Did you know there are over 500 varieties of olive in Italy alone? Different areas have their typical cultivars, and they can even vary on the same grove creating complex flavours in the oil as the varieties have different characteristics and flavours.
Tiziano at Aleandri olive grove is a professional extra virgin olive oil taster. Hear him talk on the different properties of extra virgin olive oil and then try your hand at tasting your extra virgin olive oil with his professional technique here.