Article: Like dining on wine: Extra-virgin olive oils invite swirling, sampling and savoring.(The Orange County Register)

Cradle the wineglass in your fingers to gently warm its precious contents, covering the top with your free hand. Swirl, uncover and smell the aroma.

Taste a little bit. Go on, dip your impeccably clean finger in and savor the flavors drawn from a slightly salty digit. Pick up any hints of almond nuttiness, green apple or freshly mown grass?

And the finish? An aftertaste of artichokes? Maybe peppercorns?

A tasting of newly released sauvignon blanc? Think again. It's a tasting of extra-virgin olive oils. That incredible Mediterranean "fruit juice" that has served as everything from medicine to money for more than 4,000 years.

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