Jordan revealed that he grew up with his grandfather showing him how the olive harvest worked in their own olive groves, and throughout the years it grew on him.”To become good at what you do, you must be passionate about it and love it – as well as working hard and permanently questioning the status quo, while only accepting the best quality,” he says.Ĭristina Stribacu of LIÁ Cultivators was delighted and very proud of LIÁ’s ranking as the world’s best extra virgin olive oil from the Koroneiki olive variety, as well as one of the EVOOs of the Year. While Bastian Jordan believes what is most important is for customers to like it most, he says that it’s always nice if someone congratulates you for your work. Jordan Olivenoel Natives Bio was designated the Best EVOO of Greece for EVOOWR 2017 and one of the EVOOs of the Year for 2017. She does not believe there is any real secret to success, just dedicated teamwork, hard work, and constant attention to detail, over and over again. Tragakes says, “It is very gratifying to be recognised globally, particularly as a company with more than one brand,” ACAIA, Aeolian Olive, and L&KO organic EVOO. HAE’s Ellie Tragakes is honoured to be in a position to champion Greek olive oil worldwide and equally proud of having won the Best of Greece awards a number of times, an honour that she says is reflected in their ranking as the Best Society for EVOOWR 2017 of Greece. HAE’s ACAIA Kolovi was among the top extra virgin olive oils of the year, ACAIA flavoured Lemon and Oregano one of the best flavoured oils, ACAIA the very best EVOO produced from Kolovi olives, and Aeolian Olive the third best Kolovi. Hellenic Agricultural Enterprises Ltd (HAE) was ranked one of the Top 100 Societies in the World, as well as being judged the Best Society of Greece for EVOOWR 2017, with nine awards in four contests last year. Greece excelled with the Koroneiki variety, capturing the majority of distinctions for it, produced all the best Kolovi and Manaki variety EVOOs listed, as well as noteworthy EVOOs of other less common varieties, and earned distinction for a number of flavoured olive oils. In 2017, according to EVOOWR, “Greece won 213 awards in 13 contests” and obtained 13 EVOO of the Year distinctions. “Created to promote the most awarded” extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) worldwide, the EVOO World Ranking (EVOOWR) 2017, according to its website, “is part of the World Ranking of WAWWJ (World Association of Journalists and Writers of Wines, Liquors and others).” It recognises the extra virgin olive oils that won the most prizes in the 30 international olive oil competitions held last year that the EVOOWR committee considers most noteworthy, based on the WAWWJ’s classification of each competition’s importance.ĮVOOWR lists multiple award winners in a number of categories, including extra virgin olive oils, olive oil-producing societies, and various countries and olive varieties. Greek olive oil companies view these distinctions as an affirmation of their teams’ hard work, passion, and continuous endeavours to produce high quality olive oil. Selected Greek extra virgin olive oils have been recognised as some of the most highly awarded olive oils in the world because of their success in international olive oil competitions in 2017.