The exports of olive oil at March 31st exceeded the average of past campaigns by 22%
With a total of 504,600 t, olive oil exports accumulated at 31st March stood above the previous season and the average of the last seasons by 36% and 22%, respectively, maintaining its growing trend, as evidenced by the last meeting held in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) by the sectoral table of olive oil and table olives to analyze the evolution of the marketing year 2016/17.
Expoliva 2017 presents itself as the ideal environment for business and business contacts
The Director General of Industries and Food Chain of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Rosa Ríos, has presented in Madrid the XVIII International Fair of Olive Oil and Related Industries, Expoliva, to be held in Jaén From 10th to 13th May. Ríos has referred to this event as "the most important in the world dedicated to olive oil, a space that generates business and commercial relations, national and international, and the most relevant technical forum in the world where we talk about the producing sector of oil and its related companies".
The competitiveness of the olive sector has centered the debate of the IV Dialogue Expoliva 2017
With a little more than two weeks to the start of Expoliva, more than 200 professionals from the sector participated in the fourth and last of the Dialogues organized prior to the holding of this fair, held at the Palacio de Congresos de Jaén under the title "The sector of the elaboration of olive oil. Different models of competitiveness for a similar environment".
Successful participation in the VI Day of Management of the Baena D.O.
"Success of participation" are the words that summarize the balance of the VI Conference of Management of the Denomination of Origin Baena, as has been shown with the great welcome that has had on the part of the representatives of the majority of the undertakings registered with that O.D. The objective of this meeting has been to continue making progress in communication between the Regulatory Council and those responsible for decision-making.
Spain has the largest vineyard area, with 15% of world production
Spain has the largest area of vineyards, accounting for 15% of world production, data that show the strategic nature of its wine sector, as highlighted by the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Carlos Cabanas, during the inauguration on April 19th of the Day of the Interprofessional Organization of Wine (OIVE), "Recovering the consumption of wine in Spain".
The Spanish MEPs denounce the defamatory campaign of French winegrowers against Spain
Spanish socialists in the European Parliament have urged urgent measures to be taken to defend Spanish wine in order to counteract the effects of an advertising campaign launched by French farmers with a clearly defamatory aim and which, in its view, "represents a infringement of the single market and of the EU's competition rules".
The physical-chemical and organoleptic evolution of AOVE will focus the II Meeting of Masters and Operators of Oil mills
The Olivar and Oil Interpretation Center in Úbeda (Jaén) will host, on Saturday 22th April, the 2nd Meeting of Almazaras Teachers and Operators. Under the heading 'Physico-chemical and Organoleptic Evolution of Oils', the day will focus on how to monitor the evolution of olive oil during storage, revealing the parameters for defective oils.
The Wine Technological Platform will present its strategic lines of R & D & I at its Annual Meeting in Cambados
Cambados, recently designated European Wine City 2017, has been the venue for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Wine Technological Platform (PTV), which will take place on May 4th and 5th. An essential event for the wine sector, in which both partners and non-members of the PTV are invited to enjoy a program that will cover technical and recreational activities. All this, in an exceptional scenario, Bodegas Martín Códax. On the occasion of the aforementioned meeting, the PTV Technical Commission will present its 2017-2020 Strategic Innovation Agenda, which includes the main priorities and strategic lines of action for R & D & I for the future of the sector.
The city of Olivenza will host on April 27 the IE Forum on intensive and super intensive olive
Interempresas Media, together with the advertising agency Clúster Marketing & Comunication, will celebrate the IE Olivar Forum on April 27th, with the collaboration of Apag Extremadura ASAJA, CTAEX and CICYTEX, and will focus on the intensive and super intensive olive grove. Under the title 'Olivar, incombustible cultivation', this event will be held in the Convento San Juan de Dios of Olivenza (Badajoz) and will bring together experts from the olive sector of Spain and Portugal who will share all their knowledge and experience on the particularities of this type of culture.
The Interprofessional of Wine will strengthen its collaboration with the Regulatory Councils
The Interprofessional of Wine of Spain has recently celebrated its Ordinary General Assembly, preceded by a Board of Directors, in which it has been agreed to continue working with the Spanish Conference of Wine Regulatory Councils (CECRV) for the signing of an agreement between both that allows the Creation of a Joint Committee in which the representatives of the Regulatory Councils participate and their incorporation in the Marketing Commission, in charge of the promotion actions.