In 1954 at the age of 18, Felice Trovatello migrated to Australia from Calabria, in Southern Italy, with the dream of a better life. That dream was realised when a visit to Central Victoria inspired him to establish an olive grove and processing facility in an area that strongly reminded him of his homeland. Kyneton Olive Oil Products, the business he established with his wife, Maria, now produces one of the finest Extra Virgin Olive Oils in the Southern Hemisphere.
Today, the Trovatello family are olive growers and manufacturers of superb extra virgin olive oils, table olives and tapanades. Working as a team, they select only the finest olives to deliver a premium quality product.
Following is the impressive range of Kyneton Olive Oil products and the awards they have won:
Gourmet Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil: A sweet and delicate extra virgin olive oil with tropical fruit aromas and a mild pepperiness on the palate.
Awards include:
Gold Medal 2009- Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards
Gold Medal 2009- Australian Olive Association 13th National EVOO awards
Best in Class Trophy 2009- Australian Olive Association National Awards
Silver Medal 2008 Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards
Silver Medal 2008 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards
Bronze Medal 2007 Australian Olive Association Awards
Bronze Medal 2006 Australian Olive Association Awards
Bronze medal 2005 Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards
First in Class Bronze Medal Winner - Olive Business Awards, 2002
Third in Class Bronze Medal Winner - Royal Melbourne Show, 2001
Family Selection Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Quite a robust oil for the astute olive oil connoisseur. It has a grassy or green tomato aroma, warm nutty flavour, mild bitterness and prolonged pepperiness.
Awards include:
- Gold medal 2007 Australian Olive Association 11th National Awards
- Gold Medal 2008 Bendigo Olive Fiesta Awards
- Silver Medal 2008 Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards
- Silver Medal 2008 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards
- Special Recognition-Armonia Awards- 2006 & 2007 for evoo with the best chemical composition in the Southern Hemisphere (Italy)
- Gold medal 2005 Australian Olive Association 9th National Awards
- Silver medal 2006 Australian Olive Association 10th National Awards
- Best Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Southern Hemisphere New Season Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition 2003
- Silver Medal - Mudgee Olives Association Olive Oil Awards - 2003 (2003 Harvest)
- Bronze Medal Winner - Olive Business 2003 Awards (2003 Harvest)
- Processor of the Year - Olive Business 2003 Awards.
- Silver Medal - Olives South Australia - 6th Annual Competition 2002 (2002 Harvest)
- Silver Medal Winner - Olives S.A. Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards 2002.
- Silver Medal Winner - Olive Business 2002 Business 2002 Awards (2001 Harvest)
- 2nd in Class Silver Medal Winner - Olive Business Awards 2002.
- 3rd in Class Bronze Medal Winner - Royal Melbourne Show 2001.
Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oils: Herb, lemon, ginger, chilli, garlic, basil and mint infusions to complement roasts, vegetables and stir-fries or to drizzle over salads, grilled fish, baked vegetables, grilled lamb fillets, bruschetta and pasta.
Nonna's Crushed Olives: A deliciously different accompaniment to cheese platters and antipasto plates or anywhere you would use whole olives. Nonna's Crushed Olives come in "Regular" and "Herb and Chilli" and are made from a traditional family recipe to ensure good flavour and texture.
Nonna's Whole Green Olives and Nonna's Whole Black Olives: Premium quality olives, pure and simple.
Nonna's Tapanade: A tasty olive paste for adding flavour to focaccia, crispy bread, pizza and pasta or as a snack on savoury biscuits.
Thanks to Felice Trovatello and his family, we don't need to travel as far as Italy for premium grade olive products. We have them right here.
Latest media:
- The Age Epicure 2007- 'Oil for One- The good oil on local olive oils' by Richard Cornish listing Family Selection in the Top 10 Victorian EVOO
- The Age A2 liftout 2007 - 'eat, drink, cook by Andrew Stephens listing 'Nonna's Crushed Olives' and 'Nonna's Tapanade' in the Top 5 local olive offerings.
- Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine- 2008 'Liquid Gold-Picks of the Crop'
- Family Selection was listed in the Top 18 Australian EVOO's
Also, our premium extra virgin olive oil "Family Selection" was ranked close to the top 15 EVOO's in the world by a leading world wide olive oil expert, Marco Oreggia.
Product Availability:
Selected retail outlets, from the cellar door by appointment or on open days. For a full list of stockists go to the website.
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- Address
- 2090 Kyneton-Heathcote Road, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 3444
- Telephone
- 03 9384 6338
- Fax
- 03 9384 6680
- Website
- Click Here
- Opening Hours
- Cellar door dailyopen 10am - 4pm please phone ahead on public holidays to check we are open ( Annual Open Weekend Queens Birthday Long Weekend in June 10-4pm)
- Town
- Kyneton
- Contact
- Sam Trovatello
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