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Spain's Olive Tree Municipalities Announce 'Culture Award' Winners

By Pandora Penamil Penafiel
Apr. 25, 2012 14:40 UTC
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The Spanish Association of Municipalities of the Olive Tree awarded the Priego de Córdoba Olive Oil Tasting School, Olea Europea expo­si­tion, and Ocon Mills for pro­mot­ing olive oil cul­ture in 2012. The awards rec­og­nize efforts to edu­cate school­child­ren, show­case olive oil cul­ture through art, and reha­bil­i­tate an olive press into an inter­pre­tive cen­ter.

The Spanish Association of Municipalities of the Olive Tree (AEMO) has awarded the Priego de Córdoba Olive Oil Tasting School for Children, the Olea Europea expo­si­tion and Ocon Mills for spread­ing world­wide the cul­ture of olive oil 2012, within the appli­ca­tion of the 10th AEMO Awards on the spread­ing of the Olive Oil Culture 2012.

The jury, accord­ing to AEMO, decided to rec­og­nize the Priego de Cordoba School with the first prize for its ​“great poten­tial” which affects pos­i­tively the devel­op­ment of schoolchildren’s knowl­edge on the val­u­a­tion of extra vir­gin olive oil. The school accord­ing to AEMO, dis­sem­i­nates olive oil cul­ture through future gen­er­a­tions.

The sec­ond prize, which was pre­sented by the author Antonio Campos, went to the Olea Europea expo­si­tion, held in Riogordo (Malaga), and ded­i­cated to the cul­ture of olive oil and olives. Here, the jury praised the ​“high artis­tic qual­ity” of the art­work col­lec­tion and a very ​“care­ful” pre­sen­ta­tion.

Meanwhile, the reha­bil­i­ta­tion of the olive press of Ocon Mills into an inter­pre­tive cen­ter of extra vir­gin olive oil received the third prize pre­sented by the City of Ocon (La Rioja). The project, from archi­tect Francisco Iturriaga, was car­ried out with an ​“absolute respect” to the orig­i­nal archi­tec­ture. This con­ver­sion, accord­ing to the jury, ​“will enhance the cul­ture of olive oil in this small town, located near the Ebro.”

Best Mill

AEMO granted a few days later its 9th National Award for Best Mill, an award that rec­og­nizes both the extra vir­gin olive oil pro­duced and the facil­i­ties and man­age­ment that makes it pos­si­ble.

The first award went this time to Agroexplotaciones Tucuman, from El Carpio Tajo (Toledo) whose­ex­tra vir­gin olive oil is sold under the brand of Casas de Hualdo. In this case, the jury praised their ​“mag­nif­i­cent and mod­ern” facil­i­ties, which make up an oper­a­tive mill, along with its high archi­tec­tural har­mony.

According to AEMO, its olive oil has a ​“medium to intense fruity ripe, very clean, with pleas­ant aro­matic fresh almond tones. The entrance on the palate is intensely fluid, appear­ing later a very slight bit­ter­ness and sharp­ness bal­ance involved in a sur­pris­ing sweet­ness.”

The jury also deliv­ered a spe­cial acknowl­edg­ment to Almazara La Muela, whose olive oil is sold under the brand of Venta del Barón. AEMO val­ued the ratio­nal lay­out of their machin­ery and equip­ment which are housed in a mod­ern build­ing with great func­tion­al­ity, scrupu­lous han­dling of raw mate­ri­als, the sep­a­ra­tion of olive into the dif­fer­ent vari­eties and the care­ful clas­si­fi­ca­tion of oils in stock.

Moreover, the jury rec­og­nized Francisco Bujalance, head of Production at Cortijo de Suerte Alta, from Albendín (Baena) as Best Mill Master because of ​“his pro­fes­sion­al­ism and care in han­dling this mod­ern eco­log­i­cal mill.”

Monumental Olive Tree

On the other hand, AEMO rec­og­nized as Best Monumental Olive Tree of Spain ​“The Frozen Olive” pre­sented by the City of Culla, located in the province of Castellón. The jury awarded the sen­si­tiv­ity and per­se­ver­ance of the own­ers of the tree, the Celades Family for keep­ing a frozen olive tree appar­ently dead for over 50 years, after which it rebounded, express­ing the unique abil­ity of this species to sur­vive.

All these awards will be pre­sented at the Montoro Olive Fair (May, 16 – 19).


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