Calolea Wins Multiple Awards in 2024!

2024 Awards


Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition

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Gold Medal – Arbosana – Medium
Bronze Medal – Arbequina – Medium

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California State Fair

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Gold Medal- Arbosana- EVOO Single Variety – Medium
Gold Medal- Tuscan Blend- EVOO Blend – Medium
Bronze Medal – Arbequina- EVOO Single Variety – Medium

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2019 Awards From Around the World

Calolea Olive Oil has long been supported by their local communities,  for over 18 years strong!! Originally from Local Farmers’ Markets and the many specialty retail stores throughout Yuba City, Marysville, Grass Valley and Nevada City. Our olive oils have always received award recognition, and they earn California Olive Oil Council’s Seal of Authenticity for “Certified Extra Virgin” every year. This year has been a fantastic olive harvest and the award results have been Olympic Style to say the least.

Calolea Olive Oil wants to share this exciting news to all of it’s loyal customers and new customers who enjoy knowing they are buying the best quality straight from the producer, and their neighbor. Our most impressive award this year for our Tuscan Olive Oil is a “Gold” medal from Japan, with over 611 Extra Virgin Olive Oil entries from 21 countries!! Los Angeles International Olive Oil competition is the 5th largest in the world and awarded our Tuscan Olive Oil a “Best in Class” Gold medal, 658 entries with only “29 Best of Class” awards received. California Olive Oil Council OO Competition also awarded our Tuscan Olive Oil a “Gold” medal, along with silver medals for our favorite varieties of Mission and Manzanillo Extra Virgin Olive oils.

We’re proud to grow and produce the finest award winning olive oils and share them with our devoted customers who already know they are buying some of the best olive oil in the world right here in Yuba, Sutter, Butte and Nevada Counties.

 

You can find our Olive Oils to purchase and taste every Saturday in Grass Valley at the NCCGM (North Star House) Nevada City Farmers’ Market, Auburn, Yuba City, Sunnyvale, and Carson City Nevada. There are many seasonal weekday markets too. Our local retailers Sunsweet Growers Store, SPD, Briar Patch, The Wooden Spoon and J.J. Jacksons stock our products throughout the year for your convenience. Visit us at one of the many Farmers Markets we attend.

Join us at our Calolea Tasting Room during the Sierra Oro Passport Weekend, October 8-9 /10-5PM

We’re very excited for the annual Sierra Oro  Annual Farm Trail

gold180silver180Tour.  Calolea will hold it’s farm open Saturday and Sunday from 10-5PM.

Our Olive Oil tasting bar will be open along with our Gift Shop.  Our Chef

Producer Michael Keller will once again be preparing specialty food pairings

with our Calolea Olive Oils, and featuring local produce.  The Grass Roots

sounds from Grass Valley’s own “Ragged but Right” will be jamming both days

along with some special guest vendors.  We suggest you buy your tickets soon

for the 2 day tour, you’ll get your money’s worth for sure!!  If you are only interested

in our Calolea Farm, that is fine too, there will be a $5.00 entry fee.  We look forward

to seeing you out at the Farm.  68 Tennessee Lane Marysville, CA. (It’s actually Bangor, but

officially Marysville for GPS)passport-weekend

Why is Extra Virgin Olive Oil Healthy for You?

5 Benefits of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Staying healthy is the desire of every person and consuming products that will help you achieve is the wisest thing you can do with for you general wellbeing. Extra virgin olive oil your ideal choice and the answer to maintaining healthy living and keeping any lifestyle disease at bay. Extra virgin olive oil is made by crushing and extracting the juice from olives. It has nutrients that are essential for promoting healthy living and their production do not require industrial refining or the use of chemicals, and it’s also produced at temperatures that will not degrade. According to Sfoodle below are five benefits of using Extra Virgin Olive Oil and they include:
1. Large Amounts of Antioxidants
Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) contains huge amounts of antioxidants enzymes which help in controlling free radical chain reactions. Although our body produces antioxidants enzymes, their production diminishes as you age and EVOO supplements the antioxidants to keep your body healthier. The control of free radical ( a form of metabolite) which is produced as a result of energy production and normal metabolism and are considered to be highly reactive. Free radical reactions are the main disruptors of DNA structure and maintenance, and they are responsible for serious diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer. Boosting your antioxidants enzymes in your body is, therefore, important, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a great source of antioxidants.
2. Rich in Healthy Monounsaturated Fats
Extra Virgin Olive Oil has abundant amounts of monounsaturated fats which have health benefits when eaten in moderation. Monounsaturated fats are fat molecules with one unsaturated carbon bond and are commonly liquid at room temperature. These fats contain vitamin E and have been proved by scientists through various studies to have a significant effect in lowering bad cholesterol levels as well as stroke and heart diseases. Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a great source of monounsaturated fats in large quantity and a diet containing EVOO is highly recommended.
3. lowers cholesterol and blood sugar
Extra Virgin Olive Oil improves insulin levels which are a hormone that converts glucose into energy in our bodies and therefore lowering the blood sugar. EVOO lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) which is a bad cholesterol type and is linked with harmful effects such as heart attack, atherosclerosis and blood clots. By lowering cholesterol and blood sugar, EVOO helps in lowering harmful effects of excessive glucose and cholesterol in our bodies.
4. fights off cancer
A recent study by scientists has proven that Extra Virgin Olive Oil contains Oleocanthal, which is a chemical made from crushing olive to get pulp that is then pressed to extract oil. Oleocanthal prevents many types of inflammations which cause cancer formation by interfering with the formation process and killing cancerous cells
5. Helps to lower blood pressure

Health Benefits for Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Health Benefits for Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Studies have proved that by consuming diets with Extra Virgin Olive Oil, hypertensive patients can reduce their dosage of drugs by almost 50%. EVOO contain polyphenols which are antioxidants responsible for lowering the blood pressure in human body.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil has excellent health benefits that every human being should consider having a diet with this type of oil because its health benefits have been proved by qualified scientist through the actual studies.

New Calolea Products Heading to SFO International and Oakland Airport

We’re excited to announce new Calolea items available in San Francisco International Airport and Oakland Airport.  It’s always nice to be able to purchase some local California “Award Winning” products after Security that you can bring home or surprise your friends and family with a fabulous

gift from Calolea Olive Oil.  The newest items that have been selected is our very popular Body Lotion/Conditioner, it’s organic and has a lemon/peppermint essential oil scent, many our customers use it for hair styling, it’s very multi functional.  They have also added our 18 year

aged strawberry Balsamic Vinegar to pair with our Newly Awarded 2016 “Gold Medal” Mission Olive Oil  and our Silver Medal  winner, Meyer Lemon Olive Oil.  Calolea Flyer2016  Awards just released from:

The California State Fair Olive Oil Competition and Fresno’s “Big Fair” SJVOOC, if you haven’t

tried these two varieties now is a terrific time to place an order and experience the Best!!

 

 

Summer Farmers’ Markets in Full Swing, Exciting Awards and Summer Time!!

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Calolea is excited to announce our recent and most prestigious “Best of Show” award for our very popular Meyer Lemon olive oil and
Silver medal for our most recent addition of Habanero Olive Oil. If you haven’t tried these two yet, we would highly recommend
giving them a drizzle on your favorite foods and recipes for some exciting flavor!!

Summer is almost here and we our going into the busiest Farmers’ market season of the year, with every one of our markets going
full steam starting this week!! Here is a list of markets for your review, please visit our website for more details about the markets.

Auburn, Roseville, Truckee, Auburn DeWitt, Foresthill, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Yuba City, Sunnyvale, San Francisco and Carson City, Nevada. We hope you can visit our booths and taste the latest harvest and learn new information about olive oil from our very experienced staff!!

Cheers to Summer Friends, we very much appreciate your long time support of our products!!

Award Winning Weekend for both Calolea and Pierce Family Farms!!!

Calolea wins at Paso Robles 8th Annual Olive Oil Festival, “Silver Medal” for their

Mission 2011 amongst 50 California olive grower’s.  Special mention to Pierce Family Farm

for their award winning heirloom tomatoes at “High Hand’s Tomato Gathering”.  Mary

from Pierce Family Farms is also a Senior Sales person for Calolea Olive Oil, Go Mary!!

“South, also won Best in Show as the Best Tasting; a beautiful ‘Rainbow’ grown by Pierce Family Farms won for Best All Other Colors; and a beautiful cluster of a perennial favorite”.