Slow Food Nation '08

Fort Mason Center | Included with Taste Pavilions Ticket: $45 - 65 | Saturday, August 30; 11am – 3pm; 5pm – 9pm | Sunday, August 31; 11am – 3pm; 5pm – 9pm

Olive oil arrived in the United States in the 1600s, when Spanish missionaries planted olive trees to feed the communities living and working in California’s Missions. Back then, it was a pantry staple produced and eaten by the people who worked the land; today, it is often a specialty product, though Americans who use olive oil as a delicious and nourishing everyday food are renewing the tradition of cooking with olive oil. Visitors to the Olive Oil Pavilion had the opportunity to taste their way through a rotating and expansive series of California extra-virgin olive oils. The California Olive Oil Council experts staffing the pavilion explained the history and versatility of our domestic olive oil and taught visitors how to recognize flavors, techniques and the effects of California terroir.

Featured olive oil producers:

•    Alexander Valley Vineyards, Sonoma, CA
•    Allure Estates, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Alpha Wolf, Napa, CA
•    Alta Cresta Orchard, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Apollo Olive Oil, Yuba, CA
•    Araujo Estate, Napa, CA
•    B.R. Cohn Olive Oil, Sonoma, CA
•    Balzana Olive Oil, Santa Barbara, CA
•    Bava Ranch, San Joaquin, CA
•    Bozzano Olive Ranch, San Joaquin, CA
•    Brutocao Cellars, Mendocino, CA
•    Butte View Olive Oil Company, Butte, CA
•    California Gold Olive Oil, Stanislaus, CA
•    California Koroneiki, Napa, CA
•    California Olive Ranch, Butte, CA
•    Calolea Olive Oil, Yuba, CA
•    Capay Oaks Farms, Yolo, CA,
•    Carneros Olive Oil, Napa, CA
•    Carriage Vineyards Estate, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Chalk Hill Clematis, Sonoma, CA
•    Charles Krug Winery Estate, Napa, CA
•    Clif Bar Ranch, Napa, CA
•    Cloud View Vineyards, Napa, CA
•    Colline di Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
•    Conlin Ranch Estate, San Joaquin, CA
•    Coon Creek Olive Oil, Yolo, CA
•    Copper Hill Olive Oil, Yolo, CA
•    Corto Estate Olive Oil, San Joaquin, CA, www.corto-olive.com
•    DeCamilla-French Olive Orchard, Tehama, CA
•    Deergnaw Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Dickson Napa Ranch-Regina, Napa, CA
•    Dry Creek Olive Oil, Sonoma, CA
•    EGG Ranch, Napa, CA
•    Elixir Organic Olive Oil, St. Helena, CA
•    Ferrari-Carano Winery Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Figueroa Farms, Santa Barbara, CA
•    Frantoio Olive Oil, Marin, CA
•    Fresno Olive Oil-Fresno State University, Fresno, CA
•    Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Gold Hill Estate, El Dorado, CA
•    Harris Napa Ranch Estate Organic, Napa, CA
•    Hawk’s Feather Oliveto, Sonoma, CA
•    Homestead Olive Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Hundred Acre Olive Oil, Amador, CA
•    Husic Family, Napa, CA, mailto
•    Ink Grade Farm, Napa, CA
•    Isern and Sons Olive Oil, Paradise, CA
•    Jaeger Family Olive Oil, Napa, CA
•    Jordan Winery, Sonoma, CA
•    Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Napa, CA, www.jpwines.com
•    Jovia Groves, Yolo, CA
•    Kamen Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Katz and Company, Solano, CA
•    La Rusticana d’Orsa, Santa Cruz, CA
•    Le Colline di Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
•    Lodi Olive Oil Company, San Joaquin, CA
•    Long Meadow Ranch, St. Helena, CA
•    Lucero Olive Oil, Tehama, CA
•    McEvoy Ranch, Marin, CA
•    Mooney Farms “Bella Sun Luci”, Butte, CA
•    Moose Valley Estate, Napa, CA
•    Napa Valley Reserve, Napa, CA
•    Old Chatham Ranch, Mendocino, CA
•    Olinda Ridge Organics, Shasta, CA
•    Olio Bello D’ Olivo, Contra Costa, CA
•    Olio Nuevo/Cripple Creek Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    OliOdessa Olive Oil, Napa, CA
•    Olivas de Oro, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Olive Branch Farm, Sonoma, CA
•    Olive Glen Orchards, Glenn, CA
•    The Olive Grove Nursery, Butte, CA
•    Olive Hill Farm, Santa Barbara, CA
•    The Olive Pit, Butte, CA
•    Oliveto Del Vecchio, Mendocino, CA
•    Olivina Ranch, Alameda, CA
•    Olivino Terra Savia, Mendocino, CA
•    Pacific Sun Farms, Tehama, CA
•    Pasolivo Olive Oil, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Petroni Vineyards Estate Organic, Sonoma, CA
•    “Poggiolo” Enterprise Vineyards Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Poplar Hill Estate, Napa, CA
•    Preston Vineyards, Sonoma, CA, www.prestonvineyards.com
•    Prince Olive Estancia, Napa, CA
•    Quinta do Sol, Yolo, CA
•    Regolio Napa Valley Estate, Napa, CA
•    Robbins Family Farm, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Round Pond Napa Estate, Napa, CA
•    Rubicon Winery-Napa Valley Estate, Napa, CA
•    Saltonstall Estate, Marin, CA
•    Silverado Vineyards-Soda Creek Ranch Estate, Napa, CA
•    Skipstone Ranch Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Sorelle Paradiso, Tulare, CA
•    Spottswoode Winery-Estate Organic, Napa, CA
•    Starcross Monastery-Sister Julie’s, Sonoma, CA,
•    Stella Cadente Olive Oil Company, Mendocino, CA
•    Stone Edge Estate Organic , Sonoma, CA
•    Storm Olive Ranch, Napa, CA
•    Suncoast Organic Farm, San Benito, CA
•    Sunset Olive Grove, Butte, CA
•    Tablas Creek Estate Organic, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Talcott Carneros Olive Ranch, Napa, CA
•    Tallgrass Ranch Estate, Sonoma, CA
•    Tehama Blend, Tehama, CA
•    Temecula Olive Oil Company, San Diego, CA
•    Templar French Blend, Napa, CA
•    Terra Bella Vista, Sonoma, CA
•    Terra Savia, Mendocino, CA
•    Tiber Canyon Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Truchard Vineyards, Napa, CA
•    University Of California Davis, Davis, CA
•    Val di Luna Estate, Sonoma, CA,
•    Valhalla Olive Orchards, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Versant Vineyards, Napa, CA
•    The Villa Barone, Mountain View, CA
•    Vineyard Canyon Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Wiebe Farms, Fresno, CA
•    Wind Dance Farms, San Luis Obispo, CA
•    Winterhill Farms, El Dorado, CA
•    Yorkville Olive Ranch, Mendocino, CA,