Eighth Gold in New York for Bilini – A Confirmation of Exceptional Quality
Bilini extra virgin olive oil won its eighth gold in New York at NYIOOC 2026. Another important proof of top quality 🏆
In the past 15 years, Istria – the largest Croatian peninsula – has become the best olive growing region in the world. All major world media and agencies have written about this, including Reuters. “Olive oil Istria” has become one of the sought-after items on the world map.
This prestigious title was awarded to Istria by the international guide to the best extra virgin olive oils: Flos Olei. This guide contains the 500 best olive oils in the world: from the USA to Japan, from South Africa to Croatia.

Istria has developed into a region visited by tourists from all over the world, and not only because of the sun, the sea, our beautiful beaches and rich cultural heritage. They come to us to taste and buy our top extra virgin olive oils.
The quality of Istrian olive oils is based on the work of small family producers. Olive harvesting is done by hand, the fruit is processed immediately, and the amount of our top oils produced is small. You can ready more about how we achieve this quality in this article from our blog.
The prices of excellent extra virgin Istrian olive oil have been around 150.00 HRK (20 EUR) for 500 ml for years now. Many manufacturers do not offer 1-liter packaging.
Family farm Rakovac decided to offer our top extra virgin olive oil Bilini to a wider circle of people, so we do offer a 1-liter package, and a 500 ml Bilini bottle costs 99.00 kn. We consider this a very fair price for our excellent product.
Our olive oil is a blend of 14 varieties of olives from our olive groves.

Here you can find the most important awards that our extra virgin olive oil Bilini has won in the past 6 years. Among other awards, Bilini won the Gold Award in New York – three years in a row ?
That great blend olive oil Istria has to offer – Bilini – can be tasted and purchased in our tasting room in Pula, at Vidikovac 68. Our tasting room is open during the summer season (May-September). If you would like to visit us out of season, call us on +38598794068 or send an email. Announce your arrival, and we will arrange an appointment for you.
If you are not able to visit Istria, we offer you the opportunity to order our olive oil Bilini from the comfort of your home. Before you visit our store, create a free account on our website. In this way, you will earn reward points, which you can then turn into a discount when buying in our web shop ? https://opg-rakovac.hr/en/shop/
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