The winner of the prestigious Bocuse d’Or competition cooks with Castillo de Canena!

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Castillo de Canena - Bocuse d'or Ørjan johannessenThe Norwegian team led by chef Orjan Johannessen has won the international award cooking Bocuse d’Or. It is an honor for us that this renowned chef, who has always relied on our EVOO for years, has won one of the most important distinctions of the culinary world!

In addition, last year we customized for him his own personalized bottle for his restaurant, Smak !!

Bocuse d’Or is a chefs championship held every two years in Lyon, France. It is considered one of the most prestigious gastronomic competitions of the world and it is known as the culinary equivalent of the Olympics.

Congratulations to Orjan and his team! And thank you so much for trusting us! 🙂

January 2015

Our Byodinamic, “The Best of the World” !!

Bydonamic Picual wins The Best of the World Award

Another great success for our Biodynamic! Our Biodynamic Picual has been awarded as ‘The Best Of the World’ at the Monocultivar olive oil international competition, organized by Gino Celleti.

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This competition aims to reward the best organic olive oils in the world, and our BIODYNAMIC EVOO obtained 9.5 points, the highest score! The president of the council of Jaén, Francisco Reyes, has delivered in person the award to Francisco Vañó.

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Here you can download the list of EVOO winners!! http://www.monocultivaroliveoil.com/vincitori-bio-2015.aspx

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The Biodynamic model is a return to the roots of rural toil, to archaeo-agriculture, taking the concept of organic farming to a higher level. If you want to know more about our awarded EVOO click here !! 🙂

May 2015

Roberto Verino designs the label of our First Day of Harvest

Roberto Verino designs the label of the Castillo de Canena's First Day of Harvest
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Finally we present the new edition (the ninth!) of our extra virgin olive oil First Day of Harvest. This year the label which will dress our EVOO is designed by the gorgeous Roberto Verino!

Just this morning we have presented the ninth edition of First Day of Harvest. This time we have introduced it in the “Green Mile” in Madrid, just in the shop of Roberto Verino.

The presentation, which had a large attendance of media, has been characterized by the special closeness of the designer and his team, as well as the surprise of all attendees when they have discovered the new and stylish label. This new label has been designed and signed by Roberto Verino and also, is special because codes have changed also: white for the First Day of Harvest Arbequino and black for the First Day of Harvest Picual.

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Verino, a great defender of quality Spanish gastronomy and design, explains: “I have included a sketch from this season’s collection because I wanted to symbolise the values that unite us—none other than the search for quality, singularity and excellence attained through a job well done, always focusing on enormous respect for the environment and the consumer.”

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Moreover, according to Verino’s explanations, there are more similarities between the elaboration of his collections and the achievement of each First Day of Harvest. “I have no doubt that what the olive farmers feel after a year of effort, sacrifice, expectation and especially climatic conditions is very similar to what I feel the day I put my signature to my first sketch of the season.”

Roberto Verino is one of Spain’s most recognised and highly praised designers in the fashion world. With a career of over thirty years, he has won several national and international awards for his elegant and delicate Prêt-à-Porter creations that can be enjoyed on the catwalk and in showrooms in cities all over the world such as Madrid, Barcelona, New York, Paris and Moscow, amongst others.

We encourage you to share with us your impressions when you have seen the new label for first time!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

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November 2014

Visit of experts where all of us learned something

international experts visit Castillo de Canena

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This week we had a great visit! a suberb group of international experts, led by Ms. Alexandra Kicenik, President of EVA  (Extra Virgin Alliance) association… to which we belong!

EVA is a non-profit trade association representing producers of genuine extra virgin olive oil from around the world. Its approach is to restore trust in the marketplace by providing an assurance to the buyer through the EVA Mark of Quality and Authenticity.

And we appear in the Spanish journal EL DIARIO DE JAEN!

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