Olive Council Announces 'Mario Solinas' Winners
The International Olive Council announced today the winners of its annual Mario Solinas Quality Award.
IOC Headquarters in Madrid (Google Earth)
Apr. 4, 2017
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Olive Oil Times StaffThe International Olive Council (IOC) announced today the winners of its annual Mario Solinas Quality Award.
There were 149 entries, mostly from Spain (92) and Portugal (44). There were 5 entries from Italy, 2 from Greece, 2 from Tunisia, and 1 each from Croatia, Andorra and France.
There was only one entry from the Southern Hemisphere. But that oil was combined with Northern Hemisphere entries, the IOC said, “considering it was stored in the Northern Hemisphere.”
The place and time of the award ceremony had not yet been decided, the IOC added.
2017 Mario Solinas Winners
First prize
Intense green fruitiness
Explotaciones Agricolas Melcor, S.C. (Melgarejo), Pegalajar, Jaén – Spain
Medium green fruitiness
Venchipa, S.L., Acula (Granada) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness
S.C.A. Del Campo ” El Álcazar” –Baeza (Jaén) – Spain
Ripe fruitiness
Paolo Bonomelli – Boutique Olive Farm – Torri del Benaco (Verona) – Italy
Second prize
Intense green fruitiness
SCA. Olivarera La Purísima, Priego de Córdoba (Córdoba) – Spain
Medium green fruitiness
Almazara Quaryat Dillar / Inversiones Diversas Velasco Gil, S.L – Dílar (Granada) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness
Agroprodukt D.O.O., Pula, Croatia
Ripe fruitiness
Azienda Agricola Leone Sabino, Canosa Di Puglia (BT) – Italy
Third prize
Intense green fruitiness
Capricho del Fraile/ Fraile Llanos del Castillejo, SL – Jaén — Spain
Medium green fruitiness
Aceites Vadolivo, S.L. – El Molar – Cazorla (Jaén) – Spain
Mild green fruitiness
Knolive Oils, SL, Priego de Córdoba (Córdoba) – Spain
Ripe fruitiness
S.A.R.L. Moulin Oltremonti, Linguizzetta (Corsica) – France
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