Golden Tears, exclusive luxury extra virgin olive oil

Golden Tears S.L. is a Spanish company in the olive oil sector, specialized in extra virgin olive oil, presented in an extraordinary packaging.

They sell four exclusive and unique products in the market, of high quality and innovative design, check on the website:  www.gtgoldentears.com

Our four products are decorated manually by specialized professionals, without any mechanical means in glass bottles previously selected, finished with high quality, presented in an exclusive packaging handmade by artisans of recognized prestige.

The olive oil is exclusively elaborated with native olives from “Sierra de Espadan” in Castellon, on the East coast of Spain, whose climate is milder and less extreme, located a short distance from the Mediterranean sea, with adequate rainfall volume for this type of crop.

They provide an authentic sensorial variety of their area of origin and their brand, investing in offering a gastronomic caprice, a refined flavour and a different feel to the exquisiteness of the client’s palate as exclusive gourmet products.

Golden Tears takes care of the very last detail in your purchase process, offering their products online easily at two clicks and delivered to your doorstep all around the world in record time thanks to their optimized logistics. 

More info: www.gtgoldentears.com 

50K olive oil obtains a Gold Star in the prestigious Great Taste Awards 2014 UK

Spanish olive oil producer Orbeolive has achieved a new success. Main authority for food tasting, Great Taste UK, has awarded their 50K extra virgin olive oil a gold star. 

Products are judged by over 400 of the most demanding experts, from food critics, chefs, cooks, farmers, or journalists. Great Taste is widely recognized as the most reliable accreditation system for foods and is highly respected by food producers. When a product has the Great Taste label, it is like a badge of honor.

In just over a year of production of this delicious aove, Orbeolive has obtained various international awards, including the silver medal for the best single-variety olive oil with intense flavour, Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, and the inclusion of 50K in the Italian guide Flos Olei, as one of the best extra virgin olive oils in the world.

More info: www.orbeolive.com

Bodega Les Useres won gold medal in Canada

Bodega Les Useres, with his wine Winegrowers 86, won the gold medal in the international awards Sélections Mondiales des Vins, in Canada, an important recognition for the quality of its product. The competition, the largest in North America, with over twenty years of existence, has international recognition and it is promoted by the International Organization of Vine and Wine. The Castellón winery, thanks to this distinction, aims to consolidate its products in the Canadian market where it has been working several years. 

The Castellon brand also participated in the II Wine Fair of Les Useres in Spain, where participants could taste the wines L'Alcalatén, Route 33 and Winegrowers 86; they also took part of the tastings and presentations in the fair.

More info: http://www.bodegalesuseres.es/

Segorbe Nostrum 2013 Best Spanish Olive Oil

During the weekend of the 21st and 22nd February the 13th Verema Experience took place in the Hotel Balneario Las Arenas in Valencia (Spain). The show gathered together more than 2,000 amateur and professionals of food and wine to taste wines of nearly 100 domestic and international wineries in an idyllic surroundings.

The event finished with the awards ceremony introduced by a global tasting.

Segorbe Nostrum Extra Virgin Olive Oil received the award for the Best Spanish Olive Oil 2013, obtaining the majority of votes of web followers, final consumers and lovers of fine cuisine.

Segorbe Nostrum was accompanied by international companies such as Juve & Camps, who received the award for Best Sparkling wine; Ramón Bilbao, Best Winery of the Year; best Gin award went to Seagram´s, Estrella de Galicia 1906 Best Beer, best sweet wine Pedro Ximenez and Rioja Alta was awarded as the best Red Wine.

The award was collected by the president of the Cooperativa de Segorbe, José Molés Morro, who after explaining the benefits and virtues of Segorbe Nostrum Olive Oil, thanked the votes of all the fellow members who proclaimed it Best Spanish olive oil. He also thanked to all the attendants to the ceremony, closing his speech by congratulating all the winners who shared such an exciting evening.

More info: http://www.segorbenostrum.com/ 

MEDITERRANEANPREMIUM.COM, delicious gourmet products from Spain delivered to your doorstep.

The Castellon Chamber of Commerce has launched a new gourmet food online portal “mediterraneanpremium.com”, an ideal showcase to buy and enjoy Spanish delicacies from Castellon Mediterranean area:  rich Spanish liquid gold, our extra virgin olive oil in design bottles; mouth-watering Spanish Serrano cured ham; tasty multi-flavor fruit or vegetable preserves; auteur red wine from Castellon vineyards; traditional turron, Spanish nougat made with local almonds; delicious handmade olive tapenades; a wide variety of Spanish flower honey; excellent organic flavored sea salt and a surprising homemade tangerine liqueur. 

While tasting Spanish products consumers are also living and enjoying the Spanish lifestyle, remembering their good times spent in any of our beaches eating tapas under the sun sharing a good time with friends. 

Shopping at “mediterraneanpremium.com” allows consumers to select a variety of handmade high quality products ready to be enjoyed in a romantic dinner or a funny Spanish theme party. They can also be an original and different gift idea for this coming Christmas. The selection of the ingredients, a traditional artisan process and a superb environment make our products unique. 

“mediterraneanpremium.com” will be celebrating private professional tastings in some European cities, so pay attention to our newsletter (subscribe here) and meanwhile, do not hesitate and give Castellon gourmet products a try!  

More info: http://www.mediterraneanpremium.com/en/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Mediterraneanpremium 

Two olive oils from Spanish Palancia region awarded international prizes in Los Angeles

Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition began seven decades ago to reward the best wines in Los Angeles International Wine Competition, but it wasn’t until the year 2000 when the organization decided to create this international award to honor the world best extra virgin olive oils. This year 2013 it has celebrated its 14th edition, in which two of our province extra virgin olive oils have been awarded a prize.

On the one hand, the “Aceite de Lágrima”, (tear olive oil) produced by Cooperativa de Viver, has been rewarded doubly, with a silver medal in the category of Spanish single variety olive oil and an absolute bronze medal for the Packaging Design, a new packaging which was presented some weeks ago at the “Salon Gourmet” Exhibition in Madrid with very good acceptance. 

On the other hand, 50K extra virgin olive oil by Orbeolive has been awarded a silver medal in the Robust class (fruity intense), prize that highlights the quality of this olive oil and its high level of fruity.

They are prestigious awards that have been granted to these Spanish companies among hundreds of olive oils presented this year, from 15 countries with important olive oil tradition, such as Israel, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Turkey, USA, among others.

More information about Cooperativa de Viver:

Web: www.aceiteolivavirgenextra.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AceitedeOlivaVirgenExtra.CosmeticadeAceitedeOliva

Twitter: @coopviver

More information about Orbeólive:  

Web: http://www.orbeolive.com

Blog: http://www.orbeolive.com/blog/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Orbeolive

Twitter: @orbeolive

Agua de Benassal participates in the 18th Conference of the Spanish society of hypertension

Agua de Benassal (Benassal water) was invited as a collaborating entity to the 18th National Meeting of the Spanish society of Hypertension – Spanish League for the Fight against High Blood Pressure / arterial hypertension (SEH-LELHA).

The meeting took place at Valencia Conference Hall from March 6 to 8; the scientific program was addressed to all healthcare professionals involved in the care of cardiovascular risk, bringing together the best specialists in the national sphere as speakers, moderators and participants.

Within the program it is necessary to highlight the seminars and training courses aimed at the collective of community pharmacists, nursing (EHRICA) and researchers in vascular physiopathology (RIFV).

Agua de Benassal wanted to show its support for these groups of vital importance for the society and to inform all healthcare professionals about the fact that its usual consumption may have beneficial effects for the health due to their chemical composition. It’s a water with low mineralization with many diuretic properties that benefit people with high blood pressure, heart problems and kidney disease.

For more info: http://www.aguabenassal.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/aguabenassal

Twitter: @aguabenassal

Source: http://www.seh-lelha.org

Coopearativa de Viver presented the new image of its “Lágrima” Extra Virgin Olive Oil

After more than 10 years in the market, the “Lágrima” extra virgin olive oil renews its image. A decade of continuing satisfactory performance of an olive oil which was created to give value to the expression of the local variety Serrana the Alto Palencia and thus conquer the most demanding palates.

They have chosen to give it the name “Lágrima” (tear) for a new image with more uniqueness and character, with a stylish black opaque packaging without label that stands out among its competitors, it offers better preservation of the product, incorporates an improved cap pourer, and provides more information for the user, both in print and via QR code and social networking presence.

The new image was presented late February at a press conference at Joachim Schmidt Restaurant  in Valencia, who had the presence of numerous media, customers and specifiers, and presentations by Fernando Marcén, President of Agrifood Cooperatives in Spain; Joaquin Vañó, Regional Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Water in the Valencian Region; Ismael Sanjuan, President of Cooperativa de Viver; José Vicente Torrent, President of Agrifood Cooperatives of the Valencian Region and Fernando Marco, Director of Cooperativa de Viver.

As balance of these 10 years of tradition, D. Ismael Sanjuan highlighted the importance that Cooperativa de Viver has been given to innovation in strategic areas such as partnerships, sustainability, communication, new activities that represent other niche businesses, services that diversify the local economy and its environment, and new products associated with olive oil, as well as its interests in exporting to international markets. 

More info: http://www.aceiteolivavirgenextra.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AceitedeOlivaVirgenExtra.CosmeticadeAceitedeOliva

Twitter: @coopviver 

Frutas Gimenez, premium quality and variety fresh fruit

At Frutas Gimenez they have over 50 years’ experience in the production, manufacture and distribution of fresh fruit.

With their aim of offering the highest quality to their customers, they control all their products from their source, with thorough controls to their suppliers, apart from having more than 500 hectares of fresh fruit cropland throughout the year spread out over various regions on the Mediterranean area: Aragon, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia.

They are fully committed to the environment and people’s health. They therefore carry out comprehensive pest control programmes and choose biological and/or natural control methods above any other options. Their products are certified by the competent Integrated Production Authority, as well as internationally recognized quality certifications such as GLOBALGAP or BRC (British Retail Consortium).

Frutas Giménez offers the widest range of varieties of pear, apple, peach, nectarine, saturn peach, platerine, apricot and plum all year round, with maximum freshness and flavor and quality guaranteed.

More info: www.frutasgimenez.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/frutasgimenez 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frutasgimenez

Orbeólive presents its extra virgin olive oils 50K and Botxi

Orbeólive presents its extra virgin olive oils 50K and Botxi
Orbeólive is a young company formed by a team passionate about extra virgin olive oil. It is located in Segorbe (Castellón), on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, a few kilometers away from the sea and right in the middle of Sierra Espadán and Sierra Calderona mountain ranges.
Between these two Sierras declared natural parks, the Serrana variety olives are grown. From smallholder fields of olive trees, this variety is unique in the world, producing high quality olive oils with a high juice content, average stability and high market value.
Orbeólive currently produces two types of extra virgin olive oil, 50K and Botxi.
50K is pure olive juice of the highest quality, made entirely from Serrana Espadán variety. Notable for being cold pressed from young olives, reason for its bold rich flavor to the palate. All this packed in glass bottle with a sleek and elegant design in line with the quality of the product.
Botxi is a blend made from the most representative varieties of the area, being its main component the Serrana Espadán and 10% of Arbequina, Picual and Villalonga varieties. Packaged in glass bottle to preserve of its excellent taste.

More info: www.orbeolive.com

Twitter: @orbeolive

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Orbeolive

4th “Castellon Best “Wines” Awards

On Saturday 23rd February the annual “Best Castellon Wines” award ceremony took place in the city of Castellón. This event, organized by the Association of Sommeliers of Castellón (ASUCAP), recognizes the most outstanding wines from the provincial wineries.

Currently the province of Castellón has 14 wineries and more than 60 wines. "But much remains to be done," explained from the association, "we need a recognition, which is slowly recovering thanks to the work done both from the private sector and institutions, demonstrating the value of the province product through the IGP “vinos de Castellon” (Castellon wines).

ASUCAP considers the quality of the wines of the province of Castellón is being proved, as well as sales show "since they keep increasing, as well as exports throughout the world," they say.

The event was chaired by leading institutional representatives at the regional, provincial and local levels, and was attended by wine industry experts, who carried out the corresponding blind tastings, and by a large audience.

Globbarea companies that were awarded prizes in the contest were:

White wines:

Silver medals: Magnanimvs Blanco (Bodegas Mayo Garcia) and Clos d’Esgarracordes Blanco (Bodegas Baron d’Alba)

Young red wines: 

Gold medal: Flor de Clotàs (Bodega Flors)

Silver medals: Clos d’Esgarracordes Roure (Bodegas Barón d’Alba), Temps Roure (Bodega Más de Rander) and Arrels de Bocoi (Intercoop)

Aging red wines: 

Silver medals: Magnanimvs Platino (Bodega Mayo Garcia) and Clotàs (Bodega Flors)

Special wine: 

Gold medal: Red mistela (sweet muscat wine) by Mas de Rander

More info: http://asucap.blogspot.com.es/

The Castellon Wine Route presented at Fitur Tourism exhibition

The launch of the website www.rutadelvinocastellon.com and a promotional video pave the way to the commercialization of this new wine tourism product

Castellon Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation presented yesterday at FITUR 2013 the Castellón Wine Route. The event coincided with the Day of the Valencian Region and served as the starting point for the promotion of the initiative launched by the Chamber of Commerce in September 2011 under the Hidden European project.

The Route is directed by a non-profit organization responsible for the planning, management and marketing. 15 companies from the Les Useres-Vilafamés area, between wineries, traditional retail shops, hotels and restaurants are participating in the project.

During the presentation they outlined the promotional media that will help promote this tourist product to the end customer and that will serve as a sales force for travel agents: the website www.rutadelvinocastellon.com, a promotional video, a facebook fan page and a youtube channel where the companies will promote their services.

The objectives of the Wine Route are the promotion of wines and other regional deli products, the preservation of natural, historical and cultural heritage, improving business competitiveness and economic diversification. Castellón province concentrates 50% of the rural accommodation offer of Valencia, with excellent facilities and restaurants, and a growing industry of regional delicacies including wine, especially in Les Useres-Vilafamés Area.

The Wine Route brings together a wide range of services: visiting wineries and museums, tasting of typical local products, accommodation and catering.

More info: www.rutadelvinocastellon.com 

Bodega Flors winery launches its online store

Bodega Flors, located in Useres in Castellón province on the Mediterranean Coast, presents its new online store www.clotas.com , where you can buy their wines in an easy and secure way.

To mark the opening of the online store and promote their excellent wines, a voucher of 2€ discount is offered when purchasing the “tasting pack” for all users who sign up during the coming weeks.

Bodega Flors produces 3 red wines of excellent quality:

- Flor de Clotas wine: aged for 5 months in American and French oak barrels, made from 100% Tempranillo variety.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Cherry coloured, with a medium-to-dark robe.

Aroma: Balsamic, with a later emergence of truffles, liquorice, cocoa, and stewed red fruit.

Taste: Moreish, with well-rounded tannins and a taste that lingers on in the mouth.

Wine pairing suggestions: Full-fat cheeses, Mediterranean cured meats, soups, stews, and lamb.

- Clotas wine: 14 months aging in French and American oak, made with two varieties 85% Tempranillo and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Tasting notes:

Colour: An intense red-coloured wine with a hint of cherry, revealing its youth.

Aroma: A powerful bouquet initially, with strong ripe fruit aromas and a hint of fruits of the forest. When the wine is allowed to breathe, the oak cask is noticeable, with a touch of different spices, like cinnamon, cloves and vanilla.

Taste: Initially dry but not rough, giving way to tannins that increase in the mouth before concluding in a ripe fruit finish with a touch of fine wood.

- Clotas M wine: 14 months aging in French and American oak, made from 100% Monastrell variety from 70-year-old vines.

Tasting notes: Red cherry, the aroma hints of candied red fruit, smoke and toasted. In the mouth soft, pleasant tannins and good structure, when evolving nuances of berries and smoked reappear.

Shop online: www.clotas.com

Bodega Flors website: www.bodegaflors.com

Olive Oil >K presents its new online shop

>K Extra Virgin Olive Oil [White Bottle] comes only from registered and certified native Farga olive trees in the North of Castellón province on the Mediterranean coast. These olive trees are over 1000 years old, and many over 2000 years old.

At Olive Oil >K they go for the new technologies and have decided to bring their extraordinary olive oil all around the world. In the online shop, www.oilkshop.com, you can buy new2012 harvest olive oil through an easy and secure system and have it delivered at your door. 

Millennial olive trees in Castellon

To produce the olive oil, the olives are pressed the same day they are harvested to obtain oil of exceptional quality. As a result of all this thorough work we obtain >K olive oil, an oil with great body, a pleasant flavour, subtle, sweet and with pronounced personality related to the speed with which it is harvested. It has a golden yellow colour with green reflections at the beginning of the season. On the palate it reminds one of green apple peel and fresh almonds.

More info: www.oliveoilk.com

Online shop: www.oilkshop.com

Cooperativa de Viver welcomes groups of Japanese and English tourists in its Olive oil Tourism program

Last 30th November and 4th December two groups of Japanese and English tourists, respectively, visited the facilities of Cooperativa de Viver within its Olive Oil Tourism program.

During the visit they knew first hand the characteristics of their olive groves and, along the olive mill and packaging facilities, they learned the features of extra virgin olive oil and the effort that goes into its production.

The Japanese group came from the city of Fukuoka and enjoyed the “Lagrima” olive oil tasting, a product, this special extra virgin oil, which is still difficult to buy in their country. On the other hand, the British group of the Friends of Avinença of Moraira, have appreciated the commitment of defense of the Serrana local variety of olive and a such a special territory, the Alto Palancia.

More info: www.aceiteolivavirgenextra.org

Segorbe Nostrum presents its organic extra virgin olive oil at BioCultura international ecologic fair

Between the 8th  and 11th November BioCultura, the 28th international fair of organic products and responsible consumption will be held at IFEMA Madrid fairgrounds.

BioCultura is aimed at professionals who want to approach the world of life-friendly and environmentally friendly products. Segorbe Nostrum attends the fair together with Representaciones Mirta and will present the new Segorbe Nostrum Ecológico, its extra virgin olive oil from Serrana Espadán variety olives to distributors, operators, media and general public.

BioCultura brings together more than 18,000 references of organic food products, along with other sectors such as hygiene products, cosmetics, eco-materials, organic textiles and renewable energy. BioCultura also offers over 250 parallel activities to the business interactions.

Segorbe nostrum will be in Hall 4 of IFEMA, in booth 143, with Representaciones Mirta and other organic products Valencia.

More information: www.segorbenostrum.com

Belluga Gourmet deli products have great success in the international markets

Belluga Gourmet range

Given their passion for olive oil, BELLUGA GOURMET produces a wide range of high quality products derived from the “Serrana de Espadán” olive variety that grows in the natural park of Sierra Calderona in Castellon, close to the Spanish Mediterranean coast.  They are 100 % natural and homemade products ranging from Gourmet Extra Virgin Olive Oil, nine different types of flavoured olive tapenades, six original flavours of fruit and vegetable gourmet jams, innovative olive oil jellies and olive oil based cosmetics.

Belluga Gourmet is promoting their products in the international markets with great success achieved by their wide variety of olive tapenades.

Extra Virgin Olive oil

In Mexico they have been included in the selection of Spanish products chosen by Wal Mart retailers, which are carrying out a promotion of Spanish food in Mexican Superama supermarkets, with 89 points of sale in the whole country.

Olive oil jellies

In Germany also the flavoured tapenades are a big success among gourmet products in the prestigious Kaufhof  deli retail shops in Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Chemnitz and Stuttgart. View video.

In the United Kingdom is Belluga Selección Extra Virgin Olive Oil that obtains an award in the The Great Taste Awards 2012 given by Britain’s Best Delis organization. Great Taste Awards 2012 website: www.greattasteawards.co.uk

More info: www.bellugagourmet.com
View Belluga Gourmet's booth in Globbarea Virtual Fair

Agua de Benassal company receives a quality and taste award from the most prestigious chefs and sommeliers in Europe

The International Institute of Taste and Quality (iTQi) awarded Agua de Benassal company the exclusive Crystal Taste Award at its annual awards ceremony, held on the 31st May in Brussels. This award is reserved for products that obtain the top of three stars of the Superior Taste Award for 3 consecutive years, from 2010 to 2012.

The iTQi is an independent organization of chefs and sommeliers dedicated to tasting and promoting food and drinks with the highest international quality. The  jury is composed of representatives of the 13 most prestigious culinary institutions in Europe, as Maîtres Cuisiniers of France and Belgium, Culinary Acadamy of Arts, Chefs Federation of Spain, Federazione Italiana dei Cuochi, Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe, Hellenic Chef's Association, Verband der Köche Deutschlands, Euro-Toques or the Association of Sommellerie Internationale (ASI).

The Crystal Taste Award is an exclusive award shared only with three other Spanish brands in the last years: the 5J Sanchez Romero Carvajal pure Iberian ham, Lacturale milk and Mondariz mineral water. All these products have been assessed for three consecutive years by three different juries with a score above 90%, which means a consistent test of excellence.

Based on its traditional historical prestige: Agua de Benassal water has been declared medicinal mineral water since 1928.
More info: www.aguabenassal.com

Visit Agua de Benassal booth at Globbarea Virtual Fair

Oil producer SEGORBE NOSTRUM double winner of the Valencian Region Olive Oil Competition (Spain)

Segorbe Nostrum, oil produced by the Cooperativa San Isidro de Segorbe has been awarded for the second year in a row two prices: Best Ripe Fruit Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Segorbe Nostrum Suave), and Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Designation of Origin "Oils from Valencia Region," at the XVIIth Competition on Extra Virgin Olive Oil that has taken place in Utiel (Spain). 

The President of the Cooperativa San Isidro de Segorbe, Mr. Jose Molés, showed his gratitude and satisfaction for the prize to the numerous audience: "we finally picked the fruit that rewards the hard work of many years. The innovation and the incorporation of new production techniques, as well as the production of Segorbe Nostrum oil 100% made with Serrana Espadán olives, have been the key for obtaining this excellent product”.

Further information: www.segorbenostrum.com

Visit Segorbe Nostrum booth at Globbarea Virtual Fair

GLOBBAREA WINERIES AWARDED PRIZE AT “BEST CASTELLON WINES 2012”

On Saturday 3rd March the annual “Best Castellon Wines 2012” award ceremony took place in Castellón. This event, organized by the Association of Sommeliers of Castellón, recognizes the most outstanding wines from 20 provincial wineries.

The awards were presented by Alberto Fabra, President of the Valencian Regional Government, who said Castellón wines "are a national and international reference that strengthen the wine offer in the region".

The President appreciated the effort and dedication of the people "who make it possible for the excellence of our wines to be known beyond our borders, taking the name of the Castellón province and the Valencian Region all over the world".

It should be noted that wine exports from Castellón province in 2011 experienced an increase of 120 percent compared to 2010.

The winning wines this time were:

White wines:
Gold medal: Magnanimvs Blanco (Bodegas Mayo Garcia)
Silver Medal: Alcovi Blanco (Bodegas Alcovi)

Young red wines: 
Gold medal: Clos d´Esgarracordes (Bodegas Baron d’Alba)
Silver medals: Temps Roure (Bodega Más de Rander)  y Arrels de Bocoi (Intercoop)

Aging red wines:
Gold medal: Vega Palancia (Bodegas Vega Palancia)
Silver medals: La Perdición (Bodega Di Vinos y Viñas), Clotàs (Bodega Flors), Magnanimvs Platino (Bodega Mayo Garcia), Señorío de Almedíjar (Bodega Alcoví) y Barranc de l’Infern (Vinya Natura).