Kostantinos Liris is a certified taster. With his head office in Kalamata and by cooperating with international organizations he has gained a lot of experience on issues regarding the quality and tasting of olive oil.
Since 2014 he has been one of the judges in the top olive oil tasting competition in New York -NYIOOC-, while in 2016 he was selected to be head of the tasting panel of the event.
He is the founder of the IRIS-Agricultural Union of Messinia , a company providing consulting services relevant to the agricultural and agri-food industry. At the same time, he works for companies as an independent contractor on international olive oil trading, and he is sales representative, olive oil analyst and taster, for SALOV SPA (FILIPPO BERIO) company, as head of the Greek and Turkish market.
From 2010 through 2013 he was Support Manager in the Primary Production Sector for the Agricultural Union of Cooperatives of Messinia (one of the biggest Unions in the country) while at the same time he was head of the quality control sector of olive oil, olives and raisins. Before that, from 1998 through 2010, he was Trade & Quality Manager in the Union.
He has taken part in numerous international conferences for the promotion of olive oil in Greece and abroad.
One significant time in his career came when he received a thank-you letter from the former Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou for his contribution to the development and promotion of quality Greek products worldwide.
He is a columnist for many magazines in his field.
CONFERENCES
- Athens Greece, April 2013
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – BUSSIAS CONFERENCE
“SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & BIO ECONOMY”
- ANTALYA TURKEY, OCTOBER 2012
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“MANAGEMENT & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN IN TURKEY AND MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES”
Sustainable Agriculture & Bio Economy
- ATHENS GREECE, JANUARY 2011
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD, TOURISM”
Main Speaker
- ATHENS GREECE, DECEMBER 2009
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
“CREATING NEW MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGY FOR GREEK PRODUCTS”
Main Speaker
- MUNICH GERMANY, DECEMBER 2009
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
“ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION DURING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS”
- ROME ITALY
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
“OLIVE OIL AS A MEANS OF DEVELOPING AND BOND BETWEEN MED COUNTRIES”
Main Speaker
AWARDS
- Head of tasting panel and judge at the international olive oil competition in New York –NYIOOC- in 2016.
- Judge at the international olive oil competition in New York –NYIOOC- in 2015.
- Judge at the international olive oil competition in New York –NYIOOC- in 2014
- Congratulatory letter by the Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou for the promotion of high quality and nutritional value Greek products.