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Texas Olive Oil in the spotlight on PBS station KLRN
The Texas Olive Oil Council and PBS Television station KLRN Channel 9 celebrate the burgeoning Texas olive oil industry in the Lone Star State and the growers who recently harvested a bumper crop of the freshest, extra virgin olive oil on the planet. This Texas-sized confidence in the locally grown product will be featured on KLRN's broadcast of "El Camino Olive Trail", a new documentary Film about the Texas\Mexico olive oil movement and the people who make it. The program airs Saturday, January 7 from 5:30 - 7:00pm. all over South Texas.
Texas "Liquid" Gold Rush
Last month, on March 26, 2011, many growers, producers, and a few new enthusiasts gathered for the First Annual Texas Olive Oil Tasting Festival. In a classic Texas-style celebration, over 200 people fill a "gas-station-turned-honky-tonk" restaurant, Threadgill's, where a big screen projected multi-media of olive groves, producers, fruit, and bottled oils. The scene was reminiscent of a family reunion as everyone greeted one another with camaraderie, interest, and respect. Banter around the room was a continual exchange of information about the groves, concern for how the early, dry and warm weather will affect the 2011 harvests, the bud growth, parasites, and frost damage.
The event's tasting competition was an informal one to showcase the harvest and varieties. The tasting panel was a mix of prominent chefs, olive oil buyers and food writers; and international olive growers. Out of seventeen orchards represented, six commercial producers and six artisans submitted 30 bottles of oil. They competed against international olive oil producers from Argentina, Spain, and Italy.Read more
Olives another kind of Texas oil
Good weather, maturing trees and more knowledgeable growers have combined to get the juices flowing in Texas' olive oil industry.
The Texas Olive Oil Council, a 16-year-old trade group that promotes olive production, is estimating that about 500 tons of olives will be produced for oil in Texas this year. That would demolish the old record of 100 tons set three years ago and provide more credibility for the state's still delicate olive industry. Read more
New Oil Boom Feeding Texas Economy
Crowds have gathered in South Texas to observe the state's olive harvest season currently in full swing. Texas Olive Oil Council (TOOC) leaders are anticipating a statewide yield of approximately 500 tons, making this a banner year for the burgeoning olive oil industry. To mark this historic occasion the state's largest orchard, Texas Olive Ranch, invited the public for an up close view of the mechanical harvesting and process of pressing extra virgin oil.
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Texas Olive Trails
The state's blossoming olive oil industry has captured the interest of PBS. The network is currently filming a documentary called Texas Olive Trails that follows the emergence of the state's olive agriculture. Click the image for a preview on our News page.
new flavors
BASIL OLIVE OIL: SWEET!
One of the most popular olive oil infusions of all time has arrived at Texas Olive Ranch: Sweet Basil! We infuse our Arbequina varietal olive oil with delicious and aromatic Sweet Basil for a buttery herbal finishing oil that will knock your socks off.
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