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Savantes Australia 2026

Priority Reservations open for Savantes in Melbourne - Late 2026


The Savantes Complete Olive Handbook: Olive Oil and Table Olives Production to Sales

A very practical guide to everything to do with olives.


Savantes Europe 2026

Seville, 10th and 11th September 2026


It’s About Time;

Savantes Launches a New Approach to Extra Virgin Olive Oil Profiling


Maverick Taster of Olive Oil

Simon Field's latest book is now available through Amazon.


Cristina was born in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain). She graduated in Science and Food Technology from the University of Granada and is a lover of  EVOO .

The passion for EVOO has led her to create a website exclusively dedicated to EVOO and the fascinating world around it, www.cataole.com, whose main purpose is to convey to consumers the needed knowledge to differentiate the commercial classes, to know the existing varieties, to learn about sensory analysis, to know the health benefits of consuming EVOO and the most important thing, to learn to enjoy EVOO .

She also collaborates with olive oil companies doing the tastings and the EVOO tasting notes accompanying the labelling of EVOO bottles.

She currently works at Catarte Beverages as Head of Production and Quality Control, dedicated to the production of craft beer "La Jerezana " with 11 types of ales on the market.

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Cristina nació en Jerez de la frontera (España), licenciada en Ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos por la Universidad de Granada y una enamorada del AOVE.

La pasión por el AOVE le ha llevado a crear una página web dedicada exclusivamente al AOVE y al fascinante mundo que le rodea, www.cataole.com , cuya finalidad es transmitir a los consumidores los conocimientos necesarios para diferenciar las clases comerciales, conocer las variedades que existen, aprender sobre el análisis sensorial, conocer los beneficios para la salud del consumo de AOVE y lo más importante aprender a disfrutar del AOVE.

Además colabora con empresas del sector realizando catas de AOVE y redactando las notas de cata que acompañan al etiquetado de los envases de AOVE.

Actualmente trabaja como Jefa de produccion y Control de calidad para la empresa Catarte Beverages, dedicada a la elaboración de cervezas artesanas “La Jerezana”, con 11 tipos de cervezas artesanas en el mercado.