Cesira Olio D’Oliva Victorious in World Competition

Cesira Olio D'Oliva has won a Gold Award at the 2023 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's largest olive oil quality contest.

As a new company, we are thrilled to have been awarded the highest honor. It would not be possible without our amazing partners and producers.

Brandi Muilenburg, owner

The company, which produces its olive oil in Tuscany, Italy and sells it in the United States, earned the award for its medium blend.

"As a new company, we are thrilled to have been awarded the highest honor," owner Brandi Muilenburg said. "It would not be possible without our amazing partners and producers."

"The love for the crops, the fruit and the olive oil shine through in every bottle, and we could not be more proud," she added.

Muilenburg praised her production team and said that with their help, no challenges posed during the harvest were insurmountable.

"We have been so lucky with not only our amazing partners but with the shared love of olive oil," she said. "When you have a wonderful team of people, any challenges that arise are easily resolved."

Held each spring in New York, the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition is the world's most prestigious olive oil contest. Its annual listing of award winners is considered the authoritative guide to the year’s best extra virgin olive oils.

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