Olive Oil Clubs
You can now join an olive oil club in the UK which will enable you to have the very freshest olive oil delivered to your door four times a year. New seasons oils come from all over the world as soon after the harvest as possible.

The Olive Trail Olive Oil Club, UK
www.oliveoilclubs.com

www.oliveoilsource.com
This excellent Californian site offers a very wide range of information on all aspects of olives and olive oil. There is also a monthly newsletter.

www.mastrioleari.org
The Mastri Oleari or Oil Masters Corporation in Italy are concerned with quality and authenticity in olive oil. They have recently launched "HS" High Standard Certification which demands considerably higher and wider standards than those required for extra virgin status.

www.australianolives.com.au
This is the site of the Australian Olive Association. It includes news and events about the Australian olive oil industry and its personnel. It includes details of the new AOA Certification for extra virgin olive oil from Australia.

www.olivebusiness.com.au
A useful Australian olive oil site.

www.modernolives.com.au
This site has a good deal of useful practical information for those involved in growing and processing olives for the table and for oil.

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveOil
This is a very interesting chat group mainly featuring growers. It is an educational and networking group which helps to keep its members in touch with the international world of olives and olive oil.

www.groups.yahoo.com/group/OliveLovers
This is a chat group for lovers of olives and olive oil and includes recipes, methods of curing olives and culinary topics.

www.allthatsolive.com
This is a fun site with all kinds of olive related subjects and products.

Websites Selling a Range of Olive Oils:

These are some of the sites which I have come across which sell a range of extra virgin olives oils. Some give the origin of the oils; others do not. I am not in a position to gived an opinion on the quality of oil offered. The sites are listed in alphabetical order.

www.idelica.com 

This is a new site which features specialist Spanish foods including a good range of olive oils.  I shall be contributing short articles from time to time.

www.agferrari.com
www.esperya.co.uk
www.ewines.co.za [small collection of South African olive oils]
www.getoily.com
www.gourmetfoodstore.com
www.gustiamo.com
www.italiancookingandliving.com
www.justsoitalian.co.uk
www.marcheuk.com
www.oakvillegrocery.com
www.oilandmore.co.uk
www.oliv.com.au
www.olivaoliva.com
www.oliveoil4U.co.uk
www.oliveoilemporium.com
www.olivesetal.co.uk
www.passionatepalate.co.uk
www.purespain.co.uk
www.rarewines.com
www.rogersintl.com
www.savoria.co.uk
www.teitelbros.com
www.thegiftofoil.co.uk
www.mikpens.com/acatalog/
www.odysea.com
www.theolivarcorp.com
www.theolivevineyard.com
www.tienda.com
www.justsoitalian.co.uk
www.valvonacrolla.com
www.zingermans.com

Other Food Related Sites:

Hub-UK at www.hub-uk.com
This site features thousands of interesting recipes, cooking articles and tips from chefs and food experts as well as information on cooking holidays, food-related tours and cookery schools.

www.mikpens.com/acatalog/
Mike and Sharran North's website covers all things relating to the olive tree from their own handcrafted olive wood jewelry and pens, to olive leaf tea and olive oil cosmetics and, of course, stocks of fresh olive oil.

www.matchingfoodandwine.com
This is a really interesting site all about matching food and wine.

www.aboutfood.co.uk
This is a general interest food website to which I contribute from time to time.

http://cookingwareinfo4u.com
Interesting hints, tips and recipes about all kinds of cooking.

www.gfw.co.uk
This is the website of the UK Guild of Food writers.

www.fabfoodpix.com
This is a very useful site for finding good pictures to illustrate features. Shots of olive oils are particularly difficult to source and this site has some good ones.

Books and Writing:

www.universalbyline.com
This is a site which offers syndication rights on articles by UK authors including Judy Ridgway.

www.BookFinder.com
This is a useful link for finding second-hand books.