Publications

You can browse a selection of publications that are relevant to those involved in the Olive and Food Industries. This includes books published by participants in the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes Programme, and also published by Salsi Pty Ltd, who founded and managed the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes Programme.

Many books are available through Amazon in both paperback and Kindle format. Savantes is a Amazon Affiliate.

Customers located in Australia are able to order directly from Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes.

The following publications are availalbe:

The Savantes Complete Olive Handbook: Olive Oil and Table Olives Production to Sales $27..50
Olives Naturally: With the Puggle Express - AU $25
Fruity, a Little Bitter and Spicy : A Producer’s Taste of the Global Olive Oil Industry - $27.50
African Olive - AU $25

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In Maverick Taster Simon Field, founder of International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes, relates his experience from olive farmer to international extra virgin olive oil profiler and industry maven. He recounts lessons, discoveries, and challenges that have led to his unique approach to taste and flavour descriptions.

Through engaging anecdotes and practical insights gathered across the globe, readers learn how flavours are identified, evaluated, and enjoyed while gaining a deeper understanding of the people, cultures, and traditions shaping food.

More than a book about olive oil, Maverick Taster is an invitation to think independently, embrace diversity in flavour, and develop confidence in communicating your own sensory experience. A new and unique method of olive oil profiling, the Savantes Savourgram©, is shared in detail to improve the quantification of positive flavours, enhance accountability, and estimate the relative value of olive oils available to consumers. By the final page you will have a template to build your own flavour-based olive oil enterprise with an open mind and the confidence to encourage others to join you.

Fruity, a Little Bitter and Spicy provides a practical Australian producer’s view of the establishment of an olive enterprise in the ‘New World’ and entry into the global market dominated by ‘Old World’ production. Moving from the early days of selecting the site for the grove, planting trees, the production of olive oil and involvement in international trade and events, the reader acquires an expansive knowledge of the global industry.

Production to Marketing: The Complete Olive Handbook (by Simon Field, Founder of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes) is a very practical guide to everything to do with olives. It covers the basics of olive grove establishment and management, home and commercial olive oil, table olive processing and packaging. Then it covers the commercial evaluation of olive products and finally the marketing of them into a range of market segments.

Olives Naturally amusingly describes the lively activities of the animals, plants, and humans on an organic and wildlife friendly olive farm in north-west Victoria, Australia. As custodians of the land, the farmers observe the plants and creatures, their intimate interaction, the ebb and flow of the interrelationships, and the constant changes in rhythm with the four seasons.

The African (Olea Africana) and European (Olea Europaea) olive trees are as horticulturally divergent as the black and white cultures in South Africa. Grafted, the two varieties form a vigorous and productive combination. A metaphor for the progress of black and white cultures in South Africa in rural and semi-urban environments.