Sierra is the Best of USA

Our Sierra was one of only five oils to receive an Honorable Mention for Excellence at the international Japanese Olive Oil Price competition, jooprize.com, and was also selected as BEST of USA. We’re thrilled because this competition has a very high bar – the tasting panel is composed of world renowned olive oil experts, and every judge tastes every oil – so the examination for quality is very rigorous indeed.

2016 Award Summary

Mistral
Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition 2016
Best Of Class, Gold Medal
California State Fair Competition 2016
Silver Medal

Sierra
New York International Olive Oil Competition 2016
Gold Medal
Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition 2016
Best Of Class, Gold Medal
California State Fair Competition 2016
Silver Medal
Japan Olive Oil Prize 2016
Best of USA, Honorable Mention

Taste Apollo at the California State Fair
We’ll be pouring and selling these oils at the State Fair on July 8th and 9th. Hope to see you there!.

Customer Reviews Now Available

Our website store now has reviews, so you can see what others think about our oils. Two weeks after placing an order, an email goes out encouraging you to review one of the oils you bought. You’ll have a chance to review each oil you buy, and you’ll get a 10% discount code for future purchases. When you submit a review of any particular oil, you won’t get another email about reviewing it until the next vintage is released. If you don’t want to receive more of these emails, you can always click Unsubscribe.

Your reviews validate Apollo’s healthy and great tasting olive oils more convincingly than any of our explanations can, and sharing your experiences makes it easier for new people to choose an oil they’ll like. We really appreciate all the help you can give each other. Thank You!

Sierra Wins Gold In New York

In this, the fourth annual New York International Olive Oil Competition, 820 oils (from 26 countries) were entered and 199 gold medals were awarded. Apollo oils have brought home gold medals every single year from this prestigious competition. And last month, we reported two Best in Class awards at the LA International Competition. You can trust our oils to always be among the best.

Apollo Best in Class at LA Competition

Spring is the season when the international olive oil competitions publish results. We just learned that the Los Angeles International Competition had 571 entries, of which only 366 received medals – Gold, Silver or Bronze. Of the 126 Gold medals, 26 were awarded Best in Class. Both our Mistral and Sierra won Gold medals and, being in different classes, both also were Best In Class. We feel incredibly privileged that our oils were found to be among the top 4% (better than 99.9%) of those in the competition.

Additionally, both the Mistral and Sierra are extremely rich in antioxidants (656 and 686 ppm respectively), which is far more than the average of other good extra virgin oils. This confirms our ability to make great tasting olive oils that are also extremely beneficial for our health.

In addition, this year we produced 4 Gold Series oils, about 50 gallons each, that are equally excellent and especially rich in antioxidants (from 758 to 951 ppm).

Our New Oils Are Available

We are very pleased with how harmonious all our oils turned out this year. We were able to achieve high antioxidant levels while still maintaining a nice balance between pungency and fruitiness.

Our Mistral has a nice, light intensity, making it deliciously French in style. The Sierra has its usual lively intensity coming from the California mission variety.

We are happy to announce the Barouni is back this year for the lovers of a robust intensity oil. We chose the very best varietals to round out our Gold Series offering this year. Two French varieties, Aglandau and Grossane; and an Italian variety, Coratina.

Apollo Olive Oil won a Good Food Award for Both our Mistral and Sierra!

Back in November Apollo Olive Oil had the honor of being chosen as a Finalist for a 2016 Good Food Award. At last on January 16th, the winners were ceremoniously announced and Apollo was among them! Gianni received the award from the hands of Carlo Petrini, the founder of the International Slow Food Movement. There were a total of 1,927 entrants from across the U.S., with just 242 winners in 13 categories. Of the 11 winners in the ‘Oil’ category, only five were for olive oil, of which two others were also extra virgin olive oil. The Good Food Award recognizes that the Sierra and Mistral are of excellent quality and produced with sustainable methods benefiting local food economies.

Apollo Olive Oil is a Good Food Award Finalist for 2016!

We are very proud of winning this Good Food Award because it is the only competition that includes sustainability as a critical component. The application included many questions pertaining to farming practices, processing, and packaging that were all aimed at choosing those producers with the highest sustainability standards. So with Apollo Olive Oil you can be sure you are not only getting the healthiest and highest quality olive oil, you are also getting the one using the highest standards of production from farm to table.

Holiday Special

With Apollo Olive Oil, you have several gift-giving options – the beautiful golden gift box, your gift message on a nicely printed card, and the extended 15% holiday savings for orders over $100.

Now, in keeping with our Holiday tradition, when you place an order over $100 just enter the SUPERSAVER coupon code for the 15% discount. That’s a perfect way to stock your pantry AND do your holiday shopping in one transaction.

Our gift to you: A 15% savings PLUS free shipping on any order over $100 by using the coupon code SUPERSAVER.
Good from Today through New Year’s Eve!

15th Annual North Yuba Harvest Festival

Once again we are proud to sponsor this year’s harvest festival on September 26th and 27th, 10am to 4pm. It will be held at the Alcouffe Community Center at 9185 Marysville Rd., Oregon House, CA 95962. This is the biggest food and wine event in the North Yuba foothills.

North Yuba has received international recognition as a premium wine and olive oil region with local producers garnering coveted medals at major state, national and international competitions.

There will be over 60 vendors this year, including food stalls offering everything from haute cuisine to hot dogs, arts & crafts, antiques, Farmers Market, coffee bistro, and live musical entertainment. Ample children’s activities guarantee a day of family fun.

The Gold Series – Grossane

As far as we can tell we are the only California producer that makes a mono-varietal from the Grossane olive. With over 20 varieties we are constantly experimenting with making some of California’s most interesting oils. With the Gold Series we choose the varieties that produced the very best oil for that particular year. This year we felt the Grossane was particularly distinctive and so we bottled a very small quantity that is only available on our website at www.apollooliveoil.com.

GROSSANE is originally from France. Our beautiful, young trees stretch across the western face of our orchard, and produce pleasant walnut, grassy, and fresh-cut vegetable flavors. With its long finish, GROSSANE is best raw, on steamed vegetables and fresh salads. (Delicate intensity – Milled December 2014 – 375 ml)

Legend has it that the GROSSANE was brought back from the crusades to the southern part of the Rhone valley. There, its plump, rosy pink and green olives are harvested for oil production, and later when the big olives have ripened black, for table olives.

[Certified Extra Virgin and Certified Organic | Free Fatty Acid: 0.25% |
682 mg/Kg polyphenols + 196 mg/Kg tocopherols = 878 mg/Kg total antioxidants]