Endorsements

Continuing on from our success 2009 and 2010, the three Extra Virgin Olive Oils entered in the 2011 Olives New Zealand Awards have all won medals. Our Manzanillo and Kalamata both won Best in Class and Gold Medals.  Our Frantoia has again won a Silver medal.  

 

LA CASA TOSCANA FRANTOIO JUDGED BEST OLIVE OIL BY GRILL MAGAZINE - APRIL 2010
Grill sampled 28 top olive oils and our Frantoio was awarded the highest score by all of the four panel members. It was the only oil to be awarded 9/10 points. Grill's tasting panel included Danny Schuster, recently returned from Tuscany having tasted their new season's olive oils. The comment on our Frantoio was 'compares favourably with Tuscany's best'.

LA CASA TOSCANA MANZANILLO WINS BEST IN SHOW AT 2009 NEW ZEALAND OLIVE AWARDS
We are delighted to announce that our 2009 Manzanillo Extra Virgin Olive Oil won a Gold Medal, Best of Class and then the Supreme Award of Best in Show at the New Zealand Olive Awards announced in Wellington in October!  We were also delighted that our Frantoio and Sevillano Blend won Silver Medals.

LA CASA TOSCANA FRANTOIO WINS SILVER AT THE 2009 NEW ZEALAND GOURMET OIL COMPETITION
We are delighted to announce that our Frantoio won a Silver Medal at the 2009 New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition, held in conjunction with the Royal New Zealand Show.

HIGH PRAISE FOR LA CASA TOSCANA FROM CUISINE MAGAZINE
In his article 'Beyond the Grove' in the January 2010 issue of Cuisine , David Burton had high praise for La Casa Toscana products.
'...Owners Lionel and Gayle Sheridan took out the supreme award for their manzanillo oil at the 2009 New Zealand Olive Oil Awards and the same quality is evident in the kalamata, picholene, sevillano and uovo de piccione table olives they grow. Low in salt, full of flavour and still crunchy, their olives take me back to the first moment I tasted a freshly pickled olive at La Boqueria market in Barcelona, all those years ago.'