intellect and attention to detail to her globally-inspired, Jewish cuisine. She is the author of four cookbooks, including the best-selling Epic Air Fryer Cookbook. Her latest book is Instantly Mediterranean: Vibrant Satisfying Recipes for Your Instant Pot, Electric Pressure Cooker & Air Fryer. Emily lives outside Chicago with her husband and two ravenous teenagers. Find more of Emily’s recipes on her blog West of the Loop.

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Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen

Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen is the author of 7 books, including A Little Taste of San Francisco, The Art of Vintage Cocktails, World of Doughnuts, Honey from Flower to Table, The Astrology Cookbook, and the Anti-Bride Guide: Tying the Knot Outside the Box. She has written about food, drink, travel, and the arts for numerous print and online publications, including Kinfolk, KQED, San Francisco magazine, Edible East Bay, Edible Brooklyn, Time Out NY, Chow, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne

Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne is an olive oil consultant, writer and educator. Author of Olive Oil: A Field Guide, she has written on many aspects of olive oil for both popular and scholarly publications and websites. A trained olive oil taster with over two decades of experience she teaches olive oil tasting classes at institutions here and abroad: Olive Oil Sommeliers of Japan, Culinary Institute of America, IRTA Catalonia, California State and LA County Fairs, UC Davis, and many others. She serves as a judge and advisor for various California and international olive oil competitions.

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Hannah Howard

Hannah Howard spent her formative years in New York eating, drinking, serving, bartending, cooking on a hot line, flipping giant wheels of cheese, and managing restaurants. She is the author of Feast: True Love in and Out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family. She writes for New York Magazine, Salon, and SELF and teaches food writing classes. She lives in Frenchtown, NJ, and loves stinky cheese.

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Luciana Squadrilli

Luciana Squadrilli is a food and travel writer based in Rome. Senior editor at Food&Wine Italia magazine, she also contributes as a freelancer to many other publications, both in Italy and abroad, mostly about pizza and extra virgin olive oil. She runs the online magazine pizzaontheroad.eu and is a contributor to Culinary Backstreets from Naples. 

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Lisa Radinovsky

Lisa Radinovsky, Ph.D., is an American writer based in Crete, Greece. She has focused on writing about the Greek olive oil world since 2015. The creator of the only general English-language website about Greek olive oil,greekliquidgold.com, she has reached readers in 222 countries. She has also written for publications including Olive Oil Times, Greece Is, Greek Reporter, and TML (The Mediterranean Lifestyle) Magazine. Follow Greek Liquid Gold on Facebook and Instagram.

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Adam Levy

Adam Levy is the “Olive Oil Professor” and founder of the NY International Cheese Competition. Adam is also the founder of the International Beverage Competitions Group and runs beer, wine and spirits competitions in New York, Berlin, Melbourne and Asia/Hong Kong. He is in constant search of all things delicious and shares his knowledge with the world. Born in New York with a lust for travel and a desire to visit producers around the world. He loves his dog Garret Oliver and wears Red to proudly represent Rutgers Sports.

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Amy Sherman

Amy Sherman is editor-in-chief of the Olive Oil Professor. She learned about olive oil while living with a family in Tuscany who produced their own olive oil and has visited olive oil producers in California and Morocco. She has written about food and drink for publications including Martha Stewart, Afar, Gastronomica, Epicurious and Clean Plates. She is also editor-in-chief of sister publications Alcohol Professor, Cheese Professor, Vinegar Professor, and The Chocolate Professor.

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Kristine Mae Bellen

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Kelly Magyarics

Kelly Magyarics, DWS, is a wine, spirits and lifestyle writer, and wine educator, in the Washington, D.C. area. She can be reached through her website www.kellymagyarics.com or follow her @kmagyiarics.

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Lisa Waterman Gray

Lisa Waterman Gray is passionate about chocolate. In addition to writing for The Chocolate Professor, she wrote a cover story about Kansas chocolate shops for KANSAS! Magazine, and described chocolate shops across the nation for USAToday/10Best. Each October through December, Waterman Gray creates weekly chocolate-focused recipe posts too, at lisawatermangray.com/visual-traveler-blog. And several of her mouthwatering original chocolate recipes included the locally award-winning Chocolate Lover’s Pumpkin Pie.

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Shoshi Parks

Shoshi Parks is a Bay Area-based freelance writer specializing in food, travel and history. Her work has appeared at NPR, Smithsonian, Gastro Obscura, Civil Eats, Vinepair, Vice and a variety of other outlets. Find her online at www.shoshiparks.net.

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Nancy Ash

Nancy Ash, President of Strictly Olive Oil, is an internationally certified taste panel leader who loves teaching olive oil seminars to professionals and consumers alike. Strictly Olive Oil, based in California, provides marketing guidance to olive oil producers and importers.

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Isabel Putinja

Isabel Putinja is a travel and food writer who’s been writing about olive oil since 2014. Her passion for olive oil was sparked after her first experience of a harvest and taste of freshly-pressed oil. Her words and images have been published in major UK newspapers, a dozen in-flight magazines, and online at Lonely Planet, CNN Travel, Time Out, and Euronews. She lives in a stone house in a tiny hilltop village in Istria, Croatia. Follow her online at @isabelswindow

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Stacy Brooks

Stacy Brooks is a Minneapolis-based freelance journalist specializing in food and travel. Her writing has been published in Cheese Connoisseur, Wine Enthusiast, and Hemispheres, and she blogs at Tangled Up In Food.

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Anna Mindess

Anna Mindess is a writer living in Berkeley, California, who focuses on food, culture, and travel. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, AFAR, Oakland Magazine, Edible East Bay Magazine, among others. In 2018, she was awarded First Place by the Association of Food Journalists for her essay on 1951 Coffee, a refugee-run coffee shop. Anna also works as an American Sign Language interpreter and seeks out Deaf-owned restaurants wherever she travels.

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Kelsey Erin Shipman

Kelsey Erin Shipman is a food and travel writer based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She earned her MFA at Texas State University and is the founder of The Freehand Arts Project, a non-profit that brings creative writing classes to Texas jails and prisons. You can catch her writing about sake in ParentCo, traveling with dogs in USA Today, and small town life in The Dallas Review. A native Texan, she loves big dogs and breakfast tacos.

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Jacqueline Gualtieri

Jacqueline is a writer and editor living on the Central Coast of California. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Insider, The Slowdown, and HuffPost. Meanwhile, her fiction work has been included in several anthologies, including A Murder of Storytellers and Please See Me. She also works with small businesses to help improve their content marketing strategies and boost their SEO-driven content. When she’s not writing, editing, or strategizing, Jacqueline can usually be found crocheting toys for her nieces and nephews, taking road trips along the California Coast, or volunteering with the local senior dog rescue.

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Rosie Cohan

Rosie Cohan is an award-winning travel writer, who has traveled to over 65 countries, including 17 trips to Turkiye, her “home away from home.” She has worked and lived in Istanbul and led cooking and cuisine tours to Turkiye. Her stories have been published online at GEOEX.com, travelerstales.com, besttravelwriting.com, AboutPlace.org, and in the anthologies, Stories That Need To Be Told by Tulip Tree Press, and BATW’s Travel Stories of Wonder and Change.

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Elisa Shoenberger

Elisa Shoenberger is a freelance writer and journalist in Chicago. She has written about food and drink for Wine Enthusiast, Huffington Post, Rewire, Midwesterner, Farm Flavor, and others. She also has written for the Boston Globe, US News and World Report, WIRED Magazine, and others. She has a B.A. in Latin American History from the University of Chicago, M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.B.A. in Marketing and Operations Management from Loyola University Chicago. She makes cheese in her spare time. Twitter: @vogontroubadour and at Mischief and Writing.

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Mary Luz Mejia

Mary Luz Mejia is the first and so far only IICCT Level 3 chocolate taster in Canada. She completed her final level in Italy, the first two in Canada and now leads sensory tutored tastings and classes focusing on Canadian bean-to-bar chocolate across Canada and globally via virtual events. Colombian-born, Canadian-raised Mary Luz Mejia is a twice NATJA nominated freelance food/travel journalist, Gemini-nominated former food TV producer, and chocolate judge. Her work has been published in Saveur Magazine, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, and Toronto Life to name a few. When not writing about chocolate or judging it, she loves savouring good dark milk or dark chocolate single estate varietals, ideally from Peru with fruit and floral notes.

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Rebecca Frey

Rebecca Frey enjoyed a long career as a costume designer and wardrobe stylist before changing course to pursue her passion for food. She is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu London, where she earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma). She also holds an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London, and a Professional Chocolatier's Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. She has written for websites including Serious Eats and Wine Enthusiast, and also shares recipes via her blog, Baste Cut Fold, and on Instagram: @bastecutfold. A Pennsylvania native and longtime New Yorker, Rebecca currently resides in London.

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Natasha Bazika

Natasha Bazika's writing has taken her around the world. She's covered everything from wine to resorts and dining. She writes for CNN Travel, Travel + Leisure, Vogue Living, and Thrillist Australia. Follow her adventures on @natashagracebazika.

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Hollie Stephens

Hollie Stephens is an award-winning freelance writer originally from London and currently based in New Mexico. Her writing has appeared in VinePair, Pellicle, Hop Culture, and other publications. View more bylines at holliestephens.com, and follow her on Twitter @GlobeHops

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Megan Lloyd

Megan Lloyd is a freelance writer and journalist living in Sevilla, Spain. She specializes in food, drink, travel, and all things Spanish. Her work has appeared in places like TASTE, Eater, and Serious Eats, to name a few. You can follow her edible Spanish adventures on Instagram @meganfranceslloyd or check out her portfolio: www.meganfranceslloyd.com.

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Robin Catalano

Robin Catalano is a travel, culture, and food journalist. Her stories have appeared in National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, TIME, Smithsonian, Conde Nast Traveler, AFAR, Hemispheres, Robb Report, Fodor's, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Insider, Boston Globe, Albany Times Union, and more. A member of the Society of American Travel Writers and the International Federation of Journalists, she was selected as the summer 2020 Writer-in-Residence at Arrowhead, the historic home of Herman Melville in Pittsfield, Mass. In 2022, she was a finalist for the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association's Excellence in Journalism award. She lives in the Hudson Valley.

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Cori Solomon

Cori Solomon is an award-winning writer/photographer based in Los Angeles. Her blog, The Written Palette, features eclectic articles about her experiences traveling, discovering new wines, wineries, wine regions, art and history. Cori's background in art plays a role in her writing. She utilizes the art palette visually and verbally. Cori founded LA Wine Writers. She is the President of the IFWTWA, International Food Wine Travel Writers Association. She earned her WSET Level 2 Award in Wines and Spirits, the NASA American Wine Specialist Certification, and the NASA Spanish Wine Specialist Certification. She is also a member of NATJA, SATW, and TravMedia.

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Carissa Chesanek

Carissa Chesanek is a writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in The Miami Herald, Food Network, Forbes Travel Guide, Tasting Table, and Zagat where she was the local dining editor for two years.

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Ellen Kanner

Ellen Kanner is the author of Miami Vegan: Plant-Based Recipes from the Tropics to Your Tableand the award-winning book Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner. She writes about the intersection of food, culture, community, wellness, and sustainability for outlets including HuffPost, VegNews, and Edible South Florida. She’s a vegan advocate and culinary instructor, recipe developer for major brands, and the creator of the Substack newsletter Broccoli Rising. A fifth generation Miami native, she lives with her husband in — where else? — Miami.

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Rashmi Gopal Rao

Rashmi Gopal Rao is a freelance writer based in Bengaluru. She writes on various topics like travel, food, culture, architecture and design and has been published in various publications including National Geographic, Atlas Obscura, Nikkei Asia, Fodors, The National, Architectural Digest, Khaleej Times, The Sunday Hindu, The New Indian Express and Mint Lounge. Apart from travelling, she is passionate about anything related to home decor, antiques, vintage and thrift finds. So, when not exploring new places, cultures and cuisines, you can find her at flea markets! Follow her on @rashminotes.

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Kathleen Willcox

Kathleen Willcox has been writing about the business and culture of wine and food for more years than she’d care to reveal. Her work appears regularly in Wine Searcher, Wine Enthusiast, The Vintner Project and many other publications. Kathleen also co-authored a book called Hudson Valley Wine: A History of Taste & Terroir, which was published in 2017. Follow her wine explorations on Instagram at @kathleenwillcox.

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Brenda Wilkinson

A bold force in South Africa’s olive oil landscape, Brenda Wilkinson is not just a businesswoman; she’s a storyteller, a trailblazer, and a heart-led innovator. From markets to masterclasses, she’s built RIO LARGO into an internationally acclaimed brand with award-winning extra virgin olive oil, sustainable practices, and a whole lot of soul. She is redefining the industry with her world-first reusable decanter, a patent-backed, eco-conscious packaging revolution, blending local flair with global ambition, proudly showcasing her team, her terroir, and her tenacity. Passionate, persistent, and fiercely future-focused, Branda is proof that innovation in her industry knows no age limit.

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Pamela Vachon

Pamela Vachon is a freelance food and travel writer whose work has also appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Bon Appétit, CNET, and VinePair, among others. She is also a certified sommelier, experienced bartender, voiceover artist, musician, and instructor at NYC's Murray's Cheese.

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Ansley Evans

Originally from Florida, Ansley Evans has lived in Murcia, Spain, for over 15 years. She is a freelance writer and translator specializing in food and travel and has translated over a dozen cookbooks. She particularly loves deep dives into Spain’s culinary traditions, especially if tastings are involved. You can find her on Instagram: @ansleysevans.

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Luke Owen Smith

Luke Owen Smith is a Wellington-based freelance food journalist and photographer with a particular passion for craft chocolate, though his curiosity spans the full spectrum of food and beverage. He writes stories that celebrate not just flavor, but the craft, creativity, and people behind what we eat and drink. Luke’s work has appeared in print and online in several countries, exploring everything from bean-to-bar chocolate makers to innovative food trends, and the pioneering producers that shape our culinary landscape. Find Luke on Instagram at @lukeowensmith and at lukeowensmith.com

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Giuliana Mackler

Giuliana Mackler is an international food educator and olive oil specialist with a background in hospitality management. She holds certifications from the University of Gastronomic Sciences, University of Jaén, Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Olio Di Oliva, Associazione Internazionale Ristoranti dell’Olio, and the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. She is a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier Italy chapter and the International Association of Culinary Professionals.  Based between Tuscany and New York, Giuliana creates tasting workshops for curious palates and culinary professionals, and consults on gastro tourism development, culinary projects, books, and events. You can find her at www.giulianamackler.com.

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Amber Selene Turpin

Amber Selene Turpin is a freelance food and travel writer based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. She is a regular contributor to The Mercury News, Edible Magazines, 7x7 and the Slow Wine Guide, with work appearing in Civil Eats, EatingWell Magazine, and many other publications over the last fifteen years. You can find her on Instagram @bonanzasprings.

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Jenny Lorant Grouf

Jenny Lorant Grouf is a California-based olive oil producer, integrative bodywork practitioner, and writer. You can find her at www.centerherself.com and www.ennyoliveoil.com Instagram: @jennylorantgrouf @ennyoliveoil

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Katie Lockhart

Katie Lockhart is a travel and food journalist, copywriter and content creator traveling full-time around Asia. She writes for National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Robb Report, Afar and many more. You can follow her work and adventures on Instagram @findyourhappyplate.

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Michele Becci

Michele Becci is an Italian-American food and travel writer whose work explores the people, landscapes, and traditions that shape Italy’s kitchens, from sun-soaked hills of Sicily to the vineyards of Tuscany. Through her photography, stories, and recipes, she brings readers and travelers into the heart of Italian food culture. When she isn’t cooking in her New Hope, Pennsylvania kitchen, she can often be found at her home in Montalcino, gathering stories among the vines. Discover more in her Substack newsletter at Our Italian Table and on Instagram @ouritaliantable

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Alix Wall

Alix Wall is a freelance writer in Oakland, Calif. She is a regular contributor to Cityside Nosh, J., the Jewish News of Northern California, and the Vows column of The New York Times.

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Theresa Greco

Theresa Greco is the food and beverage writer behind “The Food Hunter’s Guide to Cuisine.” Her passion for food, wine, and spirits has led her into the kitchens of well-known chefs both in the US and abroad. When she’s not “hunting” for the next best spirit or food she can be found cooking delicious meals with her husband by her side. Please follow her on Instagram @foodhunter

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Alisa Scerrato

Alisa Scerrato is a writer, editor, and educator who has returned to her East Coast roots after over two decades in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a master’s degree in Arts and Humanities Education from NYU, her work explores the intersection of food, art, and the cultural shifts that define a city. A 2020 San Francisco Press Club Award winner, Alisa brings a seasoned, editorial eye to everything from food and spirits to social history. Today, she still misses the proximity to Wine Country but is finding that a West Coast palate can be easily assuaged by local clams and lobster.

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Robert Haynes Peterson

Robert Haynes-Peterson is a Seattle-based, New York City-transplanted editor and writer. He has covered food and hospitality for over fifteen years for sites like Chowhound, AskMen, Alcohol Professor, and Inside Hook. He'd rather be dining al fresco in Italy right now, dipping a chewy piece of pane di matera into a locally sourced olive oil.

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Lee Musho

Lee Musho is an advanced sommelier and cheese expert, A food and beverage editor, recipe developer, and brand consultant; she has been leading tastings and events at Murray's Cheese in New York for three years now, and can be found chatting about cheese and wine there, on Instagram @lee_musho, and on live television. 

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Luanne Savino O'Loughlin

Luanne Savino O'Loughlin spent nearly two decades managing Olio2go, a respected online and brick-and-mortar retailer of Italian specialty foods — with a particular focus on premium extra virgin olive oil — based in Fairfax, VA, near Washington, DC. Luanne is recognized as the 2022 Flos Olei International Importer of the Year and by Il Magnifico as an EQOO Ambassador in 2023 for her advocacy and deep knowledge of Italian extra virgin olive oils. Luanne's love of Italian traditional foods took root in cucina povera — and in a grandmother who could stretch two pork chops to feed whoever showed up at the table. That spirit lives on today, as she and her cousins trade recipes and photos on Instagram and Facebook, each meal raising the bar a little higher.

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Olivia La Bomba

Olivia La Bomba is the founder of Olivia La Bomba, a premium extra virgin olive oil company dedicated to making exceptional EVOO accessible for everyday cooking. Born and raised in Madrid to a Spanish mother and an American father from Texas, she combines Mediterranean culinary traditions with an entrepreneurial spirit. A certified olive oil sommelier, Olivia is passionate about educating consumers on quality, transparency, and the health benefits of authentic extra virgin olive oil. Through her brand, she works closely with chefs, retailers, and home cooks to inspire healthier kitchens and bring estate-produced Spanish EVOO to tables across the United States.

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Burcu Efe Dinçer

Burcu Efe Dinçer is an international olive oil specialist with a background in food engineering. Born into an olive-growing family, she continues that legacy as the founder of La Mia Oliva, a premium Turkish extra virgin olive oil brand rooted in the North Aegean. After more than fifteen years as a sensory panelist on an IOC-recognized tasting panel, she now focuses on advancing sensory science, sustainable olive farming, and Mediterranean food culture through education, storytelling, workshops, and oleotourism. Through her work, she creates meaningful connections between producers, consumers, and the landscapes behind exceptional extra virgin olive oil. Follow her work at My Olive Journey and on Instagram @burcu_efee.

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Kara Nielsen

Kara Nielsen is a food and beverage trend expert and Chief Trendologist at Kara Nielsen Food Trends. She tracks and translates trends for a variety of audiences, including CPG and foodservice clients seeking insights for new product development. Kara earned a master’s in gastronomy at Boston University and holds two WSET Certificates. Social: @trendologistk

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Jade Bentel

Jade Bentel is a double-certified olive oil sommelier, consultant and founder of Oleacita. Her specialist training spans professional sensory analysis, olive milling and master milling, grove management and sustainable agriculture, including study with ESAO in Spain and ONAOO in Italy. Splitting her time between London and South Africa, Jade follows the olive harvest across both hemispheres, gaining practical harvest and mill experience alongside her continued studies. Her work explores how cultivar, terroir, harvest timing and milling decisions shape the quality and sensory character of extra virgin olive oil, connecting technical knowledge with producers, education, tasting, consulting and thoughtful storytelling.