Like a fine wine, olive oil characterizes its region.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: November 12, 1997| Author: Schaffer, Mat | Copyright information

'Olive oil is a lot like wine." Peggy Knickerbocker swirls a wine glass of olive oil between two hands and holds it up to the sunlight to better eyeball the oil's color and clarity.

"Like wine, olive oil's quality varies from year to year, depending on weather, climate, soil and pest conditions. But there's one big difference - unlike wine, olive oil doesn't improve with age."

Knickerbocker's knowledge about olive oil is encyclopedic. The San Francisco-based ...

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