Rio Bravo Ranch Wins Three Awards at 2023 NYIOOC

Rio Bravo Ranch from the United States has won three awards at the 2023 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition.

We were pretty excited, to say the least. These are the first Golds we’ve won at the NYIOOC and three of our oils won the prestigious award.

Stefanie Wickensheimer, executive assistant

The southern California producer earned three Gold Awards for a medium-intensity Coratina, medium Picual and its organic medium Miller's Reserve Blend.

"We were pretty excited, to say the least," executive assistant Stefanie Wickensheimer said. "These are the first Golds we’ve won at the NYIOOC, and three of our oils won the prestigious award."

"We are hoping that our success at the NYIOOC brings brand awareness to our small family farm," she added. "We take pride in producing high-quality olive oil and do whatever it takes to achieve that."

Wickensheimer said that with a successful end to the 2022 harvest already in the rearview mirror, Rio Bravo Ranch is looking ahead to the next one.

"We really had a smooth harvest last year, our best yet, actually," she said. "We're hoping we can carry that success into our 2023 harvest."

Held each spring in New York, the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition 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 in the Official Guide to the World's Best Olive Oils.