Olive oil is a product very important in the European gastronomy, indeed we can see it’s the basis of many recipes in a lot of gastronomy, and not only in Spain, where its production is very important.
The market of olive oil in Spain
We can see that the market of olive oil is very important in Spain, indeed Spain is the biggest producer of olive oil in the world.
The production amounted to 1.6 million of tonnes which represent a huge difference from the second biggest producer of olive oil in the world, Italy, which produce 400,000 tonnes.
We see that Spain represent the principal world market of olive oil.
In Spain, there are 27 appellations of origin of olive oil which represent a very important number of olive oil different.
These designations shown at what point the market of olive oil is very important in Spain.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.