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New Olive Oil

At the beginning of October the first new olive oils come to market. The Olive from early harvested fruit is more elegant. I got a bottle from "Poderei il Sasso" on a event called "Terre di Orvieto". "Terre di Orvieto" is a new initiative to collectively promote food and wine from the Orvieto area. I also got goat cheese from the "2ndo Altopiano" and pasta from "Casa Vespina". Ab absolute highlight was the Goat Salami from Mafalda farm. They produce wonderful salamis from goat meet and pig belly,

...the wines

Do you need wine for Olive oil tasting? I think if you are tasting seriously olive oils,       you should have some white wines with you,  and some bread. At the end, these are the 3 pillars of the mediterranean diet.  Wheat, Wine and Olive Oil.