Hankyu Umeda Main Store Italy Exhibition

10March 30〜11For 6 days until the 4th of the month, at the Italian exhibition held at the Hankyu Umeda main store in Osaka,

I have been working as an olive oil sommelier.


Planned by Mr. Hankyu Umeda, it is an epoch-making booth where you can taste all of the approximately 50 types of olive oil sold at the Italian exhibition and compare them.


Customers can compare the foods in one place, so they can find the olive oil they really like without being sold.


Our job as a sommelier is to ask our customers what kind of dishes they usually use or want to use.


Do you like bitter and spicy, do you want to use it for bread and salads, do you like a lot of Japanese food, do you like fruity food, do you like alcohol, etc.



After asking for some information, 3 from the back shelf〜6We propose as many types of olive oil as possible.



Almost all of our customers said,

"Olive oil tastes so different."

"It's completely different from the olive oil I use at home."

"There are those that are smooth in the mouth and those that are sticky and smelly."

"This is delicious〜I!!

"This is smelly, sticky and disgusting!!"


If you compare them on the spot,

"I don't know the taste of olive oil at all!"


These are the words that I said in unison.


We, the sommeliers, also answered the customer's question about why the taste is so different.


In closing, I said:


"Extra virgin olive oil, which smells good and tastes good, is good for the body.

It tastes bad, and my mouth is sticky after eating it〜First of all, it's not extra virgin, and it's not good for you."


That's what I said to everyone.