Arsenio Celebrates Debut World Competition Award

Arsenio from Italy has won a Gold Award at the world's most prestigious olive oil quality contest.

It is always a great pleasure when your product and work are appreciated. This is our first year in the NYIOOC, and it has been delightful to get great results.

Arsen Khachaturyants, owner

The Tuscan producer earned its debut award at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition for its Ora brand, an organic medium-intensity blend.

"It is always a great pleasure when your product and work are appreciated," said owner Arsen Khachaturyants. "This is our first year in the NYIOOC, and it has been delightful to get great results."

In the 2023/24 crop year, the small-scale producer earned 500 liters of extra virgin olive oil using traditional methods.

"The 2023 harvest was very challenging," Khachaturyants said. "Few olives per tree made the harvest intensive and scrupulous. Moreover, due to the low quantity of olives per tree, ripening was very early. Therefore, we had to act quickly and intervene quickly to achieve the optimal olive quality."

The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition is the world's preeminent olive oil quality contest. Its annual list of award winners is the authoritative guide to the world's best olive oils and the dedicated producers who craft them.

The complete list of winners can be viewed in the Official Guide to the World's Best Olive Oils.