ALEXANDROS Olive Grove wins SILVER AWARD for the second year in a row in ATHIOOC!

For its second edition, the Athena International Olive Oil Competition (ATHIOOC) showed a 15% increase in the number of participating samples; 295 extra virgin olive oils from nine countries were judged by a panel of 23 international experts from 11 countries.

Although Greek olive oils were still the majority of those tasted, this year samples from abroad were up by an impressive 200%. Of the 295 samples tasted, 156 were Greek (53%) and 139 (47%) from abroad. In conjunction with the high number of international judges this establishes Athena as one of the few truly international extra virgin olive oil competitions in the world. There are also several special prizes including «Best of Show» which, for the second time running, goes to producer Paolo Bonomelli for his «TreFórt» EVOO from the La Garda district in Veneto, Italy.

This year’s samples represented 92 different varietals (28% more than last year) exemplifying the amazing diversity of the olive oil world.

The awards ceremony will take place in Athens on Saturday, April 22 2017, 18:00, at the King George II Hotel, Syntagma Square. This will be preceded by a day-long stand-up and self-pour tasting of all 175 award-winning olive oils. canada goose outlet.