San Bartolomeo Wins Gold for Organic Blend at 2021 NYIOOC

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

Winning at the NYIOOC is the best sensation in my life. It was a very challenging year, but we made it through.

Luca Maria Centaro

In the 2020/21 crop year, the company produced 5,000 tons of organic extra virgin olive oil in Lazio from Frantoio, Leccino and Canino olives using traditional methods.

Despite the climatic and Covid-19-related challenges faced by the producer in 2020, San Bartolomeo earned the Gold Award for its organic medium blend.

"Winning at the NYIOOC is the best sensation in my life," Luca María Centaro said. "It was a very challenging year, but we made it through."

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.