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A company with a passion for olive oil, wine and an enriched lifestyle.
Crush and Press is a company dedicated to elevating life’s richness through enjoyment of the flavors and benefits of real handcrafted extra virgin olive oil, wines and gourmet foods.
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Bill Sanders is an evangelist for authentic handcrafted extra virgin olive oil. He educates on how to discriminate and incorporate the flavors and benefits of these “juices” into our lives, paired with expert wine and exotic food selections. Bill, a widely recognized authority in the olive oil and wine industries, offers speaking engagements, demonstrations, consulting, videos, and virtual events on the benefits of these natural nectars. He also serves as the U.S. spokesperson for 100% Tunisian Olive Oil and is a regular writer for “Olive Oil Times.” You can enjoy “insider” insights, recipes, and recommendations through his blog. Follow Bill’s adventures while he travels the world visiting the world’s finest olive oil farms and wine vintners. Crush and Press is an online boutique for purchasing high quality extra virgin olive oil and gourmet products, founded in 2009, so Bill could bring these treasured discoveries to you. They’re the real deal!
Bill’s Credits, Honors, Awards
United States spokesperson for 100% Tunisian Olive Oil, 2010
Chair, national French Wine Society Conference, 2010
Master Level Certification for Rhone and Provence wine regions from the French Wine Society, 2009
Attendee, Beyond Extra Virgin Conference, the international conference on excellence of olive oil, sponsored by the University of California-Davis Olive Center, Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, and The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone, 2009
Completion of advanced sensory evaluation of olive oil, Raising the Bar on Olive Oil Quality: Views from Down Under instructed by Richard Gawel and Margaret Edwards, University of California-Davis Olive Center, 2009
Served as Chair, Workforce Innovations Annual Conference for 3000 attendees, United States Government, Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 2002-2008
Author and presenter for Washington DC, Metro Area, Williams-Sonoma Consumer and Sales Associate Educational Program on fine olive oil, 2008-2009
Attendee, national French Wine Society Annual Conference, 2008-2009
Attending and assisting at the L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, Maryland, 2004-2009
Executive producer, and two-time national TELLY Award winner for video programming in 2007- 2008
Student of the Culinary Institute of America- Greystone professional wine studies program, 2004-2005
Completion of Sensory Evaluation of Olive Oil at UC-Davis. (Finished in top three of class), 2003-2004
Trained in sensory evaluation of olive oil and Tuscan cooking at Giuseppe Grappolini’s Centro Culturale Olivarte in Loro Ciuffenna, Italy, 2003
Regular guest at WKYT-TV (Lexington, Kentucky) on the AfterNoon program, 2000-2001
Author and presenter of More Life, More Sunrises, a six-session program for living an enriched, healthy life, 2000
Winner of “Best Editorial” award from 101 American Horse Publications for his article published in Owner-Breeder, a leading thoroughbred breeding journal, entitled A Fork in the Road, 1993
Completed “Executive Development” program at J.L. Kellogg, Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
Graduate of the University of Kentucky and Salmon P. Chase College of Law and member of the Kentucky Bar Association
