Podere Il Montaleo Wins Gold Again at World Competition

Italian producer Podere il Montaleo has won a Gold Award at the 2021 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, the world's most prestigious olive oil quality contest.

I’m very grateful and honored for this NYIOOC award. It’s a very big pleasure and a big recognition for me and the company. This award can only help me to continue and improve, to do the best that I possibly can.

Cesare Diddi Mussi, owner

In the 2020/21 crop year, the company produced 6,000 liters of extra virgin olive oil in Tuscany from olives using traditional methods. Podere Il Montaleo earned the Gold Award for a medium blend.

"I’m very grateful and honored for this NYIOOC award," owner Cesare Diddi Mussi said. "It’s a very big pleasure and a big recognition for me and the company. This award can only help me to continue and improve, to do the best that I possibly can."

The producer behind the award-winning Podere Il Montaleo brand added that winning his second-consecutive Gold Award is the realization of a long-held dream.

"Since I opened the farm, I had this dream: an oil mill that I personally use," Diddi Mussi said. "It allows me to achieve something from start to finish, without a third party altering or modifying my product. In this way, I understand what I should improve and the final result will depend solely on my work."

The NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, held each spring in New York, is the world's largest and 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 on the Official Index of the World's Best Olive Oils.