After working for 10 years with Apollo Olive Oil I have started my own consultant company, specialized in the area of tasting & blending and supervising quality during production. I participate in the COOC tasting panel and in the UC Davis tasting panel and have been a judge in different competitions. I regularly teach classes on sensory evaluation of olive oil.

The olives for our 100% natural Pacific Sun Olive Oil are locally grown and harvested. Then we mill and bottle the oil right here on our family farm in Tehama County, at the head of California’s fertile central valley. Pacific Sun exists to create artisanal foods that express and preserve the unique flavors of our growing region and our agricultural community.

Pasolivo: The world-class producer of estate-pressed extra virgin olive oils in Paso Robles. Come taste our handcrafted olive oils and delicious artisanal foods on your West side winery tour. Open daily 11-5.

Paul Vossen has been a member of the academic faculty of the University of California as a Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor since 1980. He has direct experience growing many specialty crops and works internationally as a private consultant in the field of specialty crops production. He is an expert in olive oil processing and sensory analysis and is currently the panel leader of the UC Cooperative Extension Olive Oil Research Taste Panel.

Manufacturers Representatives to the Food Industry since 1978. Fats and Oils EXPERT-level experience in exevery conceiveable channel in the Food,and Non-Food related industries.