In a harĀvest year domĀiĀnated by a punĀishĀing drought, American olive oil proĀducĀers still manĀaged to churn out some of the worldās best olive oils, winĀning 38 awards at the New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC).
The winĀners were unveiled at a teleĀvised press conĀferĀence on April 15, and the comĀplete list of winĀners is preĀsented on the offiĀcial results webĀsite, bestoliveoils.org.
See Also:The Best American Olive Oils, Official NYIOOC Ranking
The New York International Olive Oil Competition is the worldās largest and most presĀtiĀgious olive oil comĀpeĀtiĀtion. Nearly 700 entries from 26 counĀtries were judged by an interĀnaĀtional panel of experts. The winĀning olive oils are covĀeted by chefs, food buyĀers and disĀcernĀing conĀsumers who value extra virĀgin olive oils of the very highĀest qualĀity.
Apollo Olive Oil won the Best in Class Award for its Mistral robust blend, as well as a Gold Award for its Sierra blend.
Boundary Bend Olives won two Gold and two Silver Awards for its Cobram Estate brand olive oils proĀduced in California.
Moonshadow Grove won three Gold Awards for Manzanillo, Mission and Miscela monoĀvaĀriĀetals.
Perennial NYIOOC winĀner The Olive Press took home three awards.
Lucero, Olive Leaf Hills, Chacewater Olive Mil, Pacific Sun and Pasolivo each won two awards.
Other winĀners include the Il Fiorello Olive Oil Company, Bava Family Grove, Berkeley Olive Grove 1913, Bozzano Olive Ranch, California Olive Ranch, Calivirgin, First Fresh, Frantoio Grove, Grumpy Goats Farm, Jovia Groves, Longevity, Madrona Tree, Round Pond Estate, Split Rock Springs Ranch, Dry Creek Olive Company and Winterhill Olive Oil.
Every winĀning American brand was proĀduced in California.
The 2016 NYIOOC will be held April 11āāā13, 2016.
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