Description
An olive oil tasting in Ostuni starts with a simple idea: put four oils in front of you and let your own palate pick out the differences. An oil master leads the hour, pouring three oils made from a single olive variety (Coratina, Ogliarola and Cima di Melfi) and a blend that combines three different kinds of olives.
Tasting is only the beginning. The tour shows how an oil changes a dish, so you prepare small bites and try each oil with the food it suits. Then comes the playful part, flavouring the oil yourself and picking up the tricks behind it. The range runs from the gentle note of rosemary to the heat of chilli pepper.
- Four pure oils tasted one after the other to compare their character
- Pairing each oil with a different dish
- Making flavoured oils, from rosemary to chilli pepper
- An aperitif in four courses, each with its own oil
The experience lasts about an hour and is led by a live guide in English, Italian or Spanish. It is a hands-on tasting for anyone curious about how olive oil differs from one variety to another and how to use it at the table.