| 6000 BC |
Olive cultivation first appears in Syria |
| 3000 BC |
Knowledge and cultivation spreads in the Mediterranean area
from east to west |
| 2500 BC |
Earthenware tablets in Crete reference olive oil and its uses |
| 2000 BC |
Ancient Israelites use precious olive oil for anointing priests
and kings and to burn temple lamps |
| 1780 BC |
The Code of Hammurabi states that, under penalty of death,
no one can prune an olive tree more than two feet per year |
| 1500 BC |
Olive oil appears as a major commercial product in Crete and
is sold in Egypt for use in cosmetics |
| 1000 BC |
The exceptional culinary aspects of olive oil are noted in
Greece |
| 776 BC |
First Olympic Games take place where an olive branch and olive
oil are awarded to the winners |
| 620 BC |
Solon’s Olive Protection Law declares that anyone found
guilty of uprooting or destroying an olive tree would be sentenced
to death |
| 100 BC |
Romans develop several classifications of olive oil |
| 325 AD |
Under the reign of Constantine, 2,300 oil distributors in the
capital of the Empire supply citizens with olive oil for cooking,
cosmetics, massage, body care, lamps and other uses |
| 1000 AD |
Olive Oil becomes rare and is sometimes used as cash, but most
of all is used for religious rituals |
1500 –
1600 AD |
Spanish explorers and missionaries carry the olive to the New
World |
| 1524 AD |
The first olive trees are planted in New Spain ( Mexico) |
LATE 1700 – EARLY 1800 AD
|
Franciscan missionaries plant olive trees at nineteen of the
twenty-one missions along 600 miles of the California coast |
| 1870 AD |
Commercial olive oil production begins in California |
| 1900 AD |
King Umberto I of Italy prohibits the felling of olive trees
on Italian land – a law that still exists today in parts
of Italy |
| 1920 AD |
European immigrants to the Unites States begin to spread the
use of olive oil into American cooking |
1980 TO
PRESENT |
Knowledge of olive oil expands worldwide as numerous books
on health and cooking with olive oil are published |
| 2005 AD |
The Passionate Olive touts the many uses of our magical,
mystical, precious “liquid gold” |
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Copyright © 2005 by Carol Firenze Anglin |
| 1999 AD |
The Menachos follow their hearts and buy what is now known
as the Olivas de Oro Estate Orchard |
| 2000 AD |
The first Olivas de Oro Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil is produced
and available in the signature cobalt blue gift bottle. It wins
a silver medal at the Oils of the World Competition. Olivas de
Oro olive oils have won medals every year since 2000. |
| 2003 AD |
Frank is certified as a member of the Panel of Tasters sponsored
by the California Olive Oil Council in cooperation with the University
of California at Davis. As a member of the Panel of Tasters, he
has undergone a rigorous training and certification program that
follows the guidelines of the International Olive Oil Council in
Madrid, Spain. |
| 2004 AD |
Olivas de Oro Olive Company incorporates under Oro Organics,
Inc. to further expand and promote sustainable farming and organic
products. Still owned and managed by the Menachos, we introduce
a new line of flavored olive oils that are cold pressed, old world
style lacto-fermented olives, and olive oil soap. |
| 2005 AD |
Frank is selected to be a judge at the Oils of the World Competition
and is in good company with other certified tasters from the US,
Italy, Spain, and Australia. |
| 2006 AD |
The Menachos purchase 160 acres in Creston, California and begin preparations
for a new orchard, pressing facility, and tasting room. Approximately 200 of our
old growth organic olive trees will be relocated from our Oroville orchard. |
| 2007 AD |
The orchard relocation from Oroville to Creston is complete! The 103 year old heritage trees have a new home. |
