The highly honorable distinction of 12 international awards in 12 equal number of olive oil participations was achieved by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, in the international competition Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards 2023 held in Berlin, Germany, 22 - 30 April 2023.
At this major international competition in Berlin, which is one of the most prestigious and with the strictest criteria in the world ranking of olive oils EVOOWR, 882 olive oils from 32 olive-producing countries of the world participated, from countries such as Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Israel, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey, Argentina, Chile, USA, Croatia and more.
Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards is a global olive oil tasting competition with very high-quality tasting and evaluation standards, that creates a list of the top olive oils every year, the Elite Olive Oils.
As expected from any credible international competition and according to the standards of the International Olive Council (COI), the process of blind tasting is followed, which means that the expert judges have no prior knowledge of the samples they taste.
The panel of internationally renowned olive oil judges of Berlin GOOA 2023, who tasted the participating olive oils in three different phases, consists of scientists of great expertise but also specialized olive oil tasters, setting the standards for a reliable and innovative international olive oil competition, monitored by the EVOOWR World Ranking.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms participated with 12 organic and gourmet olive oils in total, and were honored respectively with 12 distinctions, achieving the absolute percentage of 100%, which is an extremely rare event in international competitions of such level and prestige.
It is also worth noting that in Berlin the number of 700 international awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms has now been exceeded: in fact they have now reached 702 international awards in the largest olive oil competitions worldwide.
In Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards 2023, Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, collected very high scores and were honored with 2 platinum, 6 gold and 4 silver awards, which in detail are:
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - Platinum Award
Flavored Gourmet Enigma - Platinum Award
FYLLIKON First Harvest - Gold Award
AGOURELAIO Early Harvest - Gold Award
PLUS HEALTH Green evoo - Gold Award
TREASURE Blend evoo - Gold Award
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo - Gold Award
GEMSTONE Blend evoo - Gold Award
MAJESTIC Blend evoo - Silver Award
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo - Silver Award
PLUS HEALTH Blue evoo - Silver Award
ARMONIA Monovarietal - Silver Award
These 12 organic and gourmet olive oils, with the high ratings and the corresponding awards with which they were honored by the expert tasters, are now part of the Elite Olive Oils of the Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards 2023.
It is a special honor for us when our organic, Single Estate olive products are recognized by experts in the most important global competitions for their high quality, for the innovation in their production, their unique taste and their wonderful combinations, while at the same time being in the top olive oils worldwide.
It is also important that Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms have now exceeded 700 international awards, creating a new world record of 702 international awards.
In this way, our country, Greece, our place, Sparta and Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms are promoted all over the world in the leading positions in the production of high-quality olive oil, at the same time leading the brand "Greek and Spartan olive oil" to the position it deserves in the global olive industry.
