Manicaretti producers take home 11 awards, including a "Best of Show" award!
Now in its 18th year of competition, the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition received 600 submissions from 369 producers. Judges participated in blind tastings over the course of 3 days, and the Manicaretti portfolio of extra virgin olive oils came out exceptionally...
Manicaretti Strikes Gold & Silver in New York
On April 15th, the winners of the International Olive Oil Competition were announced at a live press conference in New York City. More than 820 brands from 26 countries participated in the world's largest and most important competition for extra virgin olive oils, making it by far the most...
Congratulations to all our producers!
The results are just in from the Los Angeles Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition and we are very proud to announce the following awards: Gold Medal Award for Titone D.O.P. Valli Trapanesi and Silver Medal Awards for Olio Verde, Tondo D.O.P. and Frescobaldi Laudemio. The 2016...
In the latest issue of The Rosengarten Report, food writer and cookbook author David Rosengarten features three of our best extra virgin olive oils. In his article, "Italian Olive Oil: The Smile of 2015," he writes: "In the December 2014 Rosengarten Report, we...
And the winner is . . . Rustichella d'Abruzzo's 90″ Rapida Spaghetti is the proud winner of a 2016 FABI Award (Food and Beverage Innovation Award), the highest honor given by the National Restaurant Association for culinary innovations that change the way chefs cook and the way...
Nancy Harmon Jenkins on the Best Hot-Climate Oils
Food writer and "oracle" of Mediterranean cuisine, Nancy Harmon Jenkins enlightens us with this fascinating article on extra virgin olive oils made in hot climates. Far too many southern-made oils, she laments, suffer from major defects (chief among them "fustiness") due to intense...