Montiferru Award. In Oristano awards for the best olive oils
Twelve oils awarded in the Dop/Igp, organic, monocultivar, pluricultivar categories, two special prizes (single international category) 34 mentions, twelve Great mentions: the awards ceremony of the Montiferru 2024 national competition, organized by the Montiferrup Committee chaired by the Cagliari – Oristano Chamber of Commerce. The day’s proceedings were closed by the regional councilor for Agriculture, Gian Franco Satta.
50 companies from all over Italy participated, with 84 oils examined by the Committee led by Pietro Paolo Arca. Nine Sardinian companies were selected this year for the ‘Ercole Olivario’ Award, a national competition born in 1993, organized by Unioncamere with the Umbria Chamber of Commerce.
THE AWARDS OF THE MONTIFERRU COMPETITION
-MONOCULTIVAR CATEGORY
Mimì Coratina Az. Agr. Donato Conserva (PUGLIA) Miciolo Frantoio I Greppi di Silli Soc Ar. (TUSCANY) Mimì Coratina Pitted Az. Agr. Donato Conserva (APULIA)
-CATEGORY DOP/IGP Organic DOP Sardinia – Antonello Fois Soc. Agr. (Alghero)Tenuta Torre di Mossa Az. Agr. De Carlo sas – (Puglia)S’Ard DOP Semidana Impresa Agr. Dr. Franco Ledda (Oristano)
-ORGANIC CATEGORYThe Organic Antonello Fois Soc. Agr. (Alghero)Gran Pregio Bio Coratina di Caputo Maria (Puglia)Olive Wood Fattoria Altomena (Tuscany)
-PLURICULTIVARS’Ard Pluricultivar Impresa Agr. CATEGORY Dr. Franco Ledda (OR) Riserva Frantoio di Croci Soc. Agr. Campioni ss (Tuscany)Traditional Fattoria Altomena (Tuscany)
“This initiative, which this year coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the Cities of Oil and the Ercole Olivario Award of the Umbria Chamber of Commerce – said the general secretary of the Cagliari-Oristano Chamber of Commerce, Cristiano Erriu – has given us the opportunity to note the maturity of a sector, that of Sardinian olive growing, which has now reached very high levels of excellence. Sardinian oils win national and international awards and, above all, the level of the companies, from an organizational point of view, has led to integration with environmental services and the tourist offer, enhancing the territory with a very strong local identity characterization”.
CITY OF OIL. “Today we celebrate the 30 years of the Montiferru Prize, the 30 years of the Cities of Oil and the “thirtieth anniversary” of Ercole Olivario. This coincidence – said the president Michele Sonnessa – is not causal, it has its roots in the entry of the Municipality of Seneghe among the founding members of our Network. From then to today we have taken on many challenges and achieved important results by working side by side, laying the foundations for a new vision of EVO oil, promoting the values of olive civilization – which are environmental, health, social, historical values - with a view to developing the sector for greater awareness of consumers and citizens of our communities. We did it with great conviction, working on the education of children, committing ourselves to combating the abandonment of olive trees and protecting the landscape, investing in oil tourism but above all building Oil Communities around crafts and knowledge linked to this age-old crop which risk to disappear and which have a strong identity value that goes well beyond the economic one. A value that we have the duty to defend and tell.”
Oil and tourism. The importance that food and wine products also have in the choice of tourist destinations was at the center of the speech by Roberta Garibaldi, of the Italian Food and Wine Tourism Association, who illustrated the First National Report on oil tourism. “The latest data arriving from the European Travel Commission – explained the expert – show how in their travels Europeans put open spaces first and food and wine experiences second, while non-European tourism chooses culture first, then food and wine . Tourists are looking for quality products and this represents a great opportunity for our country rich in products, such as oil, and recipes”.
‘NATIONAL ERCOLE OLIVARIO’ AWARD. Nine Sardinian companies have been selected for the 2024 edition of the national award, now in its 32nd edition, while fifteen have entered the Roll of Honor of the Unioncamere and Umbria Chamber of Commerce event, for their repeated participation in the selections and for the recognitions obtained. The president of the chamber of commerce Federico Sisti awarded them today. They are: Accademia Olearia Srl-Sardinia (Alghero) – Azienda Agricola Francesco Atzori (Cabras) Olivicultori Oliena Soc. Coop. agr.-Oliena Agricultural cooperative society of olive growers Valle del Cedrino Orosei – Azienda Agricola Giacomo Nieddu-Sardinia-(Bolotana) COPAR. Coop. Soc. Agricola-Sardinia-Dolianova Delogu Baingio Antonio and Delogu Leonardo (Ittiri) Social oil mill of Seneghe SCA-Seneghe Fattorie Enrico Loddo di Manuela Loddo-Dolianova (SU) Masoni Becciu-Villacidro – Southern Sardinia Paolo Demuru oil mill-Sardinia-Ilbono Azienda Agricola Moretti Laura -Sardinia-Ittiri Oleificio Secchi – Alghero Frantoio Artigiano Sandro Chisu- Orosei Agricultural company Fratelli Pinna-Sardinia-Sassari
