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Article: Gold and Silver Medals Awarded to California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oils.
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- Food Weekly News
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- March 26, 2009
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California Olive Ranch (COR), North America's largest olive oil producer, received three medals from The California Olive Oil Council (COOC) for their 2008 harvest extra virgin olive oils: Both the single varieties Arbequina and Arbosana earned gold and COR's single variety estate Koroneiki received a silver medal.
The COOC announced its silver and gold awards at its annual meeting held in Sonoma on February 28. The competition drew over 65 producers and 106 oils. A blind tasting was conducted, using the Mario Solinas Assessment, an internationally preferred method for scoring. 13 trained COOC judges from the organization's certification tasting panel evaluated ...