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River Estate, Whitford,
Auckland
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The River Estate product
range including Extra Virgin Olive Oils
and Table Olives
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‘From Tree to Table’
River Estate is a boutique single estate producer of
premium New Zealand extra virgin olive oil.
2011 Oils Now Available
Our range of 2011 oils and table olives are now available
for purchase.
Click here for more information
OlivesNZ Awards 2011
We submitted two oils in the 2011 awards: Frantoio and
Leccino.
- Leccino won a Silver medal
- Frantoio won a Bronze medal
Oliveti Gourmet Oil competition
We submitted 3 oils for the 2011 awards...
- Tuscan Blend won a Gold medal and ‘Best in
Class’ for the delicate class
- Chemlali won a Bronze medal
- Frantoio Blend won a Bronze medal (our new blended
oil)
Click here for more
on our award winning olives.
ONZ Certified Oil - certified
Extra Virgin
River Estate has had all our 2011 olive oils tested
and certified. We have released a new oil blend this
season, Frantoio Blend, which is a blend of Frantoio
and Leccino oils.
For more information about
this certification click here.
At River Estate this season we produced a selection
of seven oils, five single varieties and two blends.
Oil flavours range from mild to semi-fruity to fruity.
These are delicate oils, rather than intense, as we
choose to harvest the olives in a ripe condition, as
opposed to picking green.
Two varieties are also planted specifically for table
olives with three other dual purpose olives.
River Estate is a single estate olive oil producer.
We grow the olives and press them on site, at our
grove in Whitford, thereby maintaining fresh high quality
olive oil. No other olives from other groves are purchased
or are introduced into our selection of olive oils.
Olives are cold pressed on same day as harvesting whenever
practical, with a maximum period of 24 hours between
harvesting to pressing, to maintain the extra freshness
of the olive oil. Our grove is pesticide and herbicide
free, closely following organic farming principles.
We are located approximately 30 minutes from both central
Auckland city and Auckland International Airport, on
the tranquil banks of the Turanga River, Whitford.
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