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D’Oliva Just Won It’s Most Prestigious Award To Date!!!

A very special surprise arrived in the mail this week. To our delight, D’Oliva Olive Oil was awarded a GOLD medal from the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition!

When we planted the trees in 2009, D’Aun dreamed of winning a gold medal at this competition. And this week it actually happened! She could not be happier. The Los Angeles competition is one of the top events in the world (they claim to be one of the top five), so we’re really humbled and honored to be recognized on an international level.

We knew we had a great …

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California Olive Oil Council

D’Aun and I had a fun weekend at the California Olive Oil Council annual meeting in Monterey. Sometimes our little D’Oliva Olive Oil felt overwhelmed by the huge operators, but everybody attending genuinely wanted to help each other create better California grown olive oil. Stories, ideas, and data flowed freely between “competitors.” It didn’t matter if you had 100 trees or 100,000 trees because all in the industry want to see great things happen with locally grown olive oil.

The panel discussions were led by a wide range of growers, marketing people, certified judges, retailers, technical experts, and trade association …

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D’Aun Interview

D’Aun was featured in a recent post about D’Oliva Olive Oil so I’m sharing the interview here. I’m definitely a lucky guy!

We sat down with D’Aun Goble, the founder of D’Oliva, to hear a bit more about the brains (and beauty!) behind this delicious olive oil.

What was your inspiration to start a boutique Olive Oil brand?

“I wanted to do a ‘reinvent’ once my kids were grown. We had the land available at our family ranch, and I love things that bring together hard work, friends, and good food. After several years of weekend study at the Mondavi …