Dennis (Deniz) McGee

I am expert on sourcing olive oil from Turkey and on the retail marketing of olive oil in the USA, including premium extra virgin, organic and flavored olive oils.

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I am one of the leading foreign experts on Turkish olive oil. (see below)

I have been trained in olive oil tasting from an IOOC lab.

• I am from California and have lived in Turkey since 1997.

• I was the only speaker at the National Turkish Olive Oil Symposium in 2003.

• I have spoken on Turkish TV about Olive Oil marketing.

• I am founding member of the largest Association in the Olive Oil industry in Turkey.

• I have been responsible for over 20% of the bottled extra virgin olive oil exports to the US from Turkey in my best year.

• I have done hundreds of hours of research on the retail marketing of olive oil in the United States and published professional paper in Turkish on my research.

• (NOTE): Turkey is the 3rd largest exporter of Olive Oil to the US after Italy and Spain.