21 DAYS TILL THE OLIVE OIL & BREAD MAKING TASTING!

Please join us for a casual tasting to learn more about olive oil and, more importantly, to enjoy the incredible taste of Extra Virgin olive oil! 

While you’re there, you can taste, and learn to bake, fresh, rustic bread.  Terry Germanoski, our Master Baker, will be giving instructions on how to create some of his fabulous bakery items, and each person attending will get a small batch of bread to take home and finish in their own oven.

We would like you to bring your favorite wine to enjoy, and we will provide the wine glasses, tasting cups for the oil, and appropriate palate cleansers so that you can savor the difference among the wonderful oils that will be on display.

The tasting is June 17, 2016 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

Make your check out to American Wine Society

and  mail your check to:

Casa Altimus

11017 Babcock Blvd.

Gibsonia PA  15044

RSVP BEFORE JUNE 10, 2016

vicechair.aws.pittsburgh@gmail.com

Did You Know?

• In order to produce one quart of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 11 pounds of olives need to be pressed.

• On average, an olive tree can live between 300 and 600 years.

• One olive tree can produce around four liters of oil every year for hundreds of years.

• All olives start out green and then turn black or a dark purple as they ripen.

• On average, the world consumes approximately 2.25 million tons of olive oil each year.

• Baked goods will last longer when you substitute olive oil for butter.

• The annual consumption of olive oil in the United States increased from 30 million gallons to nearly 70 million gallons a year in the last two decades.

• Processing olives below 86 degrees Fahrenheit keeps their aroma and oxidation levels intact.

• There are three towns and one city in the U.S. that are named “Olive Branch.”

• California is responsible for producing 99% of all olive oil produced in the United States.

• The flags of seven nations, four U.S. states, and the United Nations feature an olive branch.

• Greece is the world’s third largest producer of olive oil and the world’s largest exporter of extra virgin olive oil.