Category: AWARDED OLIVE OILS 2022

With Koroneiki variety olives, exclusively from the olive groves of our family on the fertile island of Crete, we produce “Skoutari”. An excellent virgin organic olive oil, which is available in limited quantities and has very beneficial characteristics, one of the few that have a certified health label on its label.

Our company (L’Oléastre s.a.r.l.) is a small family-run business specialised in producing extra-virgin olive oil. We own a young olive grove planted with selected and certified olive trees. Olealys is our first terroir olive oil.

For forty years, the Herdade dos Lagos estate in the Valley of the Camels (Vale de Camelos) has been owned by the Zeppenfeld-Kreikenbaum family. Many changes have taken place in the course of this time. The Alentejo region is located in the south of Portugal and was considered in previous years as the granary of Portugal. So the origin of the good lies in agriculture. When the Bremen shipowner Horst Zeppenfeld, then still captain, fell in love with this landscape, there was already a dream: the cultivation of wine and olive trees. Together with the family and the administrator Dietmar Ochsenreiter, the realization was constantly carried out. Today, about 1000 sheep still graze on the 1000 hectares of land with its five reservoirs, but the cultivation of wine, olives and carob are in the foreground.

Strakka organic extra virgin olive oil is carefully blended from Koroneiki, Kalamon and the local Cypriot variety of olives to produce its splendid flavour. The character and high quality of Strakka olive oil means it is ideal for use in salads and for fine cooking.

The San Bartolomeo olive grove and chickens perfectly coexist. The chickens enjoy the shade and protection of the olive trees and contribute to their fertilization. The olives are harvested at the right point of ripeness and immediately moved to our onsite mill. The oil that is extracted has a very low degree of acidity and peroxides

It owes its name to the characteristic whitish color of the olive leaf of this variety that makes up our most exclusive extra virgin olive oil. Its amount of aromatic green notes, ranging from intense fruity to spicy aftertaste, make it one of the most versatile EVOOs in the kitchen.

Every one of the bottles of olive oil from Paço do Conde reflects a tradition of quality and the love and respect with which they work the land. Each olive variety produces an oil which expresses the superior quality and the individuality of Paço do Conde in its own unique way.

It owes its name to the characteristic whitish color of the olive leaf of this variety that makes up our most exclusive extra virgin olive oil. Its amount of aromatic green notes, ranging from intense fruity to spicy aftertaste, make it one of the most versatile EVOOs in the kitchen.

Cultivated without any chemical fertilizers or pesticides, Domaine Leos stretches out across a gently-sloping plateau, consisting of rock slabs covered with a calcareous and gravelly soil. It benefits from a uniquely-protected natural environment: the estate does not use any chemical fertilizers nor pesticides and the olive trees were planted on lands free of any crops for more than 60 years.

The olive oil of Savidakis Family is produced from the olive groves of the area of ​​Sitia and is the treasure of the Cretan land and the basis of the Mediterranean diet.