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Sparta Gourmet, a fam­ily-owned busi­ness based in Sparta, Greece, has been rec­og­nized at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition with a Silver Award. The award was given for their entry, which fea­tures the Koroneiki cul­ti­var, a vari­ety sourced exclu­sively from the south­ern val­leys of Sparta.

The NYIOOC, known as one of the most pres­ti­gious olive oil com­pe­ti­tions glob­ally, eval­u­ates entries from pro­duc­ers world­wide. Sparta Gourmet​’s recog­ni­tion high­lights the qual­ity of their Koroneiki olives, which are cul­ti­vated in the region known for its rich olive-grow­ing her­itage.

The com­pany, which traces its roots back to the 1970s when the fam­ily emi­grated from Sparta to New York City, con­tin­ues to oper­ate as a fam­ily-run busi­ness. Their suc­cess at the World Olive Oil Competition under­scores their com­mit­ment to main­tain­ing tra­di­tional olive cul­ti­va­tion prac­tices while par­tic­i­pat­ing in an inter­na­tional mar­ket­place.

Sparta Gourmet’s achieve­ment at the NYIOOC adds to Greece’s rep­u­ta­tion as a sig­nif­i­cant player in the global olive oil indus­try, par­tic­u­larly with the Koroneiki cul­ti­var, which is highly regarded for its dis­tinct char­ac­ter­is­tics.

The win­ning brands are pre­sented in the Official Guide and the Olive Oil Times World Ranking.