This Saturday, May 25th, Municipality of Chimbas will celebrate the National Olive Growing Day and the May revolutionwith “Parental Roots. Aromas and Flavors of Chimbas”, an activity for the whole family.
The appointment is from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at El Fruto olive oil factory, located on Rodríguez street 600 meters east of Necochea, El Mogote; that integrates tourism Olive Route in San Juan. Admission will be free.
The gastronomic and craft fair It will feature producers and entrepreneurs from Chimbas and also some visitors and will include tasting and sale of locro, pastries, sausages, cold cuts, goat cheese, pistachios, organic herbs, sweets, preserves, craft beer, wines, baking, pastries made with olive oil. olive, vegan and vegetarian gastronomic options and olive oil.
At 11:30 and 16:30, a guided tasting of El Fruto Extra Virgin Olive Oil will be held, led by the San Juan Association of Sommeliers.
Visitors will also be able to find leather goods in goat leather and handicrafts in ceramics, wood, pottery sets and recycled art and utilitarian objects.
At 12:30 there will be a folk dance show, led by children and adults from the Folklore Workshop of the Municipality of Chimbas, directed by teachers Mario Barzola and Victoria Cabello.
Schedule of activities
10.00 Start of the Fair. Reception of visitors with rosette
11.00 Guided tour of the olive oil farm and factory, led by Jorge Ginestar
11.30 Directed EVOO tasting, led by sommeliers Gustavo Bersezio and Yanina Villalba
12.30 Folk dance show by students from the Folklore Workshop of the Municipality of Chimbas, girls, boys and adults.
15.00 Guided tour of the olive oil farm and factory, led by Jorge Ginestar
16.00 Guided tour of the olive oil farm and factory, led by Jorge Ginestar
16.30 Directed EVOO tasting, led by the sommeliers and Yanina Villalba
17.00 End of the fair
Participating companies and entrepreneurs
El Fruto extra virgin olive oil
Export pistachios Finca Don Miguel Sholken craft beer
Capri Andino, leather goods with goat leather
Rucal Artisanal Cold Cuts
The Basement Sausages
Matías Aguirre, artisanal sausages, goat and cow cheeses
Boyero Winery
Hugo Gómez Baking
Legends of the Valley, organic herbal blends
Dulce Carolina, sweets and preserves
CP Furnishings, stick knives, crafts and wood furnishings.
Flor de Aire, houses for the soul and ceramics
Baroque Ceramics
Clay Point!!
Art D”ko, art and utilitarian objects with recycled materials.
Mate forever, materos sets
Sandra Montaño, pastries with olive oil
Chimi, vegan and vegetarian gastronomic options
National Olive Growing Day
On May 24, “National Olive Growing Day” is celebrated in Argentina, an official day that honors all those involved in the production of olives and olive oil.
This celebration was established by National Decree No. 7030/53, promulgated on May 24, 1953.
The history of National Olive Growing Day dates back to May 24, 1942, when the first olive festivala tribute to the olive-growing workers that takes place when the harvest of the olive fruits ends, in May.
With an area of 15,000 hectares of olive trees, the province of San Juan It is the main producer nationwide and also the main exporter of olive oil, with 40% of the total, and olives.
El Fruto Located in El Mogote, the main agricultural area of Chimbas, the El Fruto extra virgin olive oil factory is located on a self-sustaining farm of 2 hectares.
It grinds around 10,000 kg of olives, it only produces extra virgin olive oil (first pressed) and those who harvest are women.
With the alperujo (residue left by the olive after oil extraction) plus the olive leaves, wood, etc., the compost with which the land is fertilized and also the biomass with which the boiler that provides heating and hot water is fed.
Animals such as sheep, goats, horses and chickens contribute to the farm’s fertilizer naturally.
The farm can be visited throughout the year.
