2017 Australian International Olive Awards

Rylstone Olive Press takes out Best of Show and Best Southern Hemisphere EVOO

The winners were announced on Friday 29 September 2017

The Champion and Best of Show Winners of the inaugural 2017 Australian International Olive Awards are:
Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil of Show – RYLESTONE OLIVE PRESS (Jayne Bentivoglio)
Best Table Olive of show – AUSTRALIAN OLIVE COMPANY PTY LTD – (Karl Chehade)

Best Southern Hemisphere EVOO – RYLESTONE OLIVE PRESS (Jayne Bentivoglio)
Best Northern Hemisphere EVOO – LONGMAN XIANGYU OLIVES DEVT. CO. LTD
Best Southern Hemisphere Table Olives – THE AUSTRALIAN OLIVE CO. PL (Karl Chehade)

Champion EVOO – Mild Class 1 – RUSTY GATE ESTATE (Velvet Heater)
Champion EVOO – Robust Class 3 – TARRALEA GROVE JARRAHDALE (Barry Sander)
Champion EVOO – Non packaged – PREMA BROS PTY LTD (The Catanzariti Family)
Champion EVOO – Varietal (Spanish) – LISADURNE HILL (Russ & Tina Knight)
Champion EVOO – Varietal (Italian) – RYLESTONE OLIVE PRESS (Jayne Bentivoglio)
Champion EVOO Champion EVOO – Varietal (Greek) – RIO VISTA OLIVES (Bettio Family)
Champion EVOO – Varietal (Other) – OLIOZITO (Peta Zito)
Champion EVOO Flavoured (Citrus) – OLIVE TWIST (George Bakogiannis)
Champion EVOO Flavoured (Other) – THE SATHYA OLIVE COMPANY (Tanuja & Keith Sanders)

Champion Table Olive – Kalamata – CICADA PTY LTD (Ed & Emma Vercoe)
Champion Table Olives (Wild) – THE AUSTRALIAN OLIVE CO. PTY LTD (Karl Chehade)
Champion Table Olives – Flavoured – THE SATHYA OLIVE COMPANY (Tanuja & Keith Sanders)

Best EVOO – New South Wales / ACT – RYLESTONE OLIVE PRESS (Jayne Bentivoglio)
Best EVOO – South Australia – PREMA BROS (Sav Catanzariti)
Best EVOO – Tasmania – THE VILLAGE OLIVE GROVE (Allen Baird)
Best EVOO – Victoria – GRASSY SPUR OLIVES (Helen & Peter Wright)
Best EVOO – Western Australia – TARRALEA GROVE JARRAHDALE (Barry Sander)
Best EVOO – Queensland – BARAMBAH FARMS (Jane & Ian Campbell)

Full results are available in the awards booklet.