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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.
2009 Oils Now Available
Our range of 2009 oils and table olives are now available
for purchase.
Click here for more information
OlivesNZ Awards 2009
We submitted only two oils in 2009 - Frantoio and Tuscan
Blend...
- Frantoio
won a Gold medal and was judged ‘BEST
in CLASS’ for a single variety (delicate
oils)
- Tuscan Blend
won a Silver medal in the medium class
New Zealand Gourmet Oil Competition
- Leccino
won a Silver medal at the NZ Gourmet Oil Competition
Click here for more
on our award winning olives.
ONZ Certified Oil - certified
Extra Virgin
River Estate now has four certified oils - Frantoio,
Tuscan Blend,
Koroneiki and
Picual.
For more information about
this certification click here.
At River Estate we produce a selection of eight oils,
seven single varieties and one blend. 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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