Rosa Vañó – CEO de Castillo de Canena

Santiago Botas uno  de los grandes profesionales del mundo de los AOVEs y uno de los  que más he aprendido. Para Castillo de Canena ha sido siempre una fuente inspiración  y guía, su profundo conocimiento de los mercados internacionales, su experiencia profesional como promotor y embajador de los AOVES de España y su incontestable labor como catador y defensor de los varietales  nos ha ayudado desde el principio al desarrollo de nuestras marcas y a nuestra consolidación internacional.

Alexandra Kicenik Devarenne of CalAthena consulting, author of Olive Oil: A Field Guide and co-founder of Extra Virgin Alliance (California, USA)

Santiago is a tremendous resource on the Spanish olive oil industry; his knowledge of both the products and the people makes him invaluable. When we were organizing a week-long olive oil tour of Spain, he not only organized visits with a great assortment of producers but also managed culinary and cultural events for the group along the way. And his fluency in English  made it easy for an international group like ours. I think of Santiago as the "go to guy" in Spain!

Juan Ramón Izquierdo – Laboratorio Arbitral Agroalimentario. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. Madrid

"Conocí a Santiago hace ya muchos años cuando junto a Jerónimo Díaz enseñaba a los japoneses qué era el aceite de oliva virgen. Ha llovido mucho desde entonces y en todo este tiempo he ido conociendo más y más las diferentes facetas de su personalidad. La primera de ellas para mí, la humana. Una excelente persona, al que tengo como un gran amigo fiel, siempre dispuesto a ayudar en cuanto se lo solicitas. La segunda, como un grandísimo profesional de la comercialización del aceite de oliva. Hemos charlado muchas veces sobre el tema y siempre he aprendido cosas nuevas al…

Tom Mueller – Writer and investigative journalist, and author of Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil.

“Whenever I need advice on olive oil – about great producers, market dynamics, politics, and more, in Spain and in many parts of the world – one of the first calls I make is to Santiago Botas.  Few people on earth with Santiago's depth and breadth of knowledge about this wonderful but mysterious food, or his love of great oil and the people who make it.  And even fewer people have his balanced, unbiased, global grasp of olive oil, a product that so often brings out parochial views and limited, knee-jerk reactions in even the greatest "experts."  His understanding of olive oil…

Toshiya Tada – Chairman and CEO at The Olive Oil Sommelier Association of JAPAN (OSAJ)

“Mr. Santiago Botas is indeed a person who knows everything about olive oil, the product itself as well as the industry. He is the best person to contact for who would develop the good business relationship in the industry with correct strategy. The most important issue in the olive oil sector is, of course, to maintain high quality standards and Mr. Botas has sufficient knowledge on this.”

Paul Miller – President Emeritus of AOA ( Australian Olive Association )

"I think that your understanding of the olive oil industry is excellent. This is in particular with regard to market and production trends, olive oil and EU/producer country politics, industry structure and participants and of course olive oil quality and the maintenance of high standards for producers and through the supply chain, all of which is relevant to the strategic business considerations of your clients."