{"id":3651,"date":"2017-02-27T06:27:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opg-rakovac.hr\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T13:16:46","slug":"bilini-best-extra-virgin-olive-oil-maslina-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opg-rakovac.hr\/en\/awards\/bilini-best-extra-virgin-olive-oil-maslina-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Maslina 2017, Split"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday, February the 25th 2017, the 14th international manifestation Maslina 2017 took place in Split (Dalmatia, Croatia). “Maslina” means “olive” in Croatian. This international event drew in high quality olive oil samples from approximately 500 olive oil producers from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montegenro. And it was exactly yours truly EVOO Bilini that took the title of the best extra virgin olive oil<\/strong> of the event!<\/p>\n

Maslina 2017 –\u00a0Awards<\/h2>\n

Each year, the Maslina manifestation starts with awarding diplomas and medals for the olive oils evaluated by the panel of experts. This year was extremely good for the quality of olive oil. From 500+ received samples, only two were labeled as lampante<\/em>. All other olive oils were labeled virgin and extra virgin.<\/p>\n

We waited for our Family farm name to be called on with great impatience. And then, after our Vedrana Rakovac was called upon to take her envelope – featuring the grade of our EVOO Bilini – we hardly awaited to open it. Inside was a gold medal. You can see it below on the picture – I was holding it here, Vedrana had her share of holding prizes that evening. Read on. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Sa\u0161a Petkovi\u0107 (Family farm\u00a0Rakovac) –\u00a0Gold medal for EVOO Bilini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We knew there was something special in store for us that evening. The panel of expert judges graded our EVOO Bilini with 99.25 out of 100.00 points<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Since there were more than 500 samples delivered to the contest, the procedure of handing the grades and diplomas took well over an hour.<\/p>\n

Bilini voted best extra virgin olive oil of the event<\/h2>\n

Then, around 6:30 PM, a gala dinner took place, during which special prizes were given to the fortunate few. This was the part of the manifestation during which the best extra virgin olive oil was awarded.<\/p>\n

We were astonished! Our Vedrana, owner of the family farm Rakovac\u00a0received the following prizes and awards:<\/p>\n