The International Jury of the Mario Solinas Quality Award wraps up its tasting sessions

The 24^th edition of the northern hemisphere competition received more than 100 EVOOs

The International Jury of the 24^th edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Award for northern hemisphere extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) met from Tuesday 5^th to Friday 8^th March at the IOC’s headquarters in Madrid. During this intense week, the members of the International Jury tasted a total of 113 samples from ten different countries. To this end, the International Jury, which is composed of heads of panels of IOC-recognized tasting laboratories, used the IOC Panel platform designed by the Fundación del Olivar. The winning oils will be celebrated on the occasion of an awards cermony later this year.

The Mario Solinas Quality Award, the IOC’s international competition for EVOOs with the finest organoleptic characteristics from northern hemisphere countries, has been running since the 2000/2001 crop year. Its name pays tribute to the late Italian professor Mario Solinas, one of the most important advocates for the sensory analysis of virgin olive oils. This year, for the first time in history, the IOC has also launched the Mario Solinas edition for southern hemisphere EVOOs, scheduled to take place in Uruguay.

More information regarding the competition can be found here.