Morgenster Olive Product Awards:
· It is a hat-trick for Morgenster, continuing to receive constant recognition by for the third time receiving 97 points from the International Flos Olei 2012 Guide to the World’s Best Extra Virgin Olive Oils. Only 16 producers received the highest rating of 97 points and Morgenster is once again the only one from South Africa.
· Gold medal winner: SA Olive Awards 2011
· At the Los Angeles County Fair 2011 in California, USA, we received a Silver Medal in the Medium Fruity Category
· Prestige Gold medal winner: TerraOlivo 2011 in Israel
· Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil has once again scored 97 points out of a possible 100 in the International Flos Olei 2011 Guide to the World’s Best Extra Virgin Olive Oils. 97 is the highest score and only 12 producers received it, Morgenster being the only one from South Africa.
· Morgenster Estate has been awarded a Gold medal for the Extra Virgin Olive Oil at the South African Olive Award Function in September 2010.
· Morgenster has been included in the Flos Olei 2010 - a guide to the world best extra virgin olive oils, and received 97 points out of a possible 100
· L’Orciolo d’Oro Award Winner: Intense Fruity Category 2010
· Gold medal winner: TerraOlivo 2010 in Israel
· Gold medal winner: Los Angeles International Olive Oil Awards 2009
· Gold medal winner: SA Olive Awards 2009
· South African Olive Awards 2008: Silver Medal for our Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
· Germany’s leading magazine for culinary lifestyle, Der Feinschmecker, chose our olive oil to be in their “Special issue” of the Top 200 oils all from all over the world for the second consecutive year – issue 2008.
· L’Orciolo D’oro 2008: 3’rd Classification in the medium fruit category.
· DLG Silver Award of Excellence 2008 in Germany awarded to the Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
· We received a Gold medal for our Nocellara del Belice Green olives, a Silver medal for our Black olives AND the Award for the Best Table Olives in South Africa at the South African Olive Award function in September 2007.
· Morgenster has been awarded The Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil in South Africa, and also received a Gold medal at the South African Olive Award Function in September 2007.
· Germany’s leading magazine for culinary lifestyle, Der Feinschmecker, chose our olive oil to be in their “Special issue” of the Top 200 oils all from all over the world – issue 2007.
· At the Los Angeles County Fair in California, USA, we received a Gold Medal for the fourth consecutive year in July 2007.
· On 11th December 2006 Morgensters’ Italian born owner Guilo Bertrand flew to Rome to receive the world Olive Oil Industry’s most coveted award – L'Extravergine 2007 “Mill of the Year” that acknowledges the worlds’ best olive oil producer.
· Gerrie Duvenage, Morgenster’s Olive Production Manager, received the Achiever of the Year Award at the South African Olive Awards in September 2006. We also received a Silver Medal for our Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and the award for the Best Table Olives.
· Morgenster received the Orciolo D’oro Award, in the Intense Fruity Category, for the eighth consecutive year (since 1999), signifying premium quality, at Italy’s prestigious Olive Oil challenge in Pesaro in July 2006.
· At the Los Angeles County Fair in California, USA, we received a Gold Medal for the third consecutive year in July 2006.
· We received a silver medal at the Oil China Exhibition in May 2006.
· One of Morgenster’s latest awards and perhaps one of the most exciting and prestigious was granted to the Estate at the end of 2005. Morgenster’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil was judged to be The Best Blended Olive Oil in the world – judged from 3000 entries in an open competition held in Italy – L’extravergine. To crown the achievement Morgenster features prominently in the South African section of the L’extravergine 2006 guide which lists all the best olive oils of the world.
· At the Marco Zichella Award in August 2005, South Africa, we were chosen by the consumers as the best blended Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and in the panel tasting we came second.
· For the seventh consecutive year Morgenster’s unwavering quality has earned us an award at the L’Orciolo D’Oro Olive Oil challenge in Pesaro in July 2005.
· Morgenster Estate has been awarded an Orciolo D’oro Award, in the medium Fruity Category, for the sixth consecutive year (since 1999), signifying premium quality, at Italy’s prestigious Olive Oil challenge in Pesaro in June 2004.
· We received a Gold Medal for the second consecutive year in the South African category at the LA County Fair in California, USA, in May 2004.
· We were nominated as one of the Top 40 Extra Virgin Olive Oils of the World at the Olio 2004 Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, towards the end of April 2004.
· L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award 2004 in Italy: Medium Fruity Category.
· We received the Sol 2004 Gran Menzione Award in Verona, Italy, in March 2004.
· Morgenster Estate has been awarded as the Oil of the Year in the Southern Hemisphere New Season Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2003 competition in Australia in September.
· South African consumers and producers selected us as the Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil in South Africa at the Marco Zichella competition in August 2003.
· We were awarded a Gold Medal in the South African category at the LA County Fair Olive Oils of the World 2003, Los Angeles, USA.
· Morgenster received a Silver Medal at The International Olive Oil Awards in Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2003.
· L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award 2003 in Italy: Medium Fruity Category
· We have been nominated as one of the Best 250 Extra Virgin Olive Oils of the World by Feinschmecker Magazine in Germany, March 2003. - the only South African olive oil mentioned.
· L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award 2002 in Italy: Medium Fruity Category
· Morgenster Estate received the floating trophy from SAOGA for the Best Extra Virgin Olive oil in 2002.
· L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award 2001 in Italy: Intense Fruity Category
· Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil has been awarded an international award in Switzerland, at the Gourmessa 2001 Gourmet Festival.
· L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award 2000 in Italy: Intense Fruity Category
· Morgenster Estate received the L’ORCIOLO D’ORO Award in Italy in 1999 – Intense Fruity Category. Morgenster was the first South African Olive Oil to receive this award and was entitled to display the “gold seal” of quality around the neck of the bottle.
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