{"id":30224,"date":"2016-09-02T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=30224"},"modified":"2016-09-08T09:27:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T09:27:06","slug":"south-africas-best-olive-oils-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/south-africas-best-olive-oils-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s Best Olive Oils Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

A total of 36 extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) of the 2016 harvest were lauded as South Africa\u2019s finest during the annual SA Olive Awards gala dinner held last night (Thursday, 01 September). These premium products walked off with Gold medals in three categories \u2013 6 for Delicate, 20 for Medium and 10 for Intense. The competition, now in its 11<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> year, attracted a record 110 entries. In addition to the 36 Gold medals, 53 Silver and 11 Bronze medals were awarded.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gold medallists in the Delicate category are: De Rustica Estate Delicate EVOO, Greenleaf EVOO, Mont Rouge Owner\u2019s Reserve EVOO, River Press EVOO, Spar Authentic EVOO and Tokara Frantoio EVOO.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the category for Medium EVOO\u2019s top honours went to: Adamskloof EVOO, Andante EVOO, Cederberg Olives Frantoio EVOO, Chaloner Mountain Oil EVOO, De Rustica Estate Medium EVOO, Gabri\u00eblskloof EVOO, Galenia Estate Director\u2019s Blend EVOO, Galenia Estate Estate Blend EVOO, Kleinbergskloof Estate Blend EVOO, Kloovenburg EVOO, Kredouw Frantoio EVOO, Lettas Kraal Green Olive Blend EVOO, Lettas Kraal EVOO, Marbrin Olive Growers Medium EVOO, Mont Rouge Karoo Reserve EVOO, Rio Largo EVOO, Rio Largo Gold EVOO, Waterleliefontein EVOO, Wildekrans Field Blend Selection EVOO and Wildekrans Endless EVOO.<\/span><\/p>\n

The top-performers in the Intense category are: Andante Forte EVOO, Andante Intenso EVOO, Anysbos EVOO, De Rustica Estate Intense EVOO, Kransfontein Coratina EVOO, Marbrin Olive Growers Intense EVOO, Marbrin Olive Growers Directors Reserve EVOO, Prince Albert Olives Karoo Blend Intense EVOO, Rio Largo Premium Blend EVOO and Willow Creek Director\u2019s Reserve EVOO.<\/span><\/p>\n

De Rustica, Marbrin Farm, Porterville Olives, Rio Largo Olive Estate and The Greenleaf Olive Co clinched 3 Gold medals each. Galenia Estate, Lettas Kraal, Mont Rouge and Wildekrans won 2 Gold medals apiece. Adamskloof, Anysbos Olywe, Cederberg Olives, Chaloner, Gabri\u00eblskloof, Kleinbergskloof Olive Estate, Kloovenburg, Kransfontein, Kredouw, Prince Albert Olives, Tokara, Waterleliefontein, Wildekrans and Willow Creek Olive Estate received 1 Gold medal individually.<\/span><\/p>\n

A team of professional tasters meticulously scrutinized the medal contenders one-by-one according to quality, complexity and balance in terms of aroma and taste during a four-day blind tasting.<\/span><\/p>\n

The esteemed judging panel comprised internationally accredited olive oil tasting panel leader and consultant, Dr Antonio G Lauro from Italy, and members of the SA Olive tasting panel: Leonard Arangies, Robert Claasens, Gerrie Duvenage, Reni Hildenbrand, Birgitta Hofmeyr, Benedetta Lami, Louise Rabie and Kelly White.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The SA Olive Awards are generously sponsored by\u00a0<\/span>MORI-TEM Oliomio<\/span>, Pieralisi and Absa.
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Back l to r:<\/strong> Danie Goosen (Wildekrans), Braam Gericke (Wildekrans), Kallie Frey (Mont Rouge), Barry Anderson (Gabri\u00eblskloof), Quintus le Roux (Anysbos), Andr\u00e9 Conradie (Kloovenburg), Francois Cilliers (Willow Creek), Dial Steyn (Kransfontein), Joop Steenkamp (De Rustica), Johann Raats (Adamskloof), Willie Duminy (Porterville Olives\/Andante), Jan Hendrik Basson (Porterville Olives\/Andante) Middle l to r:<\/strong> Clive Heymans (Marbrin), Marnelle du Preez (Mont Rouge), Gert van Dyk (Tokara) Front l to r:<\/strong> Peter Coetsee (Marbrin), Briony Coetsee (Marbrin), Jaen-Marie Marais (Cederberg Olives), Nick Wilkinson (Rio Largo), Karen Chaloner (Chaloner), Kelly White (Greenleaf), Amanda Harlow (Wildekrans), Andries Rabie (Willow Creek), Hestie Roodt (Lettas Kraal)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A total of 36 extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) of the 2016 harvest were lauded as South Africa\u2019s finest during the annual SA Olive Awards gala dinner held last night (Thursday, 01 September). These premium products walked off with Gold medals in three categories \u2013 6 for Delicate, 20 for Medium and 10 for Intense. The competition, now in its 11th year, attracted a record 110 entries. In addition to the 36 Gold medals, 53 Silver and 11 Bronze medals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3439,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}