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2021 NZ EVOO Awards
2021 New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards
Kapiti and Wairarapa Olive Oil makers have swept the annual New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards, winning all of the five major awards for Olive Oil Excellence. The winners were announced at the Olives NZ 2021 Award Ceremony held at Rydges Airport Hotel, Wellington on Saturday 9th October.
The top awards were as follows:
Best in Show – Kapiti Frantoio Blend, Kapiti
Best Boutique – Tauherenikau – Olive2Oil, Wairarapa
Reserve Best in Show – Blue Earth Intense, Wairarapa
Reserve Best Boutique – Totara Tunnel Frantoio, Kapiti
Best Flavoured Oil – Pressed Gold Midori No Yuzu, Wairarapa.
Pictured are the 2021 Best in Show winners, David and Helen Walshaw from Kapiti Olives, receiving their trophy from Awards Judge Hilary Fenemor.
| Best in Show 2021 | |||
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Frantoio Blend | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Reserve in Show 2021 | |||
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Blue Earth Intense | Mike & Margaret Hanson | Wairarapa |
| Best in Boutique 2021 | |||
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Olive2Oil | Rod & Elaine Corlett | Wairarapa |
| Reserve in Boutique 2021 | |||
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Totara Tunnel Frantoio (Green) | Brent Meldrum & Sally Murrey | Kapiti |
| Best Flavoured Oil 2021 | |||
| Flavoured Citrus | Pressed Gold Midori No Yuzu | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Best in Class Winners 2021 | |||
| Boutique Intense – Blends | Mystery Valley Leccino Blend | David Henderson and Patsy Taylor | Bay of Plenty |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Totara Tunnel Frantoio (Green) | Brent Meldrum & Sally Murrey | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Olive2Oil | Rod & Elaine Corlett | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Dali Koroneiki | Ross Vintiner & Andrea Stewart | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Frantoio Blend | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Elovi/ Tasman Ridge/Three Groves Frantoio | Roger Armstrong | Nelson |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Blue Earth Intense | Mike & Margaret Hanson | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Loopline Olives Picual | Stephen Davies Howard | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Pressed Gold Midori No Yuzu | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Juno Olive Oil Red Chilli | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Gold Medal Winners 2021 | |||
| Gold – Boutique | |||
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Vernazoni Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Murray and Alwin Thoms | Auckland |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Moutohora Estate Frantoio 2021 | Gerrit and Wil Kruithoed | Bay of Plenty |
| Boutique Intense – Blends | Mystery Valley Leccino Blend | David Henderson and Patsy Taylor | Bay of Plenty |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Mystery Valley 1st Press | David Henderson and Patsy Taylor | Bay of Plenty |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Old French Road Blend | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Stoney Grove Tuscan Blend | Brian and Yvonne McDowall | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Waipara Groves KO 933 | Malcolm & Sally McKenzie | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Totara Tunnel Leccino/Frantoio Blend | Brent Meldrum & Sally Murrey | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Waikawa Glen Blend | Lisa Buchan and Glen Wigley | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Kel-Burn Estate | Alec & Anne Webster | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Totara Tunnel Frantoio | Brent Meldrum & Sally Murrey | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Totara Tunnel Frantoio (Green) | Brent Meldrum & Sally Murrey | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Weka Olive Oil Koroneiki | Laraine and Peter Rothenberg | Nelson |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Two Acre Plot | Blair Hilditch and Jacqui Hooper | Northland |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | The Waiheke Island Good Oil – Koroneiki | Allen Gorthy | Waiheke |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Huangarua Olives Batch 019 | Jamie & Diana Reid | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Left Field Barnea | Colin & Diane Hadley | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Olive2Oil | Rod & Elaine Corlett | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Pressed Gold – Greenolive Grove Blend | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Juno Olive Oil Moraiolo | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Leafyridge Olives Koroneiki | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Olivo Koroneiki | Helen & John Meehan | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Pressed Gold Picholene | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | River Grove Picual | Steven & Chris Price | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Bella Olea Barnea | Chris and Hilary Penman | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Dali Koroneiki | Ross Vintiner and Andrea Stewart | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Juno Olive Oil Picholene | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Rockbottom Grove Picual | Malcolm & Susan Nowill | Wairarapa |
| Gold – Commercial | |||
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Ti Point Frantoio/Nocellara | Shane Anderson | Auckland |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Olive Trading Company Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Johno Smith | Auckland |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Olive Trading Company Frantoio | Johno Smith | Auckland |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Simunovich Olive Estate Frantoio | Johno Smith | Auckland |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Robinsons Bay RB2 | Chris & Annette Moore | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Robinsons Bay RB1 | Chris & Annette Moore | Canterbury |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Waipara Groves PL 930 | Malcolm & Sally McKenzie | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Dunford Grove Number 2 Blend | Jocelyn Robinson & Sandy Black | Central Otago |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Telegraph Hill Premium Blend | Geoff Crawford | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Frantoio Blend | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Koroneiki Blend | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Leccino/Picual | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Rata Olives Frantoio | Hamilton and Gaylene McConachy | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard Leccino | Huhana Smith | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Isobel Olives Blend Robust MK21 | Chris Piper | Marlborough |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Villa Grove Estate | Phil and Rachel Costello | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Elovi/ Tasman Ridge/Three Groves Frantoio | Roger Armstrong | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Kakariki Frantoio | Ray and Brenda Gregory | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olives on the Hill Frantoio | Chris and Linda Smith | Northland |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Man o’ War | Charmaine Maitland | Waiheke |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Bella Olea Grove Blend | Chris and Hilary Penman | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Bella Olea Grove Blend Intense | Chris and Hilary Penman | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Left Field Tuscan | Colin & Diane Hadley | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Olive Black Blend 1 | Richard Lee and Nga Wai Chiu | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Olivo Tuscan Estate | Helen & John Meehan | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Pressed Gold – Bone Gully Oilmakers Blend | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Pressed Gold Oilmakers Blend | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Pressed Gold Tuscan Blend | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Dali Coupage | Ross Vintiner and Andrea Stewart | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Dali Frantoio | Ross Vintiner and Andrea Stewart | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Juno Olive Oil Frantoio | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Juno Olive Oil Leccino | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Juno Olive Oil Picual | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Leafyridge Olives Pendolino | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olea Naturae Frantoio | Charles & Kay Chinnaiyah | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olive Black Picual | Richard Lee and Nga Wai Chiu | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Pressed Gold Frantoio | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Blue Earth Intense | Mike & Margaret Hanson | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Dali Picual | Ross Vintiner and Andrea Stewart | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Loopline Olives Picual | Stephen Davies Howard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Olea Naturae Picual | Charles & Kay Chinnaiyah | Wairarapa |
| Gold – Flavoured | |||
| Flavoured Citrus | Noble Estate Kaffir Lime | Rob and Tricia Noble-Beasley | Kapiti |
| Flavoured Other | Noble Estate Chilli | Rob and Tricia Noble-Beasley | Kapiti |
| Flavoured Other | Kakariki Hot Chilli and Lime | Ray and Brenda Gregory | Nelson |
| Flavoured Citrus | Bella Olea Lemon | Chris and Hilary Penman | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Lot Eight Citrus Olive Oil | Colin & Nalini Baruch | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Lot Eight Yuzu Olive Oil | Colin & Nalini Baruch | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Pressed Gold Midori No Yuzu | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Pressed Gold Zesty Orange | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Juno Olive Oil Red Chilli | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Leafyridge Olives Chilli and Lime | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Leafyridge Olives Tuscan Herb | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Pressed Gold Fresh Bay Leaf | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Silver Medal Winners 2021 | |||
| Silver – Boutique | |||
| Boutique Intense – Blends | Lavender Hill Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Trisha and Jason Delamore | Auckland |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Moutohora Estate Koroneiki 2021 | Gerrit and Wil Kruithoed | Bay of Plenty |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Old French Road Kalamata | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Old French Road Picholine | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Stoney Grove Leccino | Brian and Yvonne McDowall | Canterbury |
| Boutique Intense – Single Varietal | Old French Road Manzanilla | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Community Day | Central Otago Olive Group | Central Otago |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Croft Hill Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Lakshman Bandara | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Noble Estate Mission M1 | Rob and Tricia Noble-Beasley | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Noble Estate Mission M2 | Rob and Tricia Noble-Beasley | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Rata Olives Leccino | Hamilton and Gaylene McConachy | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Te Horo Frantoio | Sonia and Peter Blaikie | Kapiti |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Faversham Olive Oil | Janine Mayson | Marlborough |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Isobel Olives Koroneiki | Chris Piper | Marlborough |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Waiwaia Blend | Paul & Shelley Stockman | Waiheke |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Greytown Gold Grand Cru | Richard & Julie Winder | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Huangarua Olives Batch 023 | Jamie & Diana Reid | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Bella Olea Picual | Chris and Hilary Penman | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Greytown Gold Special Reserve | Richard & Julie Winder | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | River Grove Moraiolo | Steven & Chris Price | Wairarapa |
| Silver – Commercial | |||
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Duck Creek | Derek and Sally Holland | Auckland |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Simunovich Olive Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil | Johno Smith | Auckland |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Longview Olives | Anita and Alan Blakemore | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Robinsons Bay RB3 | Chris & Annette Moore | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Robinsons Bay Manzanilla Blend | Chris & Annette Moore | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Waipara Groves TB4 36 | Malcolm & Sally McKenzie | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Old French Road Frantoia | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Waipara Groves BN 916 | Malcolm & Sally McKenzie | Canterbury |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Ollie’s Oil | Stephen and Olivia Morris | Central Otago |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Aquiferra Blend | Tim Groves and Jess Arthur | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | The Village Press Barnea | Nathan Casey | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | The Village Press Frantoio | Nathan Casey | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | The Village Press Leccino | Nathan Casey | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Terra Sancta The Terraces | Nathan Casey | Hawkes Bay |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kapiti Picual Blend | David & Helen Walshaw | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Te Horo Koroneiki | Sonia and Peter Blaikie | Kapiti |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | RSA Three Services Extra Virgin Olive Oil | John Cragg | Marlborough |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kakariki Blend | Ray and Brenda Gregory | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Kakariki Mediterranean Blend | Ray and Brenda Gregory | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Weka Blend | Laraine and Peter Rothenberg | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Elovi/ Tasman Ridge/Three Groves Leccino | Roger Armstrong | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Weka Olive Oil Leccino | Laraine and Peter Rothenberg | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | number 29 | Grahame Taylor | Waiheke |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Blue Earth Tuscan | Mike & Margaret Hanson | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Leafyridge Olives Grove Blend | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Olive Black Blend Original | Richard Lee and Nga Wai Chiu | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | Pressed Gold – Akeman Parish Grove Blend | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Blends | River Grove Leccino/Pendolino | Steven & Chris Price | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Leafyridge Olives Frantoio | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Leafyridge Olives Picual | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Loopline Olives Picholene | Stephen Davies Howard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olea Naturae Leccino | Charles & Kay Chinnaiyah | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olive Black Frantoio | Richard Lee and Nga Wai Chiu | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olivo Estate | Helen & John Meehan | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Pressed Gold Picual | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | River Grove Frantoio | Steven & Chris Price | Wairarapa |
| Commercial Intense – Blends | Blue Earth Classic | Mike & Margaret Hanson | Wairarapa |
| Silver – Flavoured | |||
| Flavoured Citrus | Vernazoni ‘Citrus Fused’ | Murray and Alwin Thoms | Auckland |
| Flavoured Other | Mystery Valley 1st Press Olive Oil Lemon and Fennel | David Henderson and Patsy Taylor | Bay of Plenty |
| Flavoured Other | Robinsons Bay Fried Red Onions | Chris & Annette Moore | Canterbury |
| Flavoured Citrus | Noble Estate Lemon | Rob and Tricia Noble-Beasley | Kapiti |
| Flavoured Citrus | Olives on the Hill Orange Agrumato | Chris and Linda Smith | Northland |
| Flavoured Citrus | Juno Olive Oil Blood Orange | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Juno Olive Oil Lemon | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Juno Olive Oil Lime | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Juno Olive Oil Mandarin | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Leafyridge Olives Lemon & Lime | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Leafyridge Olives Lime | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Juno Olive Oil Garlic | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Juno Olive Oil Lemongrass | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Juno Olive Oil Rosemary | Andrew Liley | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Other | Leafyridge Olives Garlic | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Bronze Medal Winners 2021 | |||
| Bronze – Boutique | |||
| Boutique Medium – Blends | Waipara Groves SB 942 | Malcolm & Sally McKenzie | Canterbury |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | Pressed Gold Koroneiki | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Boutique Medium – Single Varietal | River Grove Koroneiki | Steven & Chris Price | Wairarapa |
| Bronze – Commercial | |||
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Weka Olive Oil Frantoio | Laraine and Peter Rothenberg | Nelson |
| Commercial Medium – Single Varietal | Olives on the Hill Leccino | Chris and Linda Smith | Northland |
| Commercial Intense – Single Varietal | Pressed Gold Leccino | Rod Lingard | Wairarapa |
| Bronze – Flavoured | |||
| Flavoured Citrus | Old French Road Lemon Agrumato | Jan Whyte & Niall Holland | Canterbury |
| Flavoured Citrus | Leafyridge Olives Citrus | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Flavoured Citrus | Leafyridge Olives Lemon | Craig & Ruth Leaf-Wright | Wairarapa |
| Best Processor | The Olive Press Ltd | Wairarapa | |
| Best Label | The Village Press Ltd | Hawke’s Bay | |
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