Imagine that you spent your lifetime tending the family’s groves… toiling to prune, worrying about the weather, keeping pests at bay, and in the end, each and every year, producing an olive oil that met the high standards of the family and the regional consortia. At some point wouldn’t you want to know if your oil could compete with the best across Italy or throughout the world?
Of course you would.
So, you enter your magnificent oil in one of the top competitions, in Zurich, Los Angeles, Verona, Perugia or Trieste. And, if all goes well, years of toil will be rewarded.
All will be even better if there’s a way to reach consumers of great olive oil—the wonderful consumers, reading this, who enjoy the best in the world of olive oil.
Over the years we’ve built relationships with these top producers and with other importers. We’ve carefully selected oils that represent the best of Italian extra virgin olive oils. We have a wide range of “winners” in stock right now. (There’s no other retailer in the U.S. with as large a selection of Italian extra virgin olive oil award winners!)
Fresh Award Winners, Currently in stock:
Titone Biologica DOP Valli Trapanesi
Alina, La Pennita in Brisighella
Crudo Extra Virgin, Schiralli
Monti, Giovanni Querci, Fattoria di Monti
Cutrera Primo DOP Monti Iblei Gulfi
DeCarlo Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Marfuga L’affiorante
Principe di Mascio DOP Colli Assisi – Spoleto
Agrumato Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Fratelli Colletti Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Colli Etruschi Extra Virgin Olive Oil
We will be modifying this list as soon as additional award winners arrive in our warehouse. As soon as they are in the warehouse, links will be added.
Olio Capitale, Trieste, March 2012
Winner – Medium Intensity Titone Biologica – DOP Valli Trapanesi Semi-Finalist Olivastro, Quattrociocchi, Itrana Monocultivar, Fruttato Medio Semi-Finalist Cetrone Intenso, Az. Agr. Alfredo Cetrone
SOL at Vinitaly, Verona, March 2012
Gran Menzione (Medio): Cetrone Intenso from Azienda Agricola Cetrone Alfredo
Gran Menzione (Medio): Frantoio Franci, Le Trebbiane
Gran Menzione (Intenso)
Azienda Madonna dell’Olivo – Raro – Sold out!
Gran Manzione (Intenso): Azienda Agricola Mandranova, coming soon
Gran Manzione (Intenso): Olivastro, Az. Agr. Quattrociocchi
Gran Manzione (Intenso): Rosso, Az. Villa Zottopera
Gambero Rosso presented at Vinitaly, March 2012 (Verona)
“Tre foglie d’oro 2012”
Raro – Madonna dell’Olivo , Campania, SOLD OUT
Selezione Alina Monocultivar Nostrana di Brisighella – Tenuta Pennita, Emilia Romagna
Cetrone Intenso, Monocultivar Itrana – Alfredo Cetrone, Lazio
Olivastro Monocultivar Itrana Bio – Americo Quattrociocchi, Lazio
Crudo Monocultivar Ogliarola – Schiralli, Puglia
Planeta DOP Val di Mazara, Sicily
Titone Biologica DOP Valli Trapanesi, Sicily
Gran Cru Monocultivar Nocellara Etnea – Frantoi Cutrera – Chiaramonte Gulfi (Rg), Sicily
Rosso – Villa Zottopera – Chiaramonte Gulfi (Rg), Sicily
Monti – Giovanni Querci Fattoria di Monti, Tuscany
Villa Magra Gran Cru – Frantoio Franci, Tuscany
Marfuga L’Affiorante Monocultivar Moraiolo, Umbria
Principe di Mascio DOP Colli Assisi Spoleto, Umbria
Ercole Olivario, Perugia, March 2012
Alfredo Cetrone di Sonnino, Lazio, 2nd Place, Intensely Fruity
Primo DOP Monti Iblei – Gulfi, 2nd Place, DOP Intensely Fruity
Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition, April 2012
Agrumato Lemon – Silver, Delicate
Crudo Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Gold Medal
Cutrera Primo DOP – Best of Class, Gold Medal
Fratelli Colletti – Silver Medal
Olio Verde – Silver Medal, Robust, Nocellara del Belice
Planeta DOP – Silver, Robust
Titone Biologica DOP – Gold Medal, Medio Fruttato
Rosso, Villa Zottopera – Gold Medal
Zurich – International Olive Oil Award
Titone Biologica DOP Valli Trapanesi
Slow Food
Colli Etruschi Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lazio
Titone Biologica DOP Valli Trapanesi, Sicily
Olio Slow:
Tenuta Pennita – Monte Poggiolo Selezione Alina, Emilia Romagna
Olivastro Biologica, Americo Quattrociocchi, Lazio
GRANDE OLIO:
Frantoio Franci – Villa Magra Grand Cru, Tuscany
Marfuga – L’Affiorante, Umbria
Alfredo Cetrone – Cetrone Intenso, Lazio
Madonna dell’Olivo – Raro, Campania – SOLD OUT
…. all at www.olio2go.com !


