Elizabeth Berger is a Tuscany-based wine and olive oil expert, who is able to draw fascinating parallels between the two worlds. Where wine has grape varieties, olive oil has cultivars, more than 700 of them planted around the world. Our in-depth chat covered the Mediterranean diet, the different quality levels of oil – what makes something extra virgin? – seasonality, strippaggio, fraud and the health benefits of polyphenols.

To read more about Elizabeth have a look at her website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @freshfromfrantoi.

Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.