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Executive Diploma in Olive Oil Sommelier registration Enquire NOw Online Learning
February 20, 2025
* Once we have reached the required number of students, the registrations will be closed.
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Course Content

Diploma in Olive Oil Sommelier .

Duration: 8 Days, 30 Hours (Intensive Executive Program).

The meetings for all 8 days of the course will be held between 17:00 – 20:00. All presentations are in English using PowerPoint format.

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Course content

The course comprises two core parts.
A. Theoretical and practical training
B. The graduates of the Diploma will secure a place as Junior Taster on the Judging Team for the first round of the evaluation in Berlin GOOA on March 22, 2025.
The evaluation will take place at the Courtyard Marriott in Berlin, Germany.
Online Learning - February 20, 2025

George Dirvitsiotis

17:00 - 20:00

  • The importance of agronomic practices in determining the quality of the resulting olive oil.

Online Learning - February 21, 2025

Manolis Salivaras

17:00 20:00

  • Introduction to the Sensory Evaluation of Virgin olive oil and the official method of the International Olive Council (I.O.C.)
  • Chemical and physical criteria of olive oil quality
  • Olive oil classification and regulation
  • Olive oil Sector in the World: Northern and Southern Hemisphere regions – production statistics and cultivars

Online Learning - February 22, 2025

Manolis Salivaras

17:00 - 20:00

  • The Sensory evaluation, from theory to practice
  • Positive sensory characteristics of Virgin olive oils
  • Negative sensory characteristics of Virgin olive oils
  • Nutritional value and health claims
  • Consumer perception of olive oil sensory characteristics

Online Learning - February 28, 2025

Agusti Romero

17:00 -20:00

  • Common mistakes during olive postharvest steps and their effect on olive oil quality
  • Improvement of production quality through sensory results evaluation
  • The correlation of the production process in the olive mill with the sensory characteristics of olive oil

Online Learning - March 1, 2025

Agusti Romero

17:00 20:00

  • Common mistakes during olive postharvest steps and their effect on olive oil quality
  • Improvement of production quality through sensory results evaluation
  • The correlation of the production process in the olive mill with the sensory characteristics of olive oil

Online Learning - March 6, 2025

Dieter Oberg

17:00 -20:00

  • Additional Sensory Criteria for the Quality Assessment of the Extra Virgin olive oil grade – Harmony

Online Learning - March 7, 2025

Dieter Oberg

17:00 -20:00

  • Additional Sensory Criteria for the Quality Assessment of the Extra Virgin olive oil grade – Harmony.

Online Learning - March 8, 2025

Prof. Maurizio Servili

17:00 20:00

  • Latest developments in olive processing and their impact on olive oil quality
  • Olive oil storage

During the Diploma Period & on March 22, 2025

Taste around 100’s olive oil samples

During the theoretical training, participants will have the opportunity to taste around 100’s olive oil samples from Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and other producing countries, in order to evaluate their characteristics (fruitiness and aromatic profile, bitterness, pungency, and potential defects).

B. Tasting experience during the evaluation process in Berlin, GOOA 2025.
The candidates for the Diploma will secure a place as a Junior Taster on the Judging Team for the first round of the evaluation at the Berlin GOOA – Global Olive Oil Awards on March 22, 2025.
The evaluation will take place at the Courtyard Marriott in Berlin, Germany.
The Team of Instructors

The Professionals .

Manolis Salivaras

Owner and founder of Multichrom.Lab, co-Founder of EVOO Academy, Head Panel Leader of Berlin GOOA
Dr. Agusti Romero

Researcher at the IRTA Plant Science Program, Barcelona, Spain
Dieter Oberg

co-founder of German Olive Oil Panel (DOP)
Prof. Maurizio Servili

Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences University of Perugia

Course Fee .

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Online Program Fees

An essential part of being a student of the EVOO Academy and the Executive Diploma of Olive Oil Sommelier is the completion of the registration application form. The fee for the Diploma is  1935€ . We provide debit/credit card payments and bank transfer.
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One Year (1) Support Sessions after completion | Online

Graduates will have the option to select the support session package upon completion of the Diploma Olive Oil Sommelier. This will include eight (6) olive oil tasting sessions on a six months period, as well as separate live support from the program’s director. The participants in each session will receive and taste four (4) olive oil samples.
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Course Fee .

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One Year (1) Support Sessions after completion | Online

Graduates will have the option to select the support session package upon completion of the Diploma Olive Oil Sommelier. This will include eight (6) olive oil tasting sessions on a six months period, as well as separate live support from the program’s director. The participants in each session will receive and taste four (4) olive oil samples.
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