Morgenster

Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards

Morgenster 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 SAOlive awards function in September 2007
Morgenster was awarded The Best Extra Virgin Olive oil in South Africa AND a gold medal at the SA Olive awards function in September 2007
Germany's leading magazine for culinary lifestyle, Der Feinschmecker, chose our olive oil to be included in their "Special Issue" of the Top 200 oils from all over the world � 2007
At the Los Angeles County Fair in California, USA, Morgenster received a Gold Medal for the fourth consecutive year � July 2007
On 11th December 2006 Morgenster's Italian born owner Guilo Bertrand flew to Rome to receive the world Olive Oil Industry's most coveted award - L'Extravergue 2007 "Mill of the Year" that acknowledges the world's best olive oil producer.

Gerrie Duvenage, Morgenster's Olive Production Manager, received the Achiever of the Year Award at the SAOlive Awards function in September 2006. Morgenster also received a Silver medal for our Extra Virgin Olive Oil and the award for The Best Table Olives.
Morgenster walked away with first prize in the Intense Fruity category of the renowned L'Orciolo d' Oro Competition - the 8th consecutive that Morgenster has received an award, making Morgenster the shining light of the new, thriving South African olive oil industry.
We were awarded a Gold Medal for the third time at the LA County Fair, which was held in July 2006 . With 386 oils represented from over 246 producers from all over the world, Morgenster can be proud of their achievement and international recognition.
Morgenster received a Silver Medal at the Oil China Exhibition in May 2006
At the Marco Zichella Award in August 2005, South Africa, Morgenster was chosen by the consumers as the Best Blended Extra Virgin Olive Oil and took second place in the panel tasting
Morgenster's most exciting and prestigious award 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.

For the seventh consecutive year Morgenster's unwavering quality was earned us an award at the L'Orciolo d'Oro Olive Oil challenge in Pesaro in July 2005.

Morgenster Estate has been awarded an L'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.

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.

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.

Morgenster Estate received the floating trophy from SAOGA for the Best Extra Virgin Olive oil in 2002.

Morgenster Extra Virgin Olive Oil has been awarded an international award in Switzerland, at the Gourmessa 2001 Gourmet Festival.

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.