{"id":63701,"date":"2018-10-11T08:48:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T08:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=63701"},"modified":"2018-10-11T08:48:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T08:48:12","slug":"absa-top-10-olive-oil-awards-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/absa-top-10-olive-oil-awards-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"ABSA Top 10 Olive Oil Awards 2018 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Absa has recognised and awarded top locally produced extra virgin olive oils<\/a><\/strong> since 2013. Being an Absa Top 10<\/strong><\/a> winner is a remarkable achievement for winning producers and an award in this competition is confirmation that their oils are of the highest quality. We congratulate all the local producers that have been recognised in the Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards for 2018.<\/p>\n

\"Absa<\/p>\n

The Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards<\/h4>\n

Congratulating the finalists and winners of the\u00a0Absa Top 10 Olive Oils 2018, John Tshabalala, Absa\u2019s Head of Relationship Banking Western Cape, says the group is proud to partner with the SA Olive Association in presenting these important and prestigious industry awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of Absa, I extend heartfelt congratulations to this year\u2019s outstanding winners in the Absa Top 10 Olive Oil competition. We wish all the trophy winners great success on their olive oil making journey and hope they continue to prosper in local and international olive oil markets\u201d, he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe are proud to have been part of the SA olive oil journey over the past 6 years, and we look forward to many more years together. Absa remains committed to promoting the uniquely and proudly South African extra virgin olive oils. Our continued involvement with and support of this competition is driven by our confidence in the South Africa extra virgin olive oil producers. These producers are working hard to increase the prestige and sophistication of olive oil produced in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tshabalala adds that Absa\u2019s continued support of the SA Olive Oil Industry Association is in line with the bank\u2019s vision of making a lasting and positive impact in the communities that we serve.<\/p>\n

An Incredible\u00a0Achievement for Local Producers<\/h4>\n

A total of 93 oils were evaluated for the Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards and awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals. The Absa Top 10<\/strong><\/a> oils were selected from the SA Olive gold medal winners.<\/p>\n

The oils were individually blind tasted by an international panel of experts in a controlled environment over a period of four days. Sue Langstaff, the sensory specialist from California, led the panel for the second year in a row. Olive oil experts, Jos\u00e9 Mingo from Chile and Pablo Canamasas from Argentina, completed the international contingency.<\/p>\n

South Africa was represented by Reni Hildebrand and Benedetta Lami \u2013 both regular faces on international judging panels \u2013 and SA Olive tasting panel members, Birgitta Hofmeyr and Hazel Henman.\"Absa<\/p>\n

The Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards According to Their Taste Profiles<\/h4>\n

Delicate:<\/strong> Rio Largo Olive Estate (Rio Largo Gold EVOO), Tokara (Tokara Mission EVOO), Olyfberg Vrugte (Olyfberg EVOO Blend A).<\/p>\n

Medium:<\/strong> De Rustica Estate (Estate Collection Frantoio), Serrado Olive Estate (Serrado EVOO), Oakhurst Olives (Oakhurst EVOO), Zoetigheyd Farms (Zoetigheyd Daniel\u2019s Delish).<\/p>\n

Intense:<\/strong> Mardouw Olive Estate (Mardouw XXV Intense), Porterville Olives (Adante Intenso), Marbrin Farms (Directors Reserve EVOO).<\/p>\n

Try these delicious recipes<\/a><\/strong> using delicate, medium and intense style extra virgin olive oils.<\/p>\n

\"Absa<\/a><\/div>
\"Absa<\/a><\/div>
\"Absa<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n

Nick Wilkinson, Chairman of SA Olive, is very confident about the future of the industry\u00a0when reflecting on the positive comments by acclaimed international judges serving on this year\u2019s tasting panel.<\/p>\n

He commented that\u00a0despite the horrendous drought and challenging growing conditions our growers have once again produced world quality premium oils.<\/p>\n

Competitions like the SA Olive Awards and the Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards not only shine a light on the skills of SA olive oil producers, they also encourage South African and international consumers to buy locally produced extra virgin olive oils.\u00a0The industry has shown itself to be forward thinking and innovative in all aspects of production.<\/p>\n

Not sure why you should be buying extra virgin olive oil?<\/strong> Find out the difference between regular olive oil, extra virgin and other varieties<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Absa has recognised and awarded top locally produced extra virgin olive oils since 2013. Being an Absa Top 10 winner is a remarkable achievement for winning producers and an award in this competition is confirmation that their oils are of the highest quality. We congratulate all the local producers that have been recognised in the Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards for 2018. The Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards Congratulating the finalists and winners of the\u00a0Absa Top 10 Olive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-63701","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\/63701","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}