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ul2006kevinb t1_itqy5dp wrote

I can't believe Greece isn't up here even once. I thought they were big players in the olive oil market

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Environmental-Car481 t1_itr363q wrote

I was surprised also. A family friend was looking to invest in an olive farm in Greece. She told me it’s basically currency for many people there.

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Arganthonios_Silver t1_itr7az2 wrote

Some greek oil is sometimes on the complete lists on that site that includes 30 brands in different international competitions. For example at 2021/2022 Terra Creta Grand Cru and Terra Creta Bio for the organic category made in the list.

If we count all international competitions (not just the "strict" ones as the presented in the combined rankings used by OP) and all awards, not just top ones, greek oils are probably 3rd most awarded in the world after spanish and italian.

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Javop t1_its431u wrote

Ah good. I have 20L of Terra Creta Bio in my basement. I batch order them every year. At least it's not terrible.

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ronadian t1_itr70z6 wrote

Exactly ! I’ve had olive oil from all these places and IMO nothing comes close to the best ones from Greece.

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Fern-ando t1_itrkhbo wrote

Most of the italian oil companies just use spanish oil. It's all marketing.

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provenzal OP t1_itr7z50 wrote

I guess they don't bother to participate? I'm a bit surprised too. Greece have some superb olive oils.

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FightingforReason t1_itrstx3 wrote

Same, last time I was drinking olive oil by the bottle. They have some amazing olive oil.

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welshmanec2 t1_its2jx9 wrote

I've always preferred Greek oil to Spanish or Italian - it seems fresher, greener, less oily - if that isn't an odd thing to say about an oil.

But I'm not a "professional taster", just a guy who glugs it down by the gallon in salad season.

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